The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Planning over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Yorkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 57 77 63
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -14
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 34 17 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.679% 1.051% 0.981%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.744% 1.429% 1.493%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 9 4
Average daily rate £400 £410 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% -0.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £316 £234
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £436 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £360 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -23.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
908 1190 737
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 71.55% 73.55% 65.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 686 351
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £453 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 20 28
Average hourly rate £24.00 £20.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.07% +17.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.68 £12.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Project Planning
Yorkshire

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Planning across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Yorkshire Project Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Project Planning across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Planning across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leeds +3 22 £400 -2.43%
Halifax +18 8 £439 +4.52%
Bradford +2 1 £350 -
Project Planning
Yorkshire

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Project Planning also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Project Planning.

1 28 (58.33%) Finance
2 27 (56.25%) Project Management
3 23 (47.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (43.75%) PRINCE2
5 14 (29.17%) MS Project
6 13 (27.08%) Risk Management
6 13 (27.08%) Banking
7 11 (22.92%) MS Excel
8 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
9 8 (16.67%) SAP
10 7 (14.58%) ITIL
10 7 (14.58%) Change Management
11 6 (12.50%) Retail
11 6 (12.50%) PMP
11 6 (12.50%) PMI Certification
12 5 (10.42%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (8.333%) Migration
13 4 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
13 4 (8.333%) Critical Path Analysis
13 4 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
13 4 (8.333%) APMP
14 3 (6.250%) Resource Management
14 3 (6.250%) Change Control
14 3 (6.250%) MS Visio
14 3 (6.250%) MS Office
14 3 (6.250%) Oracle
14 3 (6.250%) Windows
15 2 (4.167%) Service Management
15 2 (4.167%) Process Management

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Project Planning also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Project Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.083%) COM
Applications
1 14 (29.17%) MS Project
2 11 (22.92%) MS Excel
3 4 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (6.250%) MS Visio
4 3 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.083%) JDE OneWorld
1 1 (2.083%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.083%) SMS
1 1 (2.083%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.167%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.083%) SAP BI
2 1 (2.083%) Data Warehouse
General
1 28 (58.33%) Finance
2 13 (27.08%) Banking
3 6 (12.50%) Retail
4 2 (4.167%) Retail Banking
5 1 (2.083%) Legal
Job Titles
1 35 (72.92%) Project Manager
2 6 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
2 6 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 5 (10.42%) Project Planner
4 4 (8.333%) Programme Planner
5 3 (6.250%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (6.250%) SAP Project Manager
5 3 (6.250%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 3 (6.250%) SAP Manager
6 2 (4.167%) Senior Programme Manager
6 2 (4.167%) Agile Project Manager
6 2 (4.167%) Consultant
6 2 (4.167%) Programme Manager
7 1 (2.083%) Junior
7 1 (2.083%) Developer
7 1 (2.083%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.083%) Applications Developer
7 1 (2.083%) Test Manager
7 1 (2.083%) Business Consultant
7 1 (2.083%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.083%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.083%) Mathematics
1 1 (2.083%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.250%) Windows
2 2 (4.167%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.083%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (56.25%) Project Management
2 23 (47.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (43.75%) PRINCE2
4 13 (27.08%) Risk Management
5 7 (14.58%) ITIL
5 7 (14.58%) Change Management
6 4 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (8.333%) Migration
6 4 (8.333%) Critical Path Analysis
7 3 (6.250%) Resource Management
7 3 (6.250%) Change Control
8 2 (4.167%) Programme Management
8 2 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (4.167%) Logistics
8 2 (4.167%) Business Transformation
8 2 (4.167%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (4.167%) Waterfall
8 2 (4.167%) Service Management
8 2 (4.167%) Process Management
9 1 (2.083%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.083%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (12.50%) PMP
1 6 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 5 (10.42%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (8.333%) APMP
3 4 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (4.167%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.167%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.083%) ISEB
5 1 (2.083%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.167%) QA
2 1 (2.083%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.083%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.083%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.67%) SAP
3 3 (6.250%) Oracle
4 1 (2.083%) Cisco
4 1 (2.083%) HP
4 1 (2.083%) JD Edwards
4 1 (2.083%) VMware
4 1 (2.083%) SolarWinds
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Key Accountabilities Requires a Project Manager to work on a major Transformation Programme The role requires a Project Manager who has a background working with in the Financial...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £396.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Lead and manage the project team (workstreams) on the definition and delivery of the business proposition and high level functional scope; the benefits case for the initiative; outline...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £490.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
West Yorkshire
SCRUM certification is essential for this role, as is knowledge of one or more Agile project management frameworks, excellent verbal and written communication skills and previous experience of...
Hudson
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful candidate will join the team and support project management decisions and maintain drive for the overall business objectives... * Work with project management community to support project...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 13 May 2013