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The table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Planning over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProject Planning
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank124188
Rank change on same period last yearUp+64
Matching permanent IT job ads13593
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.079 %0.040 %
As % of the category below2.224 %1.180 %
Salaries quoted12978
Average minimum salary£42,629£51,154
Average salary£46,373£54,202
% change on same period last year-14.44 %
Average maximum salary£50,117£57,250
UK excluding London average salary£43,666£41,886
% change on same period last year+4.24 %
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads60707882
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.543 %3.379 %
Salaries quoted53026535
Average minimum salary£36,155£40,116
Average salary£40,019£44,227
% change on same period last year-9.51 %
Average maximum salary£43,883£48,339
UK excluding London average salary£42,638£44,224
% change on same period last year-3.58 %
Project Planning EnglandProject Planning
England

Project Planning
Demand Trend

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

North West Project Planning Demand Trend

Project Planning
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Project Planning across the North West region.

North West Project Planning Salary Trend

Project Planning
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Project Planning across the North West region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

North West Project Planning Salary Histogram

Project Planning
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the North West region over the 3 months to 7 October 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CheshireUp+3663£45,518+7.61 %
ManchesterUp+4550£47,615-21.17 %
LancashireUp+810£50,889+44.36 %
MerseysideNo change04£41,667-25.92 %
Project Planning EnglandProject Planning
England

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Project Planning.

1111 (40.22 %)PRINCE2
295 (34.42 %)Project Management
390 (32.61 %)Finance
470 (25.36 %)Resource Management
552 (18.84 %)MS Project
647 (17.03 %)MS Excel
741 (14.86 %)MS Visio
741 (14.86 %)Service Delivery
838 (13.77 %)Degree
937 (13.41 %)PMI
1034 (12.32 %)Risk Management
1132 (11.59 %)Oracle
1132 (11.59 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1231 (11.23 %)SQL
1330 (10.87 %)SQL Server
1425 (9.058 %)Banking
1524 (8.696 %)Business Analysis
1623 (8.333 %)Microsoft
1722 (7.971 %)Sybase
1722 (7.971 %)PMP
1722 (7.971 %)PMI Certification
1722 (7.971 %)Government
1722 (7.971 %)Stakeholder Management
1821 (7.609 %)Ingres
1920 (7.246 %)Business Intelligence
1920 (7.246 %)Datawarehouse
2019 (6.884 %)VMware
2019 (6.884 %)SAN
2019 (6.884 %)NetApp
2118 (6.522 %)Education

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Project Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (4.710 %).NET
29 (3.261 %)ASP.NET
38 (2.899 %)Middleware
45 (1.812 %)HTML
54 (1.449 %).NET Framework
54 (1.449 %)XML
63 (1.087 %)J2EE
63 (1.087 %)J2ME
63 (1.087 %)Oracle Fusion
72 (0.725 %)Java RMI
72 (0.725 %)Java EE
72 (0.725 %)CSS
72 (0.725 %)Struts
72 (0.725 %)Hibernate
72 (0.725 %)Spring
72 (0.725 %)AJAX
81 (0.362 %)WebSphere
81 (0.362 %)WebServices
81 (0.362 %)XSLT
81 (0.362 %)XHTML
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (1.812 %)SharePoint
24 (1.449 %)MS Exchange
24 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 2003
24 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 2007
24 (1.449 %)MTS
32 (0.725 %)IIS
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
152 (18.84 %)MS Project
247 (17.03 %)MS Excel
341 (14.86 %)MS Visio
410 (3.623 %)Pro/ENGINEER
57 (2.536 %)MS PowerPoint
57 (2.536 %)MS Office
63 (1.087 %)Spreadsheet
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (3.623 %)Siebel Analytics
22 (0.725 %)SAP Business One
31 (0.362 %)SAP ERP
31 (0.362 %)Oracle Payroll
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (6.884 %)SAN
23 (1.087 %)Intranet
32 (0.725 %)WAN
41 (0.362 %)DHCP
41 (0.362 %)LAN
41 (0.362 %)VoIP
41 (0.362 %)Extranet
41 (0.362 %)Firewall
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
130 (10.87 %)SQL Server
221 (7.609 %)Ingres
320 (7.246 %)Datawarehouse
413 (4.710 %)MS Access
51 (0.362 %)Oracle Reports
51 (0.362 %)SQL Server 2005
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
190 (32.61 %)Finance
225 (9.058 %)Banking
322 (7.971 %)Government
418 (6.522 %)Education
511 (3.986 %)Health
511 (3.986 %)Retail
610 (3.623 %)Electric
610 (3.623 %)Pharmaceutical
610 (3.623 %)Electronics
78 (2.899 %)Pensions
85 (1.812 %)Back Office
85 (1.812 %)Marketing
94 (1.449 %)Insurance
102 (0.725 %)Manufacturing
102 (0.725 %)Telecoms
111 (0.362 %)Automotive
111 (0.362 %)Retail Banking
111 (0.362 %)Billing
111 (0.362 %)Legal
111 (0.362 %)FMCG
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1121 (43.84 %)Project Manager
234 (12.32 %)Analyst
326 (9.420 %)Business Analyst
420 (7.246 %)Developer
420 (7.246 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
420 (7.246 %)Senior Manager
420 (7.246 %)Senior Project Manager
420 (7.246 %)Infrastructure Manager
517 (6.159 %)Technical Manager
517 (6.159 %)Service Manager
517 (6.159 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
615 (5.435 %)Technical Services Manager
714 (5.072 %)Project Leader
813 (4.710 %)Consultant
912 (4.348 %)Delivery Manager
1011 (3.986 %)Services Delivery Manager
1110 (3.623 %)Design Engineer
1110 (3.623 %)Siebel Project Manager
1110 (3.623 %)Mechanical Engineer
1110 (3.623 %)Mechanical Design Engineer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
137 (13.41 %)PMI
25 (1.812 %)N-Tier
34 (1.449 %)Blackberry
43 (1.087 %)Mainframe
51 (0.362 %)Management Information System
51 (0.362 %)NHS
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (2.536 %)Windows
25 (1.812 %)Linux
25 (1.812 %)Windows Server 2003
25 (1.812 %)UNIX
34 (1.449 %)Windows Server 2008
42 (0.725 %)Symbian OS
51 (0.362 %)AIX
51 (0.362 %)Windows 2000 Server
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1111 (40.22 %)PRINCE2
295 (34.42 %)Project Management
370 (25.36 %)Resource Management
441 (14.86 %)Service Delivery
534 (12.32 %)Risk Management
624 (8.696 %)Business Analysis
722 (7.971 %)Stakeholder Management
820 (7.246 %)Business Intelligence
915 (5.435 %)Data Management
1014 (5.072 %)PRINCE
1112 (4.348 %)Change Management
1210 (3.623 %)ITIL
139 (3.261 %)E-Commerce
148 (2.899 %)Logistics
156 (2.174 %)Migration
156 (2.174 %)Requirements Analysis
156 (2.174 %)Agile Software Development
156 (2.174 %)ERP
165 (1.812 %)BPR
165 (1.812 %)Finite Element Analysis
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (11.23 %)SQL
214 (5.072 %)C
214 (5.072 %)Java
39 (3.261 %)C++
46 (2.174 %)VB.NET
46 (2.174 %)C#
53 (1.087 %)JavaScript
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
138 (13.77 %)Degree
232 (11.59 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
322 (7.971 %)PMP
322 (7.971 %)PMI Certification
410 (3.623 %)Siebel Certification
54 (1.449 %)CCNA
54 (1.449 %)Cisco Certification
63 (1.087 %)ITIL Certification
63 (1.087 %)ISEB Practitioner
63 (1.087 %)ISEB
72 (0.725 %)PRINCE2 Certification
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.087 %)QA
21 (0.362 %)ISO9001
21 (0.362 %)SLA
21 (0.362 %)MiFID
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (5.435 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.362 %)Active Directory
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
132 (11.59 %)Oracle
223 (8.333 %)Microsoft
322 (7.971 %)Sybase
419 (6.884 %)NetApp
419 (6.884 %)VMware
513 (4.710 %)Niku
612 (4.348 %)SAP
710 (3.623 %)Siebel
710 (3.623 %)SolidWorks
86 (2.174 %)Symbian
94 (1.449 %)Cisco
94 (1.449 %)Juniper
103 (1.087 %)Primavera
111 (0.362 %)iSOFT