Project Management Contracts in the North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Project Management England / North West
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	21	8	8
Rank change year-on-year	-13	0
Contract jobs citing Project Management	209	388	360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West	7.07%	10.32%	9.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	8.75%	12.58%	12.32%
Number of daily rates quoted	137	248	209
Median daily rate	£400	£408	£385
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-1.84%	+5.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£225	£263	£257
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£543	£550	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£418	£400	£400
% change year-on-year	+4.37%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	10	8	10
Median hourly rate	£37.50	£20.39	£41.95
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+83.91%	-51.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£23.63	£10.85	£29.89
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£58.50	£62.14	£47.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.12	£27.50	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-8.65%	-21.42%

Project Management is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Contract Process & Methodology Skills North West
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	2388	3085	2921
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West	80.78%	82.07%	78.84%
Number of daily rates quoted	5096	7691	6241
Median daily rate	£413	£415	£388
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-0.60%	+7.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£294	£275	£263
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£588	£568
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£380
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted	265	238	299
Median hourly rate	£40.00	£28.50	£34.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+40.35%	-16.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.79	£12.50	£13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£57.50	£55.73	£57.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£33.50	£28.00	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+19.64%	-6.66%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Project Management as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Project Management in the North West.

Contractor daily rate trend for Project Management in the North West

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Project Management in the North West over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Project Management in the North West

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Project Management in the North West

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Project Management in the North West over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 29 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Manchester	-11	92	£375	-6.25%	50
Cheshire	-5	42	£317	-22.68%	15
Merseyside	-11	25	£450	+26.40%	6
Lancashire	-17	20	£450	-	6
Cumbria	+3	6	£390	-
Project Management England

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Project Management also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the North West region with a requirement for Project Management.

1	120 (30.23%)	Finance
2	115 (28.97%)	Agile Software Development
3	99 (24.94%)	Stakeholder Management
4	95 (23.93%)	PRINCE2
5	50 (12.59%)	Microsoft
6	48 (12.09%)	Change Management
7	44 (11.08%)	ITIL
8	40 (10.08%)	Business Analysis
9	38 (9.57%)	SAP
10	35 (8.82%)	Microsoft Project
11	34 (8.56%)	Migration
12	32 (8.06%)	PMO
13	31 (7.81%)	CRM
14	30 (7.56%)	Analytical Skills
15	28 (7.05%)	Service Management

15	28 (7.05%)	Banking
16	27 (6.80%)	Scrum
17	25 (6.30%)	Microsoft Office
17	25 (6.30%)	Degree
17	25 (6.30%)	Waterfall
18	23 (5.79%)	Management Information System
18	23 (5.79%)	Security Cleared
18	23 (5.79%)	Change Control
19	22 (5.54%)	Process Improvement
19	22 (5.54%)	Risk Management
20	21 (5.29%)	SC Cleared
20	21 (5.29%)	Logistics
20	21 (5.29%)	Supplier Management
21	20 (5.04%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
21	20 (5.04%)	Microsoft Excel

Project Management
Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	13 (3.27%)	SharePoint
2	5 (1.26%)	CMS
3	3 (0.76%)	ColdFusion
3	3 (0.76%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	3 (0.76%)	Exchange Server 2013
3	3 (0.76%)	MS Exchange
3	3 (0.76%)	SAS
4	2 (0.50%)	JBoss
4	2 (0.50%)	NetWeaver
4	2 (0.50%)	Skype for Business
5	1 (0.25%)	NServiceBus
5	1 (0.25%)	Oracle SOA Suite
5	1 (0.25%)	WebLogic
5	1 (0.25%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	35 (8.82%)	Microsoft Project
2	25 (6.30%)	Microsoft Office
3	20 (5.04%)	Microsoft Excel
4	16 (4.03%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	14 (3.53%)	MS Visio
6	6 (1.51%)	Spreadsheet
7	1 (0.25%)	Adobe Creative Suite
7	1 (0.25%)	Revit
7	1 (0.25%)	SPSS

Business Applications
1	16 (4.03%)	Dynamics CRM
2	9 (2.27%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	3 (0.76%)	Oracle EBS
3	3 (0.76%)	SAP CRM
4	2 (0.50%)	Magento
4	2 (0.50%)	Oracle EBS R12
4	2 (0.50%)	Primavera
4	2 (0.50%)	SAP CO
4	2 (0.50%)	SAP ERP
4	2 (0.50%)	SAP FI
4	2 (0.50%)	SAP FI/CO
4	2 (0.50%)	Unit4 Business World
5	1 (0.25%)	Actimize
5	1 (0.25%)	CA PPM
5	1 (0.25%)	CSG Singleview
5	1 (0.25%)	Oracle iProcurement
5	1 (0.25%)	SAP AFS
5	1 (0.25%)	SAP MII
5	1 (0.25%)	SAP QM
5	1 (0.25%)	SAP Retail

Cloud Services
1	15 (3.78%)	Office 365
2	12 (3.02%)	Microsoft Azure
3	4 (1.01%)	SaaS
4	3 (0.76%)	Dynamics 365
4	3 (0.76%)	IaaS
4	3 (0.76%)	PaaS
5	2 (0.50%)	Cloud Computing
5	2 (0.50%)	SuccessFactors
6	1 (0.25%)	GitHub

Communications & Networking
1	9 (2.27%)	Internet
2	6 (1.51%)	Firewall
3	4 (1.01%)	DHCP
3	4 (1.01%)	DNS
3	4 (1.01%)	SAN
3	4 (1.01%)	Skype
3	4 (1.01%)	VoIP
4	3 (0.76%)	NFC
4	3 (0.76%)	RFID
4	3 (0.76%)	Unified Communications
5	2 (0.50%)	Intranet
5	2 (0.50%)	ISDN
5	2 (0.50%)	NAS
6	1 (0.25%)	LAN
6	1 (0.25%)	MPLS
6	1 (0.25%)	PBX
6	1 (0.25%)	PSTN
6	1 (0.25%)	SMS
6	1 (0.25%)	TCP/IP
6	1 (0.25%)	VPN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	8 (2.02%)	Data Warehouse
2	4 (1.01%)	Relational Database
2	4 (1.01%)	SQL Server
3	3 (0.76%)	Big Data
3	3 (0.76%)	GIS
3	3 (0.76%)	SAP HANA
4	2 (0.50%)	EDRMS
5	1 (0.25%)	BusinessObjects
5	1 (0.25%)	DB2
5	1 (0.25%)	DTS
5	1 (0.25%)	EDMS
5	1 (0.25%)	FileMaker
5	1 (0.25%)	Hadoop
5	1 (0.25%)	MySQL
5	1 (0.25%)	Oracle Reports
5	1 (0.25%)	PowerCenter
5	1 (0.25%)	SAP BW
5	1 (0.25%)	Spotfire
5	1 (0.25%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	1 (0.25%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	10 (2.52%)	JIRA
2	7 (1.76%)	Git (software)
3	4 (1.01%)	gulp
4	3 (0.76%)	Selenium
4	3 (0.76%)	WebDriver
5	2 (0.50%)	Cucumber
6	1 (0.25%)	ClearCase
6	1 (0.25%)	Gradle
6	1 (0.25%)	Grunt
6	1 (0.25%)	JUnit
6	1 (0.25%)	Oracle APEX
6	1 (0.25%)	Subversion
6	1 (0.25%)	Talend Open Studio

General
1	120 (30.23%)	Finance
2	28 (7.05%)	Banking
3	19 (4.79%)	Manufacturing
4	17 (4.28%)	Retail
5	13 (3.27%)	Telecoms
6	12 (3.02%)	Marketing
6	12 (3.02%)	Pharmaceutical
7	11 (2.77%)	Legal
8	10 (2.52%)	Back Office
9	5 (1.26%)	Financial Institution
10	4 (1.01%)	Games
10	4 (1.01%)	Local Government
11	3 (0.76%)	Billing
11	3 (0.76%)	Law
12	2 (0.50%)	Corporate Banking
13	1 (0.25%)	Advertising
13	1 (0.25%)	Aerospace
13	1 (0.25%)	Automotive
13	1 (0.25%)	Multimedia
13	1 (0.25%)	Publishing

Job Titles
1	169 (42.57%)	Project Manager
2	77 (19.40%)	Analyst
3	47 (11.84%)	Business Analyst
4	24 (6.05%)	IT Manager
5	20 (5.04%)	Infrastructure Manager
6	19 (4.79%)	Infrastructure Project Manager
6	19 (4.79%)	IT Project Manager
7	16 (4.03%)	Consultant
8	14 (3.53%)	Developer
9	13 (3.27%)	Architect
9	13 (3.27%)	Senior Manager
10	11 (2.77%)	Business Manager
11	10 (2.52%)	Senior Project Manager
11	10 (2.52%)	Technical Manager
11	10 (2.52%)	Transformation Manager
12	9 (2.27%)	CRM Manager
12	9 (2.27%)	CRM Project Manager
12	9 (2.27%)	Migration Manager
12	9 (2.27%)	Programme Manager
13	8 (2.02%)	Contracts Manager

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	9 (2.27%)	.NET
1	9 (2.27%)	XML
2	8 (2.02%)	jQuery
3	7 (1.76%)	ASP.NET
3	7 (1.76%)	ASP.NET MVC
3	7 (1.76%)	Web Services
4	6 (1.51%)	CSS
4	6 (1.51%)	HTML
5	5 (1.26%)	J2EE
5	5 (1.26%)	Sass
6	4 (1.01%)	.NET Core
7	3 (0.76%)	HTML5
8	2 (0.50%)	Hibernate
9	1 (0.25%)	EJB
9	1 (0.25%)	JSP
9	1 (0.25%)	LAMP
9	1 (0.25%)	SAP Basis
9	1 (0.25%)	Servlets
9	1 (0.25%)	Struts
9	1 (0.25%)	XSD

Miscellaneous
1	30 (7.56%)	Analytical Skills
2	23 (5.79%)	Management Information System
3	19 (4.79%)	Data Centre
4	17 (4.28%)	Life Science
5	14 (3.53%)	User Experience
6	11 (2.77%)	Mainframe
7	10 (2.52%)	PMI
8	7 (1.76%)	Virtual Team
9	5 (1.26%)	Mobile App
9	5 (1.26%)	NHS
10	4 (1.01%)	Data Protection Act
10	4 (1.01%)	Driving Licence
10	4 (1.01%)	EPoS
10	4 (1.01%)	Internet of Things
11	3 (0.76%)	Computer Science
11	3 (0.76%)	Enterprise Software
11	3 (0.76%)	FMCG
11	3 (0.76%)	Greenfield Project
11	3 (0.76%)	Social Media
12	2 (0.50%)	Smart Meter

Operating Systems
1	19 (4.79%)	Windows
2	14 (3.53%)	Unix
3	8 (2.02%)	Windows Server
3	8 (2.02%)	Windows Server 2008
3	8 (2.02%)	Windows Server 2012
4	6 (1.51%)	Linux
4	6 (1.51%)	OS/2
5	4 (1.01%)	Windows 10
6	3 (0.76%)	AIX
7	2 (0.50%)	Apple iOS
7	2 (0.50%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	1 (0.25%)	Mac OS X
8	1 (0.25%)	Windows 7

Processes & Methodologies
1	115 (28.97%)	Agile Software Development
2	99 (24.94%)	Stakeholder Management
3	95 (23.93%)	PRINCE2
4	48 (12.09%)	Change Management
5	44 (11.08%)	ITIL
6	40 (10.08%)	Business Analysis
7	34 (8.56%)	Migration
8	31 (7.81%)	CRM
9	28 (7.05%)	Service Management
10	27 (6.80%)	Scrum
11	25 (6.30%)	Waterfall
12	23 (5.79%)	Change Control
13	22 (5.54%)	Process Improvement
13	22 (5.54%)	Risk Management
14	21 (5.29%)	Logistics
14	21 (5.29%)	Supplier Management
15	20 (5.04%)	Continuous Improvement
16	19 (4.79%)	Agile Project Management
16	19 (4.79%)	Line Management
17	17 (4.28%)	Project Planning

Programming Languages
1	15 (3.78%)	SQL
2	14 (3.53%)	JavaScript
3	9 (2.27%)	C#
3	9 (2.27%)	Java
4	3 (0.76%)	VBA
5	2 (0.50%)	C
5	2 (0.50%)	Objective-C
5	2 (0.50%)	PHP
5	2 (0.50%)	Python
6	1 (0.25%)	ABAP
6	1 (0.25%)	ActionScript
6	1 (0.25%)	ActionScript 2.0
6	1 (0.25%)	C++
6	1 (0.25%)	Groovy
6	1 (0.25%)	Perl
6	1 (0.25%)	PL/SQL
6	1 (0.25%)	R
6	1 (0.25%)	Ruby

Qualifications
1	25 (6.30%)	Degree
2	23 (5.79%)	Security Cleared
3	21 (5.29%)	SC Cleared
4	20 (5.04%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
5	16 (4.03%)	ISEB
6	15 (3.78%)	PMI Certification
7	10 (2.52%)	PRINCE2 Certification
8	9 (2.27%)	Cisco Certification
8	9 (2.27%)	PMP
9	5 (1.26%)	CCNA
9	5 (1.26%)	CCNP
9	5 (1.26%)	ITIL Certification
10	4 (1.01%)	APMP
11	3 (0.76%)	BPSS Clearance
11	3 (0.76%)	ECDL
11	3 (0.76%)	HNC
11	3 (0.76%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
11	3 (0.76%)	MCP
11	3 (0.76%)	Microsoft Certification
12	2 (0.50%)	HND

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	32 (8.06%)	PMO
2	19 (4.79%)	QA
3	9 (2.27%)	SLA
4	6 (1.51%)	GDPR
5	4 (1.01%)	PCI DSS
6	2 (0.50%)	COBIT
6	2 (0.50%)	Data Quality
6	2 (0.50%)	GMP
7	1 (0.25%)	Actionable Recommendations
7	1 (0.25%)	GxP
7	1 (0.25%)	ISO 14001
7	1 (0.25%)	ISO 9001
7	1 (0.25%)	ISO/IEC 27001
7	1 (0.25%)	MiFID
7	1 (0.25%)	PMBOK

System Software
1	9 (2.27%)	Active Directory
2	6 (1.51%)	Citrix Presentation Server
2	6 (1.51%)	XenApp

Systems Management
1	6 (1.51%)	Ansible
1	6 (1.51%)	Opscode Chef
1	6 (1.51%)	Puppet
1	6 (1.51%)	SCCM
2	4 (1.01%)	Microsoft Intune
3	3 (0.76%)	MOM
4	1 (0.25%)	Cisco UCCX
4	1 (0.25%)	Failover Clustering
4	1 (0.25%)	Microsoft Clustering

Vendors
1	50 (12.59%)	Microsoft
2	38 (9.57%)	SAP
3	13 (3.27%)	Citrix
3	13 (3.27%)	Oracle
4	10 (2.52%)	Cisco
5	7 (1.76%)	Hyperion
6	5 (1.26%)	IBM
6	5 (1.26%)	VMware
7	3 (0.76%)	HP
7	3 (0.76%)	ServiceNow
7	3 (0.76%)	Wyse
8	2 (0.50%)	Acronis
8	2 (0.50%)	Apple
8	2 (0.50%)	Ariba
8	2 (0.50%)	Concur
8	2 (0.50%)	Red Hat
8	2 (0.50%)	Salesforce.com
8	2 (0.50%)	Veritas
9	1 (0.25%)	Informatica
9	1 (0.25%)	Remedy