East of England Programme Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Programme Manager role in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Programme Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Andover Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Home Counties Horsham Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redhill Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	97	108
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	41	53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.054 %	0.053 %
As % of the category below	1.170 %	1.155 %
Daily rates quoted	18	33
Average minimum daily rate	£557	£391
Average daily rate	£588	£426
% change on same period last year	+38.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£620	£460
UK excluding London average daily rate	£546	£502
% change on same period last year	+8.81 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£49.38	£50.67
% change on same period last year	-2.54 %
Job Titles East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	3503	4588
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.623 %	4.569 %
Daily rates quoted	1105	1409
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£323
Average daily rate	£353	£342
% change on same period last year	+3.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	463	622
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.82	£25.06
Average hourly rate	£23.32	£26.30
% change on same period last year	-11.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.81	£27.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The 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 21 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section 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 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Norfolk	+6	15	£601	+31.96 %
Hertfordshire	+13	13	£619	+46.97 %
Cambridgeshire	-9	6	£463	+10.42 %
Essex	+1	4	£485	+7.77 %
Bedfordshire	-	2	£700	-
Suffolk	-	1	-	-
East Anglia	-2	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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 25 (34.25 %) Finance 2 16 (21.92 %) Project Management 3 15 (20.55 %) Stakeholder Management 4 14 (19.18 %) Programme Management 4 14 (19.18 %) PRINCE2 5 11 (15.07 %) Insurance 6 7 (9.589 %) Retail 7 6 (8.219 %) Telecoms 7 6 (8.219 %) Penetration Testing 7 6 (8.219 %) Banking 8 5 (6.849 %) Supplier Management 8 5 (6.849 %) Programme Office Management 9 4 (5.479 %) Change Management 9 4 (5.479 %) Firewall 9 4 (5.479 %) Project Planning

10 3 (4.110 %) Risk Management 10 3 (4.110 %) MS Excel 10 3 (4.110 %) E-Commerce 10 3 (4.110 %) Microsoft 10 3 (4.110 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 3 (4.110 %) Logistics 10 3 (4.110 %) Data Management 11 2 (2.740 %) BSS 11 2 (2.740 %) Government 11 2 (2.740 %) Health 11 2 (2.740 %) Publishing 11 2 (2.740 %) Migration 11 2 (2.740 %) ITIL Certification 11 2 (2.740 %) MS Project 11 2 (2.740 %) ITIL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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 1 (1.370 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.370 %) CMS
Applications 1 3 (4.110 %) MS Excel 2 2 (2.740 %) MS Project 2 2 (2.740 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (1.370 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 4 (5.479 %) Firewall 2 2 (2.740 %) BSS 2 2 (2.740 %) Wireless 2 2 (2.740 %) SAN 3 1 (1.370 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.370 %) MS Access	General 1 25 (34.25 %) Finance 2 11 (15.07 %) Insurance 3 7 (9.589 %) Retail 4 6 (8.219 %) Telecoms 4 6 (8.219 %) Banking 5 2 (2.740 %) Government 5 2 (2.740 %) Health 5 2 (2.740 %) Publishing 5 2 (2.740 %) Financial Institution 6 1 (1.370 %) Pensions 6 1 (1.370 %) Local Government 6 1 (1.370 %) Criminal Justice 6 1 (1.370 %) Police 6 1 (1.370 %) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.740 %) NHS 2 1 (1.370 %) Management Information System 2 1 (1.370 %) PMI 2 1 (1.370 %) E-Learning	Operating Systems 1 1 (1.370 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (21.92 %) Project Management 2 15 (20.55 %) Stakeholder Management 3 14 (19.18 %) Programme Management 3 14 (19.18 %) PRINCE2 4 6 (8.219 %) Penetration Testing 5 5 (6.849 %) Supplier Management 5 5 (6.849 %) Programme Office Management 6 4 (5.479 %) Change Management 6 4 (5.479 %) Project Planning 7 3 (4.110 %) Risk Management 7 3 (4.110 %) E-Commerce 7 3 (4.110 %) Logistics 7 3 (4.110 %) Data Management 8 2 (2.740 %) Migration 8 2 (2.740 %) ITIL 8 2 (2.740 %) Time Management 8 2 (2.740 %) Performance Management 8 2 (2.740 %) Strategic Planning 9 1 (1.370 %) Matrix Management 9 1 (1.370 %) Release Management	Programming Languages 1 1 (1.370 %) C 1 1 (1.370 %) Java
Qualifications 1 3 (4.110 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 2 (2.740 %) ITIL Certification 2 2 (2.740 %) Degree 3 1 (1.370 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.370 %) QA 1 1 (1.370 %) PCI DSS
Vendors 1 3 (4.110 %) Microsoft 2 2 (2.740 %) BT 3 1 (1.370 %) SAP