The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning 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 Project Planning over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 74 84 86
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 36 28 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.938% 1.253% 0.656%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.817% 1.779% 1.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 5
Average daily rate £396 £420 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £346 £310 £186
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £430 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £358 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.89% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -25.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1278 1574 1154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 68.78% 70.46% 63.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 868 548
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £455 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 40 60
Average hourly rate £26.00 £16.50 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.57% -29.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.45 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £170.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +18 32 £400 -2.43%
South Yorkshire +2 2 £315 +90.90%
East Yorkshire - 2 - -
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 33 (62.26%) Project Management
2 31 (58.49%) Finance
3 26 (49.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (47.17%) PRINCE2
5 16 (30.19%) Risk Management
6 15 (28.30%) MS Project
7 13 (24.53%) Banking
8 12 (22.64%) MS Excel
9 10 (18.87%) Microsoft
10 9 (16.98%) Change Management
11 8 (15.09%) PMI Certification
11 8 (15.09%) SAP
12 7 (13.21%) ITIL
12 7 (13.21%) PMP
13 6 (11.32%) Retail
13 6 (11.32%) Change Control
14 5 (9.434%) MS PowerPoint
14 5 (9.434%) Migration
14 5 (9.434%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 5 (9.434%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (7.547%) Business Intelligence
15 4 (7.547%) Critical Path Analysis
15 4 (7.547%) APMP
16 3 (5.660%) Resource Management
16 3 (5.660%) QA
16 3 (5.660%) MS Office
16 3 (5.660%) Oracle
16 3 (5.660%) MS Visio
16 3 (5.660%) Windows
16 3 (5.660%) Process Management

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 1 (1.887%) COM
Applications
1 15 (28.30%) MS Project
2 12 (22.64%) MS Excel
3 5 (9.434%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (5.660%) MS Office
4 3 (5.660%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.887%) SAP HR
1 1 (1.887%) JDE OneWorld
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.887%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.887%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.774%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.887%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (1.887%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.887%) SAP BI
2 1 (1.887%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.887%) SQL Server
General
1 31 (58.49%) Finance
2 13 (24.53%) Banking
3 6 (11.32%) Retail
4 2 (3.774%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.887%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (69.81%) Project Manager
2 6 (11.32%) Project Planner
2 6 (11.32%) Senior Manager
2 6 (11.32%) Senior Project Manager
3 4 (7.547%) Programme Planner
4 3 (5.660%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (5.660%) SAP Manager
4 3 (5.660%) SAP Project Manager
4 3 (5.660%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (3.774%) Consultant
5 2 (3.774%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (3.774%) Programme Manager
5 2 (3.774%) Agile Project Manager
5 2 (3.774%) Senior Programme Manager
6 1 (1.887%) ITIL Project Manager
6 1 (1.887%) Junior Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (1.887%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (1.887%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 1 (1.887%) Technical Manager
6 1 (1.887%) Implementation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.887%) Mathematics
1 1 (1.887%) Computer Science
1 1 (1.887%) PMI
1 1 (1.887%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.660%) Windows
2 2 (3.774%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.887%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (62.26%) Project Management
2 26 (49.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (47.17%) PRINCE2
4 16 (30.19%) Risk Management
5 9 (16.98%) Change Management
6 7 (13.21%) ITIL
7 6 (11.32%) Change Control
8 5 (9.434%) Migration
9 4 (7.547%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (7.547%) Critical Path Analysis
10 3 (5.660%) Resource Management
10 3 (5.660%) Process Management
11 2 (3.774%) Service Management
11 2 (3.774%) Agile Software Development
11 2 (3.774%) Logistics
11 2 (3.774%) Business Transformation
11 2 (3.774%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 2 (3.774%) Waterfall
12 1 (1.887%) ITIL V3
12 1 (1.887%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.887%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (15.09%) PMI Certification
2 7 (13.21%) PMP
3 5 (9.434%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 5 (9.434%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (7.547%) APMP
5 2 (3.774%) Degree
5 2 (3.774%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.774%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.887%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.660%) QA
2 1 (1.887%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.887%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.887%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 8 (15.09%) SAP
3 3 (5.660%) Oracle
4 1 (1.887%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.887%) Primavera
4 1 (1.887%) Cisco
4 1 (1.887%) HP
4 1 (1.887%) JD Edwards
4 1 (1.887%) VMware
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