The first table below looks at the demand for Portfolio Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Portfolio Management 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 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
Portfolio Management
Rank 109 101 94
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -7
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 4 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.211% 0.480% 0.385%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.305% 0.674% 0.611%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 5
Average daily rate £440 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.30% -23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £391 £295 £370
10% offered a daily rate of more than £496 £414 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £405 £400
% change year-on-year
+8.58% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -39.62%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1312 1633 1145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 69.13% 71.25% 63.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 903 538
Average daily rate £325 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £453 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 34 55
Average hourly rate £25.00 £17.86 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.97% -20.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.45 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £110.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Portfolio Management Jobs Demand Trend

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Portfolio Management Daily Rate Trend

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Yorkshire Portfolio Management Daily Rate Histogram

Portfolio Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Management within the 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
West Yorkshire -4 2 £440 +35.30%
North Yorkshire -1 1 £375 -20.63%
South Yorkshire - 1 £515 -
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Portfolio Management 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 Portfolio Management.

1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) IIBA
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) MS Project
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) SLA
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (16.67%) PMP
3 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Primavera
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Change Control
3 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Operations Management
3 1 (16.67%) QA

Portfolio Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Portfolio Management 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 Portfolio Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (16.67%) MS Project
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) PMO Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery Director
2 1 (16.67%) Services Director
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) IIBA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
1 2 (33.33%) Change Management
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Operations Management
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Change Control
2 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Primavera