The first table below looks at the demand for Programme Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programme Management over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Buckinghamshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programme Management
Rank 42 63 63
Rank change year-on-year
+21 0
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 27 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 3.325% 0.997% 1.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.745% 1.504% 1.743%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 4
Average daily rate £475 £203 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+134.56% -47.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £193 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £1,750 £213 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £398 £425
% change year-on-year
+0.62% -6.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £21.88 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+71.42% -35.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
569 665 631
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 70.07% 66.30% 59.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 313 261
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 30 47
Average hourly rate £17.75 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.33% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £18.50 £45.00
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +9 9 £450 -
Amersham - 1 - -
Programme Management
South East

Programme Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 20 (54.05%) PRINCE2
1 20 (54.05%) Project Management
1 20 (54.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (43.24%) Telecoms
3 15 (40.54%) Finance
3 15 (40.54%) Radio Access Network
4 14 (37.84%) Change Management
5 13 (35.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (24.32%) Risk Management
6 9 (24.32%) 3G
7 8 (21.62%) Quality Management
7 8 (21.62%) 2G
8 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
8 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
9 5 (13.51%) PMP
9 5 (13.51%) PMI Certification
9 5 (13.51%) Change Control
10 4 (10.81%) Degree
11 3 (8.108%) ITIL
11 3 (8.108%) SAP
11 3 (8.108%) C
11 3 (8.108%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 2 (5.405%) Kanban
12 2 (5.405%) Test Strategy
12 2 (5.405%) .NET
12 2 (5.405%) DSDM
12 2 (5.405%) Migration
12 2 (5.405%) Resource Management
12 2 (5.405%) Agile Software Development
12 2 (5.405%) Law

Programme Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 2 (5.405%) .NET
2 1 (2.703%) BPEL4WS
2 1 (2.703%) WSDL
2 1 (2.703%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.703%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (2.703%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 15 (40.54%) Radio Access Network
2 9 (24.32%) 3G
3 8 (21.62%) 2G
4 1 (2.703%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.703%) BODI
1 1 (2.703%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.703%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (2.703%) Oracle Reports
General
1 16 (43.24%) Telecoms
2 15 (40.54%) Finance
3 2 (5.405%) Law
4 1 (2.703%) Games
4 1 (2.703%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (16.22%) Programme Manager
2 5 (13.51%) Programme Director
3 2 (5.405%) Programme Analyst
3 2 (5.405%) Programme Support Analyst
3 2 (5.405%) Project Manager
3 2 (5.405%) Analyst
3 2 (5.405%) Support Analyst
3 2 (5.405%) Programme Planner
3 2 (5.405%) ScrumMaster
3 2 (5.405%) Planning Manager
3 2 (5.405%) Programme Planning Manager
4 1 (2.703%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (2.703%) Project Officer
4 1 (2.703%) SAP Manager
4 1 (2.703%) Agile Project Manager
4 1 (2.703%) Assistant Project Manager
4 1 (2.703%) Project Assistant
4 1 (2.703%) Test Leader
4 1 (2.703%) SAP Test Manager
4 1 (2.703%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.703%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (54.05%) PRINCE2
1 20 (54.05%) Project Management
1 20 (54.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (37.84%) Change Management
3 13 (35.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (24.32%) Risk Management
5 8 (21.62%) Quality Management
6 5 (13.51%) Change Control
7 3 (8.108%) ITIL
7 3 (8.108%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (5.405%) Kanban
8 2 (5.405%) Test Strategy
8 2 (5.405%) DSDM
8 2 (5.405%) Migration
8 2 (5.405%) Resource Management
8 2 (5.405%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (5.405%) Scrum
9 1 (2.703%) Workflow
9 1 (2.703%) Asset Management
9 1 (2.703%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.108%) C
2 1 (2.703%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.703%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
1 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.51%) PMP
2 5 (13.51%) PMI Certification
3 4 (10.81%) Degree
4 1 (2.703%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (2.703%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.703%) APMP
4 1 (2.703%) ISEB
4 1 (2.703%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.703%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (8.108%) SAP
2 1 (2.703%) Cisco
2 1 (2.703%) HP
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle
2 1 (2.703%) Business Objects