Yorkshire Project Management Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Management
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Aylesbury Banbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burton-upon-Trent Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clapham Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dover Dudley Dunstable East Anglia East Kilbride East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gateshead Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenwich Guernsey Guildford Gwent Hackney Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Huntingdonshire Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lichfield Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Tyneside North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Prescot Preston Pudsey Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rhyl Rickmansworth Romford Rugby Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witney Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	12	22
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	296	228
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.400 %	0.225 %
As % of the category below	17.65 %	12.07 %
Daily rates quoted	95	63
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£364
Average daily rate	£381	£385
% change on same period last year	-1.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£405	£406
UK excluding London average daily rate	£394	£387
% change on same period last year	+1.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.14	£14.00
Average hourly rate	£22.49	£14.17
% change on same period last year	+58.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.84	£14.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.78	£29.82
% change on same period last year	-3.48 %
Processes & Methodologies Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1677	1889
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.267 %	1.863 %
Daily rates quoted	436	458
Average minimum daily rate	£339	£347
Average daily rate	£364	£366
% change on same period last year	-0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£375
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	118	111
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.17	£25.62
Average hourly rate	£26.95	£26.79
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.73	£27.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.41	£30.41
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Project Management England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Project Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Management across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
West Yorkshire	+7	196	£377	+1.22 %
North Yorkshire	+11	50	£393	-5.01 %
South Yorkshire	+19	28	£453	+25.75 %
East Yorkshire	-	2	-	-

Project Management England

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Project 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 Project Management.

1 221 (38.64 %) PRINCE2 2 178 (31.12 %) Finance 3 130 (22.73 %) NHS 4 88 (15.38 %) Health 5 61 (10.66 %) Microsoft 6 59 (10.31 %) PRINCE 6 59 (10.31 %) Government 7 56 (9.790 %) Stakeholder Management 8 53 (9.266 %) MS Excel 9 48 (8.392 %) MS Office 10 46 (8.042 %) MS Project 11 45 (7.867 %) PRINCE2 Certification 12 38 (6.643 %) Insurance 13 34 (5.944 %) Business Analysis 13 34 (5.944 %) Retail

13 34 (5.944 %) Project Planning 14 33 (5.769 %) Programme Management 15 31 (5.420 %) Supplier Management 16 30 (5.245 %) ITIL 17 29 (5.070 %) MS Visio 18 28 (4.895 %) ClearQuest 18 28 (4.895 %) Risk Management 19 26 (4.545 %) Business Development 20 25 (4.371 %) Windows 21 24 (4.196 %) SQL Server 21 24 (4.196 %) MS PowerPoint 22 23 (4.021 %) Banking 22 23 (4.021 %) Oracle 23 22 (3.846 %) .NET 24 21 (3.671 %) Change Management

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Project 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 Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 22 (3.846 %) .NET 2 10 (1.748 %) Middleware 3 8 (1.399 %) XML 4 5 (0.874 %) ASP.NET 4 5 (0.874 %) WebSphere 5 4 (0.699 %) Java EE 6 3 (0.524 %) WebServices 7 2 (0.350 %) J2EE 7 2 (0.350 %) XSLT 7 2 (0.350 %) WSDL 7 2 (0.350 %) SOAP 8 1 (0.175 %) HTML 8 1 (0.175 %) CSS 8 1 (0.175 %) .NET Framework 8 1 (0.175 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 15 (2.622 %) Office Project Server 2 11 (1.923 %) SharePoint 3 8 (1.399 %) MS Exchange 3 8 (1.399 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 7 (1.224 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 2 (0.350 %) WebLogic 6 1 (0.175 %) IIS 6 1 (0.175 %) CMS 6 1 (0.175 %) ESB 6 1 (0.175 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 53 (9.266 %) MS Excel 2 48 (8.392 %) MS Office 3 46 (8.042 %) MS Project 4 29 (5.070 %) MS Visio 5 24 (4.196 %) MS PowerPoint 6 7 (1.224 %) InfoPath 7 1 (0.175 %) Spreadsheet 7 1 (0.175 %) Fireworks 7 1 (0.175 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 1 (0.175 %) Axapta 1 1 (0.175 %) Oracle EBS 1 1 (0.175 %) Movex 1 1 (0.175 %) SAP CRM 1 1 (0.175 %) Dynamics AX 1 1 (0.175 %) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking 1 10 (1.748 %) Firewall 2 9 (1.573 %) WAN 3 8 (1.399 %) SAN 4 6 (1.049 %) MPLS 4 6 (1.049 %) VPN 5 5 (0.874 %) DNS 6 4 (0.699 %) Internet 7 3 (0.524 %) DHCP 7 3 (0.524 %) TCP/IP 8 2 (0.350 %) LAN 8 2 (0.350 %) IP Telephony 8 2 (0.350 %) IMAP 9 1 (0.175 %) Network Security 9 1 (0.175 %) Cisco IPT 9 1 (0.175 %) IPCC 9 1 (0.175 %) Intranet 9 1 (0.175 %) PBX 9 1 (0.175 %) PSTN 9 1 (0.175 %) LDAP 9 1 (0.175 %) ADSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 24 (4.196 %) SQL Server 2 13 (2.273 %) SQL Server 2005 3 4 (0.699 %) SQL Server 2000 4 3 (0.524 %) Datawarehouse 5 2 (0.350 %) DTS 5 2 (0.350 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 2 (0.350 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 1 (0.175 %) EDRMS 6 1 (0.175 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 1 (0.175 %) DB2 UDB 6 1 (0.175 %) Data Cleansing 6 1 (0.175 %) MySQL 6 1 (0.175 %) DB2 6 1 (0.175 %) OLAP 6 1 (0.175 %) BusinessObjects 6 1 (0.175 %) SAP BW
Development Applications 1 28 (4.895 %) ClearQuest 2 15 (2.622 %) ClearCase 3 4 (0.699 %) Rational Rose 3 4 (0.699 %) Flash 4 2 (0.350 %) Visual Studio 5 1 (0.175 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 1 (0.175 %) QARun 5 1 (0.175 %) Dreamweaver 5 1 (0.175 %) WinRunner 5 1 (0.175 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 178 (31.12 %) Finance 2 88 (15.38 %) Health 3 59 (10.31 %) Government 4 38 (6.643 %) Insurance 5 34 (5.944 %) Retail 6 23 (4.021 %) Banking 7 20 (3.497 %) Pensions 8 17 (2.972 %) Legal 9 16 (2.797 %) Financial Institution 10 12 (2.098 %) Back Office 11 11 (1.923 %) Law 11 11 (1.923 %) Billing 12 9 (1.573 %) Education 13 7 (1.224 %) Construction 14 6 (1.049 %) Telecoms 14 6 (1.049 %) Local Government 15 5 (0.874 %) Electric 16 4 (0.699 %) Manufacturing 16 4 (0.699 %) Marketing 17 2 (0.350 %) International Banking
Job Titles 1 293 (51.22 %) Project Manager 2 102 (17.83 %) Analyst 3 41 (7.168 %) Business Analyst 4 32 (5.594 %) Senior Manager 5 29 (5.070 %) Programme Manager 6 28 (4.895 %) Senior Project Manager 7 26 (4.545 %) Project Analyst 8 24 (4.196 %) Support Analyst 9 22 (3.846 %) Project Support Analyst 10 21 (3.671 %) Technical Manager 11 20 (3.497 %) NHS Project Manager 12 18 (3.147 %) Business Manager 13 17 (2.972 %) Technical Project Manager 14 16 (2.797 %) IT Manager 14 16 (2.797 %) Business Project Manager 15 14 (2.448 %) Infrastructure Manager 15 14 (2.448 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 15 14 (2.448 %) Senior Analyst 16 13 (2.273 %) IT Project Manager 17 11 (1.923 %) Release Manager	Miscellaneous 1 130 (22.73 %) NHS 2 15 (2.622 %) NPfIT 3 13 (2.273 %) Management Information System 4 5 (0.874 %) Smartcard 5 4 (0.699 %) AS400 5 4 (0.699 %) E-Learning 5 4 (0.699 %) PMI 6 3 (0.524 %) Informatics 6 3 (0.524 %) SCORM 6 3 (0.524 %) Mainframe 7 2 (0.350 %) N-Tier 7 2 (0.350 %) IVR 8 1 (0.175 %) PDA 8 1 (0.175 %) Client/Server 8 1 (0.175 %) Computer Science 8 1 (0.175 %) Wiki 8 1 (0.175 %) Video Conferencing 8 1 (0.175 %) Data Conversion 8 1 (0.175 %) Data Extraction
Operating Systems 1 25 (4.371 %) Windows 2 13 (2.273 %) Solaris 3 11 (1.923 %) Windows Vista 4 9 (1.573 %) Windows Server 2003 5 5 (0.874 %) UNIX 6 1 (0.175 %) AIX 6 1 (0.175 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (0.175 %) NetWare 6 1 (0.175 %) OS/390	Processes & Methodologies 1 221 (38.64 %) PRINCE2 2 59 (10.31 %) PRINCE 3 56 (9.790 %) Stakeholder Management 4 34 (5.944 %) Business Analysis 4 34 (5.944 %) Project Planning 5 33 (5.769 %) Programme Management 6 31 (5.420 %) Supplier Management 7 30 (5.245 %) ITIL 8 28 (4.895 %) Risk Management 9 26 (4.545 %) Business Development 10 21 (3.671 %) Matrix Management 10 21 (3.671 %) Change Management 11 20 (3.497 %) UML 12 18 (3.147 %) E-Commerce 12 18 (3.147 %) Resource Management 13 16 (2.797 %) Migration 13 16 (2.797 %) BPR 14 15 (2.622 %) Quality Management 15 11 (1.923 %) Information Security 16 10 (1.748 %) Service Delivery
Programming Languages 1 16 (2.797 %) SQL 2 9 (1.573 %) C# 3 6 (1.049 %) Java 3 6 (1.049 %) JavaScript 4 2 (0.350 %) VB 5 1 (0.175 %) VB.NET 5 1 (0.175 %) Shell Script 5 1 (0.175 %) PL/SQL 5 1 (0.175 %) RPG	Qualifications 1 45 (7.867 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 20 (3.497 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 15 (2.622 %) Degree 4 9 (1.573 %) PMI Certification 4 9 (1.573 %) ISEB 5 8 (1.399 %) PMP 6 3 (0.524 %) ITIL Certification 6 3 (0.524 %) CISSP 7 2 (0.350 %) MCSE 7 2 (0.350 %) Microsoft Certification 7 2 (0.350 %) CIPD 8 1 (0.175 %) MCIPD 8 1 (0.175 %) CISM 8 1 (0.175 %) CCVP 8 1 (0.175 %) ISEB Practitioner 8 1 (0.175 %) CCNP 8 1 (0.175 %) CCDP 8 1 (0.175 %) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (2.098 %) ISO27001 1 12 (2.098 %) QA 2 4 (0.699 %) SLA 3 1 (0.175 %) Basel II 3 1 (0.175 %) PCI DSS	System Software 1 13 (2.273 %) Active Directory 2 6 (1.049 %) VMware ESX 3 3 (0.524 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (0.175 %) NetBackup 4 1 (0.175 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 1 (0.175 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 1 (0.175 %) BMC PATROL 1 1 (0.175 %) ARCserve	Vendors 1 61 (10.66 %) Microsoft 2 23 (4.021 %) Oracle 3 13 (2.273 %) CheckPoint 4 9 (1.573 %) SAP 5 6 (1.049 %) Cisco 6 5 (0.874 %) ATG 6 5 (0.874 %) Intershop 7 4 (0.699 %) Primavera 8 3 (0.524 %) VMware 9 2 (0.350 %) IBM 10 1 (0.175 %) Business Objects 10 1 (0.175 %) PeopleSoft 10 1 (0.175 %) TOWER Software 10 1 (0.175 %) Compuware 10 1 (0.175 %) HP 10 1 (0.175 %) Dell 10 1 (0.175 %) Intel 10 1 (0.175 %) BMC 10 1 (0.175 %) CommVault 10 1 (0.175 %) Hyperion