The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 39 47 34
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 57 33 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 5.234% 3.470% 5.239%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.545% 3.618% 5.483%
Number of salaries quoted 46 31 40
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,250 £45,000 £37,900
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1028 912 839
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.40% 95.90% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 915 775 789
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Project Manager
East of England

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Project Manager Salary Trend

Project Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Bedfordshire Project Manager Salary Histogram

Project Manager
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Bedfordshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford 0 20 £46,250 +2.77%
Luton +17 19 £58,500 +17.00%
Leighton Buzzard - 3 - -
Project Manager
East of England

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 96 (58.18%) PRINCE2
2 85 (51.52%) Project Management
3 70 (42.42%) Agile Software Development
4 54 (32.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (32.12%) Scrum
6 39 (23.64%) E-Commerce
7 38 (23.03%) Finance
8 32 (19.39%) Project Planning
9 26 (15.76%) MS Project
10 25 (15.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 25 (15.15%) PMI Certification
11 24 (14.55%) DSDM
12 20 (12.12%) Microsoft
13 19 (11.52%) PMI
14 16 (9.697%) Programme Management
14 16 (9.697%) Matrix Management
15 14 (8.485%) Service Delivery
16 13 (7.879%) PRINCE
16 13 (7.879%) Waterfall
17 12 (7.273%) Retail
17 12 (7.273%) PMP
18 11 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
18 11 (6.667%) Agile Project Management
19 9 (5.455%) Risk Management
19 9 (5.455%) B2B
19 9 (5.455%) MS Excel
19 9 (5.455%) .NET
19 9 (5.455%) Business Analysis
19 9 (5.455%) Degree
20 8 (4.848%) Marketing

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 9 (5.455%) .NET
2 8 (4.848%) HTML
2 8 (4.848%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.030%) SharePoint
1 5 (3.030%) Windows Azure
1 5 (3.030%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (1.212%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (15.76%) MS Project
2 9 (5.455%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (4.848%) SiteCatalyst
2 7 (4.242%) Google Analytics
3 3 (1.818%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.818%) IP Telephony
1 3 (1.818%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.606%) HTTP
2 1 (0.606%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.030%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.606%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 11 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 38 (23.03%) Finance
2 12 (7.273%) Retail
3 8 (4.848%) Marketing
4 3 (1.818%) Banking
5 1 (0.606%) Legal
5 1 (0.606%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.52%) PMI
2 8 (4.848%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.606%) EPoS
3 1 (0.606%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.030%) Windows
2 3 (1.818%) UNIX
3 2 (1.212%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (58.18%) PRINCE2
2 85 (51.52%) Project Management
3 70 (42.42%) Agile Software Development
4 54 (32.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (32.12%) Scrum
6 39 (23.64%) E-Commerce
7 32 (19.39%) Project Planning
8 24 (14.55%) DSDM
9 16 (9.697%) Programme Management
9 16 (9.697%) Matrix Management
10 14 (8.485%) Service Delivery
11 13 (7.879%) PRINCE
11 13 (7.879%) Waterfall
12 11 (6.667%) Agile Project Management
13 9 (5.455%) Risk Management
13 9 (5.455%) B2B
13 9 (5.455%) Business Analysis
14 8 (4.848%) Analytics
15 7 (4.242%) Product Management
16 6 (3.636%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.848%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (15.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 25 (15.15%) PMI Certification
2 12 (7.273%) PMP
3 9 (5.455%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.212%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.212%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 20 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.848%) Adobe
3 7 (4.242%) Omniture
3 7 (4.242%) Google
4 6 (3.636%) Cisco
5 2 (1.212%) EMC
5 2 (1.212%) Oracle
6 1 (0.606%) Twitter