Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

LinkProject Manager
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank302924
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Down-5
Matching permanent IT job ads4050493211796
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK5.143 %4.879 %5.837 %
As % of the Job Titles category5.509 %5.228 %6.198 %
Salaries quoted337640959737
Average salary£50,000£47,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£33,000£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£71,050£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£46,000£45,000£46,000
% change year-on-year
+2.220 %-2.170 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7351394340190321
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.36 %93.34 %94.18 %
Salaries quoted6085779289154271
Average salary£40,000£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.890 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

Project Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Project Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Project Manager Demand Trend

Project Manager
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Project Manager within the UK.

Project Manager Salary Trend

Project Manager
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Project Manager over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

Project Manager Salary Histogram

Project Manager
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-13822£50,000+5.26 %
LondonDown-21980£60,000+9.09 %
South EastUp+7791£50,000+5.26 %
City of LondonUp+5622£62,500+4.16 %
South WestNo change0271£44,000-
East of EnglandUp+6213£50,000+11.11 %
BerkshireNo change0185£50,000+5.26 %
West MidlandsUp+7165£42,500-5.55 %
North WestDown-16159£37,500-14.77 %
West SussexUp+31118£50,000-
ScotlandUp+33116£47,500-
East MidlandsUp+16113£40,000-
SurreyDown-23113£52,500+5.00 %
YorkshireDown-31110£45,000+7.14 %
OxfordshireDown-488£40,000-5.88 %
BristolUp+3983£45,000+5.88 %
HertfordshireDown-276£55,000+15.78 %
HampshireDown-776£47,500+5.55 %
West YorkshireDown-2374£47,500+11.76 %
ManchesterDown-1473£35,000-22.22 %
WiltshireDown-1571£42,500-5.55 %
OxfordUp+770£40,000+6.66 %
EssexUp+3860£49,000+8.88 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1157£42,500-5.55 %
EdinburghUp+2956£45,000-10.00 %
LeedsDown-1947£48,000+17.07 %
CheshireDown-2546£46,750+6.25 %
NorthamptonshireUp+2144£42,500+30.76 %
CambridgeshireDown-3039£47,500+5.55 %
ReadingUp+1438£49,250+13.87 %

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

13873 (53.12 %)Project Management
22626 (36.02 %)PRINCE2
32028 (27.82 %)Finance
4885 (12.14 %)Banking
5653 (8.956 %)Stakeholder Management
6638 (8.751 %)PRINCE2 Certification
7554 (7.598 %)Agile Software Development
8525 (7.201 %)Degree
9479 (6.570 %)E-Commerce
10471 (6.460 %)Investment Banking
11466 (6.391 %)PMI Certification
12459 (6.295 %)Business Analysis
13451 (6.186 %)Retail
14440 (6.035 %).NET
15429 (5.884 %)Java
16422 (5.788 %)Microsoft
17410 (5.623 %)Change Management
18408 (5.596 %)Insurance
19404 (5.541 %)Marketing
20402 (5.514 %)Oracle
21400 (5.486 %)Derivative
22389 (5.335 %)Scrum
23379 (5.198 %)MS Project
24378 (5.184 %)Health
24378 (5.184 %)Pensions
25365 (5.006 %)SAP
26360 (4.938 %)Risk Management
27355 (4.869 %)Front Office
28347 (4.759 %)PRINCE
29343 (4.704 %)CRM

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1440 (6.035 %).NET
2115 (1.577 %)J2EE
3113 (1.550 %)HTML
490 (1.234 %)XML
584 (1.152 %)ASP.NET
673 (1.001 %)CSS
752 (0.713 %)Web Services
850 (0.686 %)Flash
943 (0.590 %)LAMP
1040 (0.549 %)JSP
1135 (0.480 %)Middleware
1234 (0.466 %).NET Framework
1332 (0.439 %)Adobe Flex
1428 (0.384 %)Silverlight
1527 (0.370 %)Spring
1626 (0.357 %)Struts
1723 (0.315 %)WebSphere
1723 (0.315 %)XHTML
1723 (0.315 %)ASP
1819 (0.261 %)Servlets
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1152 (2.085 %)CMS
2129 (1.769 %)SharePoint
330 (0.411 %)MS Exchange
428 (0.384 %)WebLogic
428 (0.384 %)Apache
523 (0.315 %)SharePoint Server 2007
615 (0.206 %)Exchange Server 2003
714 (0.192 %)IIS
811 (0.151 %)Exchange Server 2007
811 (0.151 %)Alfresco
811 (0.151 %)Documentum
910 (0.137 %)EPiServer
910 (0.137 %)Drupal
109 (0.123 %)SAS
109 (0.123 %)BizTalk Server
118 (0.110 %)MQSeries
127 (0.096 %)Office Project Server
127 (0.096 %)TeamSite
127 (0.096 %)LiveLink
136 (0.082 %)NetWeaver
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1379 (5.198 %)MS Project
2298 (4.087 %)MS Excel
3140 (1.920 %)MS Visio
4136 (1.865 %)MS Office
539 (0.535 %)MS PowerPoint
638 (0.521 %)CA Clarity
712 (0.165 %)Photoshop
87 (0.096 %)Spreadsheet
93 (0.041 %)FastStats
102 (0.027 %)AutoCAD
111 (0.014 %)Open Workbench
111 (0.014 %)Adobe Illustrator
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
142 (0.576 %)Oracle Applications
239 (0.535 %)Dynamics CRM
338 (0.521 %)Oracle EBS
338 (0.521 %)Dynamics AX
434 (0.466 %)SAP ERP
529 (0.398 %)Endur
628 (0.384 %)Dynamics NAV
727 (0.370 %)SAP HR
825 (0.343 %)Oracle Financials
924 (0.329 %)Oracle ERP
1020 (0.274 %)Oracle EBS R12
1020 (0.274 %)Axapta
1119 (0.261 %)Navision
1218 (0.247 %)SAP FI
1317 (0.233 %)SAP CO
1317 (0.233 %)Oracle 11i
1317 (0.233 %)SAP FI/CO
1413 (0.178 %)Eagle PACE
1413 (0.178 %)SAP CRM
1512 (0.165 %)SAP MM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1238 (3.264 %)Internet
292 (1.262 %)WAN
385 (1.166 %)Intranet
464 (0.878 %)LAN
560 (0.823 %)SAN
641 (0.562 %)Wireless
740 (0.549 %)VoIP
833 (0.453 %)Firewall
929 (0.398 %)BSS
1027 (0.370 %)Broadband
1125 (0.343 %)Extranet
1223 (0.315 %)VPN
1319 (0.261 %)IP Telephony
1319 (0.261 %)DNS
1319 (0.261 %)MPLS
1416 (0.219 %)TCP/IP
1515 (0.206 %)ATM
1610 (0.137 %)Ethernet
177 (0.096 %)Cisco IOS
177 (0.096 %)GSM
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1218 (2.990 %)SQL Server
2155 (2.126 %)Datawarehouse
380 (1.097 %)ETL
454 (0.741 %)MySQL
544 (0.603 %)RDBMS
639 (0.535 %)SQL Server 2005
730 (0.411 %)OLAP
828 (0.384 %)Oracle Reports
920 (0.274 %)SAP BW
1017 (0.233 %)BusinessObjects
1116 (0.219 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1215 (0.206 %)SQL Server 2000
1313 (0.178 %)Reference Data
1313 (0.178 %)GIS
149 (0.123 %)SQL Server Integration Services
149 (0.123 %)Oracle 10g
157 (0.096 %)MS Access
166 (0.082 %)EDMS
166 (0.082 %)Essbase
166 (0.082 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
117 (0.233 %)Team Foundation Server
29 (0.123 %)Dreamweaver
37 (0.096 %)JIRA
37 (0.096 %)Visual Studio
45 (0.069 %)Synon
54 (0.055 %)Bugzilla
54 (0.055 %)Rational Rose
63 (0.041 %)ProC
72 (0.027 %)Oracle Forms
81 (0.014 %)Subversion
81 (0.014 %)Visual Studio Team System
81 (0.014 %)Eclipse
81 (0.014 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.014 %)RequisitePro
81 (0.014 %)ERwin
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12028 (27.82 %)Finance
2885 (12.14 %)Banking
3471 (6.460 %)Investment Banking
4451 (6.186 %)Retail
5408 (5.596 %)Insurance
6404 (5.541 %)Marketing
7378 (5.184 %)Health
7378 (5.184 %)Pensions
8355 (4.869 %)Front Office
9293 (4.019 %)Telecoms
10212 (2.908 %)Back Office
11192 (2.633 %)Government
12164 (2.249 %)Education
13126 (1.728 %)Games
14107 (1.468 %)Pharmaceutical
14107 (1.468 %)Manufacturing
15103 (1.413 %)Billing
1696 (1.317 %)Publishing
1790 (1.234 %)Legal
1869 (0.946 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1400 (5.486 %)Derivative
2302 (4.142 %)PMI
3186 (2.551 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4149 (2.044 %)Fixed Income
5106 (1.454 %)Equities
6103 (1.413 %)Management Information System
7101 (1.385 %)French Language
884 (1.152 %)NHS
981 (1.111 %)Credit Risk
1073 (1.001 %)Credit Derivative
1171 (0.974 %)German Language
1265 (0.892 %)Equity Derivative
1354 (0.741 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1452 (0.713 %)Social Network
1548 (0.658 %)Market Risk
1548 (0.658 %)FMCG
1548 (0.658 %)Open Source
1647 (0.645 %)EPoS
1647 (0.645 %)Client/Server
1733 (0.453 %)Spanish Language
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1156 (2.140 %)Windows
2104 (1.426 %)UNIX
360 (0.823 %)Linux
439 (0.535 %)Windows Server 2003
525 (0.343 %)Solaris
619 (0.261 %)Windows 7
716 (0.219 %)Windows Vista
811 (0.151 %)Windows Server 2008
98 (0.110 %)AIX
98 (0.110 %)Embedded Linux
104 (0.055 %)Red Hat Linux
104 (0.055 %)Android
104 (0.055 %)Windows 2000
104 (0.055 %)Windows XP
113 (0.041 %)Windows NT
113 (0.041 %)Windows 2000 Server
122 (0.027 %)Debian
122 (0.027 %)zOS
122 (0.027 %)VMS
131 (0.014 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13873 (53.12 %)Project Management
22626 (36.02 %)PRINCE2
3653 (8.956 %)Stakeholder Management
4554 (7.598 %)Agile Software Development
5479 (6.570 %)E-Commerce
6459 (6.295 %)Business Analysis
7410 (5.623 %)Change Management
8389 (5.335 %)Scrum
9360 (4.938 %)Risk Management
10347 (4.759 %)PRINCE
11343 (4.704 %)CRM
12327 (4.485 %)ITIL
13326 (4.471 %)ERP
14323 (4.430 %)Project Planning
15263 (3.607 %)Web Development
16262 (3.593 %)Programme Management
17189 (2.592 %)Matrix Management
18173 (2.373 %)Business Intelligence
19164 (2.249 %)RUP
20152 (2.085 %)Service Delivery
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1429 (5.884 %)Java
2266 (3.648 %)SQL
3219 (3.004 %)C#
4182 (2.496 %)C
5143 (1.961 %)C++
6124 (1.701 %)PHP
767 (0.919 %)JavaScript
830 (0.411 %)VB.NET
929 (0.398 %)VB
1014 (0.192 %)PowerHouse
1113 (0.178 %)Perl
1212 (0.165 %)PL/SQL
1212 (0.165 %)ActionScript
1311 (0.151 %)T-SQL
148 (0.110 %)VBA
148 (0.110 %)Python
148 (0.110 %)Ruby
157 (0.096 %)COBOL
165 (0.069 %)PHP5
165 (0.069 %)PHP4
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1638 (8.751 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2525 (7.201 %)Degree
3466 (6.391 %)PMI Certification
4265 (3.635 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
5254 (3.484 %)PMP
6111 (1.522 %)Security Cleared
781 (1.111 %)ITIL Certification
838 (0.521 %)APMP
937 (0.507 %)ISEB
1034 (0.466 %)SC Cleared
1131 (0.425 %)Cisco Certification
1230 (0.411 %)Microsoft Certification
1328 (0.384 %)MCSE
1423 (0.315 %)CCNA
1519 (0.261 %)DV Cleared
1610 (0.137 %)Postgraduate
179 (0.123 %)ACCA
179 (0.123 %)CIMA
188 (0.110 %)MBA
188 (0.110 %)Citrix Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1277 (3.799 %)QA
252 (0.713 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
332 (0.439 %)ISO9001
419 (0.261 %)SLA
419 (0.261 %)Basel II
55 (0.069 %)ISO27001
64 (0.055 %)COBIT
73 (0.041 %)PCI DSS
73 (0.041 %)HL7
82 (0.027 %)ISO9000
82 (0.027 %)ISO17799
91 (0.014 %)ISO/IEC 20000
91 (0.014 %)GMP
91 (0.014 %)TickIT
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
149 (0.672 %)Active Directory
211 (0.151 %)VMware Infrastructure
38 (0.110 %)VMware ESX
46 (0.082 %)Hyper-V
46 (0.082 %)ISA Server
46 (0.082 %)Xen
46 (0.082 %)AquaLogic
51 (0.014 %)Backup Exec
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (0.123 %)SCCM
28 (0.110 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
35 (0.069 %)Tivoli
44 (0.055 %)BMC PATROL
53 (0.041 %)Netcool/Proviso
53 (0.041 %)Cisco IPCC
53 (0.041 %)Netcool
61 (0.014 %)AutoSys
61 (0.014 %)WhatsUp Gold
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1422 (5.788 %)Microsoft
2402 (5.514 %)Oracle
3365 (5.006 %)SAP
4124 (1.701 %)Cisco
554 (0.741 %)Siebel
653 (0.727 %)VMware
749 (0.672 %)IBM
847 (0.645 %)Citrix
939 (0.535 %)OpenLink
1036 (0.494 %)Sybase
1134 (0.466 %)SunGard
1232 (0.439 %)Hyperion
1328 (0.384 %)PeopleSoft
1328 (0.384 %)Sun
1427 (0.370 %)Cognos
1526 (0.357 %)Charles River
1526 (0.357 %)JD Edwards
1623 (0.315 %)Adobe
1722 (0.302 %)HP
1821 (0.288 %)EMC