Yorkshire Project Planning Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Planning 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 Planning over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Planning
Location Alderley Edge Aylesbury Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Corsham County Antrim Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dover East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire High Wycombe Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Rugby Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Witham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	71	102
Rank change on same period last year	+31
Matching contract IT job ads	51	27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.068 %	0.027 %
As % of the category below	3.082 %	1.530 %
Daily rates quoted	12	7
Average minimum daily rate	£357	£313
Average daily rate	£375	£334
% change on same period last year	+12.44 %
Average maximum daily rate	£393	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£348
% change on same period last year	-5.05 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.51	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£15.00	£27.50
% change on same period last year	-45.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.48	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.68	£30.65
% change on same period last year	-26.00 %
Processes & Methodologies Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1655	1765
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.203 %	1.789 %
Daily rates quoted	430	395
Average minimum daily rate	£343	£339
Average daily rate	£364	£358
% change on same period last year	+1.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£386	£377
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£375
% change on same period last year	+1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	108	96
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.05	£25.33
Average hourly rate	£26.95	£26.23
% change on same period last year	+2.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.85	£27.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.35	£30.17
% change on same period last year	-2.69 %
Project Planning 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 Planning
Demand Trend

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

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 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
North Yorkshire	+28	35	£405	+20.92 %
West Yorkshire	+1	15	£285	-14.41 %
South Yorkshire	+5	3	-	-

Project Planning England

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 57 (59.38 %) Finance 2 32 (33.33 %) Project Management 3 24 (25.00 %) Financial Institution 4 19 (19.79 %) PRINCE2 5 14 (14.58 %) Service Delivery 6 13 (13.54 %) BASE24 6 13 (13.54 %) ATM 7 11 (11.46 %) MS Project 7 11 (11.46 %) ClearQuest 8 10 (10.42 %) MS Excel 8 10 (10.42 %) Business Development 9 9 (9.375 %) CheckPoint 10 8 (8.333 %) Microsoft 10 8 (8.333 %) Government 11 7 (7.292 %) Stakeholder Management

11 7 (7.292 %) MS Office 11 7 (7.292 %) Degree 11 7 (7.292 %) Resource Management 11 7 (7.292 %) Insurance 12 6 (6.250 %) Health 13 5 (5.208 %) PRINCE2 Certification 13 5 (5.208 %) PRINCE 14 4 (4.167 %) SAP 14 4 (4.167 %) Java 14 4 (4.167 %) Java EE 14 4 (4.167 %) Business Analysis 14 4 (4.167 %) SAP Implementation 14 4 (4.167 %) Security Cleared 15 3 (3.125 %) Pensions 15 3 (3.125 %) Office Project Server

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 4 (4.167 %) Java EE 2 1 (1.042 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 3 (3.125 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 11 (11.46 %) MS Project 2 10 (10.42 %) MS Excel 3 7 (7.292 %) MS Office 4 3 (3.125 %) MS Visio 5 2 (2.083 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 13 (13.54 %) BASE24 2 1 (1.042 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 13 (13.54 %) ATM 2 1 (1.042 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.042 %) MySQL 1 1 (1.042 %) SQL Server 1 1 (1.042 %) DB2 1 1 (1.042 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 1 1 (1.042 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 11 (11.46 %) ClearQuest 2 1 (1.042 %) ClearCase	General 1 57 (59.38 %) Finance 2 24 (25.00 %) Financial Institution 3 8 (8.333 %) Government 4 7 (7.292 %) Insurance 5 6 (6.250 %) Health 6 3 (3.125 %) Pensions 7 2 (2.083 %) Back Office 7 2 (2.083 %) Telecoms 8 1 (1.042 %) Construction 8 1 (1.042 %) Home Office 8 1 (1.042 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 31 (32.29 %) Analyst 2 22 (22.92 %) Developer 3 16 (16.67 %) Project Manager 4 13 (13.54 %) Support Analyst 5 12 (12.50 %) Project Analyst 5 12 (12.50 %) Project Support Analyst 6 8 (8.333 %) Business Analyst 7 6 (6.250 %) Project Support Officer 7 6 (6.250 %) Project Officer 8 5 (5.208 %) Applications Developer 9 4 (4.167 %) Project Planner 10 3 (3.125 %) Programme Planner 10 3 (3.125 %) Project Coordinator 10 3 (3.125 %) Coordinator 11 2 (2.083 %) Team Leader 11 2 (2.083 %) Project Engineer 11 2 (2.083 %) Business Project Manager 11 2 (2.083 %) Business Manager 11 2 (2.083 %) PMO Analyst 12 1 (1.042 %) Delivery Manager	Miscellaneous 1 3 (3.125 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 2 (2.083 %) Windows 2 1 (1.042 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 32 (33.33 %) Project Management 2 19 (19.79 %) PRINCE2 3 14 (14.58 %) Service Delivery 4 10 (10.42 %) Business Development 5 7 (7.292 %) Resource Management 5 7 (7.292 %) Stakeholder Management 6 5 (5.208 %) PRINCE 7 4 (4.167 %) Business Analysis 7 4 (4.167 %) SAP Implementation 7 4 (4.167 %) Security Cleared 8 2 (2.083 %) Test Management 8 2 (2.083 %) Programme Management 8 2 (2.083 %) Document Management 8 2 (2.083 %) Change Management 8 2 (2.083 %) Risk Management 8 2 (2.083 %) Quality Management 8 2 (2.083 %) UML 9 1 (1.042 %) DSDM 9 1 (1.042 %) E-Commerce 9 1 (1.042 %) BPR
Programming Languages 1 4 (4.167 %) Java	Qualifications 1 7 (7.292 %) Degree 2 5 (5.208 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (1.042 %) PMP 3 1 (1.042 %) PMI Certification 3 1 (1.042 %) MCSE 3 1 (1.042 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (1.042 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.042 %) SLA	Vendors 1 9 (9.375 %) CheckPoint 2 8 (8.333 %) Microsoft 3 4 (4.167 %) SAP 4 3 (3.125 %) Oracle 5 2 (2.083 %) Novell