The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 29 29 31
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 20 10 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 7.968% 4.950% 4.268%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.163% 5.076% 4.294%
Number of salaries quoted 20 9 6
Average salary £46,250 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.77% -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Job Titles
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
245 197 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 97.61% 97.52% 99.39%
Number of salaries quoted 239 187 158
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Project Manager
Bedfordshire

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Bedford region.

Bedford Project Manager Salary Trend

Project Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedford Project Manager Salary Histogram

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled with Project Manager in their job title.

1 52 (76.47%) Scrum
2 51 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
3 32 (47.06%) Project Management
4 27 (39.71%) PRINCE2
5 24 (35.29%) PMI Certification
6 22 (32.35%) DSDM
6 22 (32.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (27.94%) PMI
7 19 (27.94%) Project Planning
8 13 (19.12%) Matrix Management
9 11 (16.18%) PMP
9 11 (16.18%) Programme Management
10 10 (14.71%) Agile Project Management
10 10 (14.71%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (8.824%) Kanban
11 6 (8.824%) Information Security
11 6 (8.824%) BDD
11 6 (8.824%) Earned Value Management
11 6 (8.824%) Finance
11 6 (8.824%) TDD
11 6 (8.824%) Pair Programming
11 6 (8.824%) PRINCE
11 6 (8.824%) E-Commerce
12 5 (7.353%) Management Information System
12 5 (7.353%) Product Management
12 5 (7.353%) Business Analysis
13 3 (4.412%) Continuous Improvement
13 3 (4.412%) UNIX
13 3 (4.412%) .NET
13 3 (4.412%) IP Telephony

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled with Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (4.412%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.412%) IP Telephony
Development Applications
1 10 (14.71%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (8.824%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 19 (27.94%) PMI
2 5 (7.353%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.412%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (76.47%) Scrum
2 51 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
3 32 (47.06%) Project Management
4 27 (39.71%) PRINCE2
5 22 (32.35%) DSDM
5 22 (32.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (27.94%) Project Planning
7 13 (19.12%) Matrix Management
8 11 (16.18%) Programme Management
9 10 (14.71%) Agile Project Management
10 6 (8.824%) Kanban
10 6 (8.824%) Information Security
10 6 (8.824%) BDD
10 6 (8.824%) Earned Value Management
10 6 (8.824%) TDD
10 6 (8.824%) Pair Programming
10 6 (8.824%) PRINCE
10 6 (8.824%) E-Commerce
11 5 (7.353%) Product Management
11 5 (7.353%) Business Analysis
Qualifications
1 24 (35.29%) PMI Certification
2 11 (16.18%) PMP
3 1 (1.471%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.471%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (1.471%) Cisco
Bedford, Bedfordshire
A FTSE100 software house is urgently hiring 2 PROJECT MANAGERS responsible for the delivery of multiple software development projects in an Agile/Scrum environment... For the Project Manager...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £48000 - £52000 per annum + Pension, Bupa, Bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013