| Programme Management |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 195 | 221 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 582 | 560 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.747 % | 0.629 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.609 % | 1.438 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 246 | 172 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £427 | £429 |
| Average daily rate | £459 | £459 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £491 | £489 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £424 | £427 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.80 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.77 | £29.56 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.64 | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.96 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.50 | £35.44 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.64 | £35.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.50 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 36179 | 38935 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 46.41 % | 43.74 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13111 | 12674 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £390 | £397 |
| Average daily rate | £417 | £422 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £444 | £446 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.80 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2115 | 2204 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.89 | £27.77 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.98 | £29.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.87 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.08 | £31.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.72 | £29.49 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.62 % |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Programme Management across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
