The first table below looks at the demand for the Programme Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programme Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the East of England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programme Manager
Rank 84 88 102
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 31 41 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.439% 1.391% 1.142%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.540% 1.479% 1.201%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 14
Average daily rate £450 £525 £568
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -7.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £337 £270 £475
10% offered a daily rate of more than £643 £690 £624
UK excluding London average daily rate £513 £513 £600
% change year-on-year
- -14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £38.98 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +55.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £38.98 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- +55.92%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2013 2772 2497
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.45% 94.06% 95.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1031 1306 1087
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 279 329
Average hourly rate £23.50 £26.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.61% +26.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.75 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.90 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Programme Manager
England

Programme Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Programme Manager across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England Programme Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Programme Manager across the East of England region.

East of England Programme Manager Daily Rate Trend

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Manager across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England Programme Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Programme Manager across the East of England region.

East of England Programme Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Programme Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hertfordshire -1 9 £481 -12.50%
Norfolk +6 6 £320 -52.59%
Essex 0 6 £700 +14.28%
Bedfordshire +7 5 £460 +8.23%
Cambridgeshire +6 3 £450 -14.28%
Suffolk +5 2 £388 -
Programme Manager
England

Programme Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Programme 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 contract IT job ads sampled with Programme Manager in their job title.

1 27 (58.70%) Finance
2 18 (39.13%) Project Management
3 14 (30.43%) Programme Management
4 13 (28.26%) Retail
5 12 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (17.39%) Time Management
7 7 (15.22%) Risk Management
8 6 (13.04%) E-Commerce
9 5 (10.87%) Oracle
9 5 (10.87%) Supplier Management
9 5 (10.87%) Test Strategy
10 4 (8.696%) Essbase
10 4 (8.696%) Oracle BI EE
10 4 (8.696%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (8.696%) Resource Management
10 4 (8.696%) Matrix Management
10 4 (8.696%) Integration Testing
10 4 (8.696%) Test Management
10 4 (8.696%) ERP
10 4 (8.696%) Hyperion
10 4 (8.696%) Management Information System
10 4 (8.696%) Back Office
10 4 (8.696%) Oracle ERP
11 3 (6.522%) Change Management
11 3 (6.522%) Middleware
11 3 (6.522%) HP
11 3 (6.522%) PMI
11 3 (6.522%) PMP
11 3 (6.522%) PMI Certification
11 3 (6.522%) C

Programme Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Programme 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 contract IT job ads sampled with Programme Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (6.522%) Web Services
1 3 (6.522%) Middleware
2 1 (2.174%) .NET
Business Applications
1 4 (8.696%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (8.696%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.174%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.348%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.696%) Essbase
1 4 (8.696%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (2.174%) Data Warehouse
General
1 27 (58.70%) Finance
2 13 (28.26%) Retail
3 4 (8.696%) Back Office
4 3 (6.522%) Banking
5 2 (4.348%) Local Government
5 2 (4.348%) Marketing
6 1 (2.174%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.174%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.696%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.522%) PMI
3 2 (4.348%) NHS
4 1 (2.174%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.174%) SaaS
4 1 (2.174%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.174%) Windows
1 1 (2.174%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (39.13%) Project Management
2 14 (30.43%) Programme Management
3 12 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (17.39%) Time Management
5 7 (15.22%) Risk Management
6 6 (13.04%) E-Commerce
7 5 (10.87%) Supplier Management
7 5 (10.87%) Test Strategy
8 4 (8.696%) Integration Testing
8 4 (8.696%) Test Management
8 4 (8.696%) Resource Management
8 4 (8.696%) Matrix Management
8 4 (8.696%) ERP
9 3 (6.522%) PRINCE2
9 3 (6.522%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (6.522%) System Testing
9 3 (6.522%) Change Management
9 3 (6.522%) Revenue Management
9 3 (6.522%) Non-Functional Testing
10 2 (4.348%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.522%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (6.522%) PMP
1 3 (6.522%) PMI Certification
1 3 (6.522%) PgMP
2 2 (4.348%) Degree
2 2 (4.348%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.174%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.174%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.174%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.174%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.174%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (6.522%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (10.87%) Oracle
2 4 (8.696%) Hyperion
3 3 (6.522%) Pega
3 3 (6.522%) HP