The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the Worcestershire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 14 11 10
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 9 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 9.677% 3.571% 5.172%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.890% 4.545% 5.455%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 3
Average daily rate £400 £434 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.78% +33.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £411 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £457 £353
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £403 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.62% -0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+30.34% -12.12%
All Job Titles
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
91 44 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 97.85% 78.57% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 20 27
Average daily rate £325 £350 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £212 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £470 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 9
Average hourly rate £20.50 £32.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.93% +16.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.15 £10.00 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £35.30 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
West Midlands

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Worcestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Worcestershire Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Worcestershire Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Worcestershire Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Worcestershire Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Worcester - 3 £400 -
Redditch -3 1 £250 -42.36%
Project Manager
West Midlands

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire region that cited Project Manager in their job title 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 with Project Manager in their job title.

1 7 (46.67%) MS Project
1 7 (46.67%) MS Office
1 7 (46.67%) MS Visio
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) ITIL
2 6 (40.00%) Project Management
3 5 (33.33%) WAN
3 5 (33.33%) Six Sigma
3 5 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 5 (33.33%) CCNA
3 5 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (33.33%) Degree
3 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 4 (26.67%) PMP
4 4 (26.67%) PMI Certification
4 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
5 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (13.33%) French Language
6 2 (13.33%) German Language
6 2 (13.33%) Italian Language
6 2 (13.33%) Change Control
6 2 (13.33%) PRINCE
6 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
6 2 (13.33%) ERP
6 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
6 2 (13.33%) Finance
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
6 2 (13.33%) Cisco

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire region that cited Project Manager in their job title 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 with Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) MS Project
1 7 (46.67%) MS Office
1 7 (46.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Agresso
1 1 (6.667%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 2 (13.33%) French Language
1 2 (13.33%) German Language
1 2 (13.33%) Italian Language
1 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.667%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) ITIL
1 6 (40.00%) Project Management
2 5 (33.33%) Six Sigma
3 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (13.33%) Change Control
4 2 (13.33%) PRINCE
4 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
4 2 (13.33%) ERP
4 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
5 1 (6.667%) BPR
5 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.667%) Change Management
5 1 (6.667%) SOA
5 1 (6.667%) CRM
5 1 (6.667%) Customer Insight
5 1 (6.667%) Business Transformation
5 1 (6.667%) Multithreading
5 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) CCNA
1 5 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (26.67%) PMP
2 4 (26.67%) PMI Certification
3 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (6.667%) CCAB
4 1 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco
3 1 (6.667%) IBM