The first table below looks at the demand for Programme Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programme Management over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programme Management
Rank 82 90 78
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -12
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 40 48 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.709% 1.514% 1.790%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.553% 2.340% 2.804%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 22 15
Average daily rate £438 £365 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.86% +12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £303 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £498 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £420 £400
% change year-on-year
- +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £21.88 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+48.57% -37.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1567 2051 1926
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 66.94% 64.70% 63.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 803 788
Average daily rate £400 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 49 73
Average hourly rate £28.75 £27.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.48% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.45 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.30 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Programme Management
South East

Programme Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Programme Management across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Programme Management Jobs Demand Trend

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Programme Management across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Programme Management Daily Rate Trend

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Management across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Programme Management Daily Rate Histogram

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Programme Management across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Programme Management Hourly Rate Trend

Programme Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Management within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +2 10 £425 +16.43% 3
Slough - 4 £473 - 3
Newbury 0 1 £425 +41.66% 3
Hungerford - - - - 5
Wokingham - - - -
Programme Management
South East

Programme Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Programme Management 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Programme Management.

1 39 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 23 (35.38%) Project Management
3 17 (26.15%) PRINCE2
4 16 (24.62%) MS Project
4 16 (24.62%) Finance
5 13 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 12 (18.46%) Marketing
6 12 (18.46%) Project Planning
7 9 (13.85%) Security Cleared
7 9 (13.85%) PMI Certification
7 9 (13.85%) MS Excel
8 8 (12.31%) Product Management
8 8 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (10.77%) Portfolio Management
9 7 (10.77%) Change Control
10 6 (9.231%) Agile Software Development
10 6 (9.231%) MS Visio
11 5 (7.692%) PMI
11 5 (7.692%) BSS
11 5 (7.692%) SC Cleared
12 4 (6.154%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 4 (6.154%) Network Design
12 4 (6.154%) MS Project Server
12 4 (6.154%) Risk Management
12 4 (6.154%) Niku
12 4 (6.154%) Legal
12 4 (6.154%) PMP
12 4 (6.154%) Business Objects
12 4 (6.154%) SLA
12 4 (6.154%) SQL

Programme Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Programme Management also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Programme Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.538%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.154%) MS Project Server
2 1 (1.538%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (24.62%) MS Project
2 9 (13.85%) MS Excel
3 6 (9.231%) MS Visio
4 3 (4.615%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.538%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.538%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (1.538%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.692%) BSS
2 3 (4.615%) 3G
3 2 (3.077%) Internet
3 2 (3.077%) WAN
3 2 (3.077%) Broadband
3 2 (3.077%) PSTN
4 1 (1.538%) VoIP
4 1 (1.538%) VPN
4 1 (1.538%) MPLS
4 1 (1.538%) Firewall
4 1 (1.538%) Network Security
4 1 (1.538%) LTE
4 1 (1.538%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.538%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.538%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.538%) Data Warehouse
General
1 39 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 16 (24.62%) Finance
3 12 (18.46%) Marketing
4 4 (6.154%) Legal
5 3 (4.615%) Billing
6 2 (3.077%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.538%) Retail
7 1 (1.538%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (24.62%) Project Manager
2 8 (12.31%) Programme Manager
3 5 (7.692%) Project Planner
3 5 (7.692%) Transformation Project Manager
4 4 (6.154%) Analyst
4 4 (6.154%) Business Analyst
4 4 (6.154%) Architect
5 3 (4.615%) Change Manager
5 3 (4.615%) Test Manager
5 3 (4.615%) PMO Manager
5 3 (4.615%) Change Project Manager
5 3 (4.615%) Defect Manager
6 2 (3.077%) Designer
6 2 (3.077%) OSS Consultant
6 2 (3.077%) Programme Test Manager
6 2 (3.077%) Telecoms Project Manager
6 2 (3.077%) Lead Architect
6 2 (3.077%) Implementation Manager
6 2 (3.077%) Data Manager
6 2 (3.077%) Online Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.692%) PMI
2 2 (3.077%) Digital Media
2 2 (3.077%) SecurID
2 2 (3.077%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.538%) Economics
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.38%) Project Management
2 17 (26.15%) PRINCE2
3 12 (18.46%) Project Planning
4 8 (12.31%) Product Management
4 8 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (10.77%) Portfolio Management
5 7 (10.77%) Change Control
6 6 (9.231%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (6.154%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (6.154%) Network Design
7 4 (6.154%) Risk Management
8 3 (4.615%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (4.615%) Change Management
8 3 (4.615%) Information Management
8 3 (4.615%) Supplier Management
8 3 (4.615%) Information Assurance
8 3 (4.615%) Marketing Strategy
9 2 (3.077%) Test Automation
9 2 (3.077%) Product Marketing
9 2 (3.077%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.154%) SQL
2 1 (1.538%) C
2 1 (1.538%) C#
2 1 (1.538%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (13.85%) Security Cleared
1 9 (13.85%) PMI Certification
2 5 (7.692%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.154%) PMP
4 2 (3.077%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.538%) CISSP
5 1 (1.538%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.154%) SLA
2 1 (1.538%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.154%) Niku
2 4 (6.154%) Business Objects
3 2 (3.077%) SAP
4 1 (1.538%) Oracle
4 1 (1.538%) Ericsson