The first table below looks at the demand for Programme Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programme Management over the 3 months to 24 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 Chester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programme Management
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 2.878% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.604% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £397 £400
% change year-on-year
+0.81% -0.81%
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
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
111 82 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 79.86% 70.09% 68.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 34 36
Average daily rate £381 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.17% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £300 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 3
Average hourly rate £44.90 £14.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.71% -15.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.00 £50.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Programme Management
Cheshire

Programme Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Programme Management Daily Rate Trend

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 Chester region.

Chester Programme Management Hourly Rate Trend

Programme Management
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) UNIX
2 3 (60.00%) AIX
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (60.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) SAP ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) DB2
3 1 (20.00%) SAP

Programme Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) DB2
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Transformation Programme Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
1 3 (60.00%) AIX
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) VMware
1 3 (60.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) SAP