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The table below looks at the demand for the Programme Manager role in IT contracts within the 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Programme Manager
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank137154
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads780983
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.098 %0.993 %
As % of the category below1.328 %1.162 %
Daily rates quoted328387
Average minimum daily rate£554£530
Average daily rate£594£571
% change on same period last year+4.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£634£611
UK excluding London average daily rate£545£526
% change on same period last year+3.63 %
Hourly rates quoted57
Average minimum hourly rate£71.00£37.82
Average hourly rate£76.50£39.96
% change on same period last year+91.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£82.00£42.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£53.75£33.81
% change on same period last year+58.97 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5871584627
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.67 %85.52 %
Daily rates quoted1953726197
Average minimum daily rate£373£390
Average daily rate£399£414
% change on same period last year-3.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£439
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted53907544
Average minimum hourly rate£22.65£23.91
Average hourly rate£24.18£25.49
% change on same period last year-5.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.71£27.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Programme Manager UKProgramme Manager
UK

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.

Programme Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Programme Manager across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Programme Manager Demand Trend

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Programme Manager Daily Rate Trend

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England Programme Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Programme Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England Programme Manager Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+2399£626+3.85 %
South EastDown-396£546+7.14 %
South WestUp+866£553+13.19 %
North WestUp+3644£522-4.50 %
YorkshireDown-137£511-12.35 %
East of EnglandUp+3136£576+8.57 %
West MidlandsUp+1032£616+40.24 %
East MidlandsUp+823£546-8.07 %
MidlandsUp+2322£479+7.29 %
North EastNew entry-10£425-
South CoastUp+81--
Programme Manager UKProgramme Manager
UK

Programme Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1466 (30.06 %)Finance
2358 (23.10 %)PRINCE2
3328 (21.16 %)Project Management
4322 (20.77 %)Programme Management
5212 (13.68 %)Banking
6201 (12.97 %)Stakeholder Management
7170 (10.97 %)Government
8130 (8.387 %)Change Management
9105 (6.774 %)Telecoms
10103 (6.645 %)Insurance
1193 (6.000 %)NHS
1287 (5.613 %)Retail
1385 (5.484 %)Security Cleared
1483 (5.355 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1582 (5.290 %)MS Project
1679 (5.097 %)SAP
1777 (4.968 %)Migration
1876 (4.903 %)Investment Banking
1967 (4.323 %)Health
2065 (4.194 %)Risk Management
2065 (4.194 %)Pensions
2160 (3.871 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
2259 (3.806 %)PRINCE
2357 (3.677 %)Microsoft
2453 (3.419 %)Business Intelligence
2551 (3.290 %)Project Planning
2650 (3.226 %)CRM
2746 (2.968 %)ITIL
2843 (2.774 %)MS Visio
2843 (2.774 %)Degree

Programme Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (0.581 %).NET
24 (0.258 %)CSS
24 (0.258 %)HTML
33 (0.194 %)WebSphere
33 (0.194 %)J2EE
33 (0.194 %)Middleware
42 (0.129 %).NET Framework
42 (0.129 %)JSF
51 (0.065 %)SAP XI
51 (0.065 %)COM
51 (0.065 %)WebServices
51 (0.065 %)XML
51 (0.065 %)EDI
51 (0.065 %)WAP
51 (0.065 %)VML
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (1.032 %)SharePoint
26 (0.387 %)Office Project Server
35 (0.323 %)Portal Infranet
35 (0.323 %)CMS
44 (0.258 %)Documentum
53 (0.194 %)Lotus Notes
53 (0.194 %)MS Exchange
53 (0.194 %)BizTalk Server
62 (0.129 %)Commerce Server
62 (0.129 %)Exchange Server 2000
62 (0.129 %)SharePoint Server 2007
62 (0.129 %)IIS
62 (0.129 %)NetWeaver
71 (0.065 %)SAS
71 (0.065 %)WebLogic
71 (0.065 %)Exchange Server 2007
71 (0.065 %)Exchange Server 2003
71 (0.065 %)LiveLink
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
182 (5.290 %)MS Project
243 (2.774 %)MS Visio
330 (1.935 %)MS Excel
425 (1.613 %)MS PowerPoint
524 (1.548 %)MS Office
615 (0.968 %)CA Clarity
72 (0.129 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (0.516 %)Oracle Financials
26 (0.387 %)Great Plains
26 (0.387 %)SAP HR
26 (0.387 %)Oracle BRM
35 (0.323 %)Summit
44 (0.258 %)SAP IS-U
53 (0.194 %)SAP ERP
53 (0.194 %)Microsoft CRM
62 (0.129 %)SAP CO
62 (0.129 %)HFM
62 (0.129 %)SAP FI
62 (0.129 %)SAP FI/CO
71 (0.065 %)Teamcenter
71 (0.065 %)PeopleSoft Financials
71 (0.065 %)HiPortfolio
71 (0.065 %)SAP SEM
71 (0.065 %)Oracle Applications
71 (0.065 %)SalesLogix
71 (0.065 %)Cognos Controller
71 (0.065 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
132 (2.065 %)Internet
218 (1.161 %)LAN
314 (0.903 %)Firewall
410 (0.645 %)SAN
59 (0.581 %)Wireless
68 (0.516 %)BSS
68 (0.516 %)VoIP
77 (0.452 %)WAN
86 (0.387 %)IP Telephony
86 (0.387 %)Intranet
95 (0.323 %)NGN
95 (0.323 %)ATM
95 (0.323 %)Broadband
95 (0.323 %)3G
104 (0.258 %)VPN
112 (0.129 %)SSL
121 (0.065 %)PPP
121 (0.065 %)SMS
121 (0.065 %)MPLS
121 (0.065 %)DMZ
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (1.871 %)Datawarehouse
211 (0.710 %)OLAP
38 (0.516 %)BusinessObjects
47 (0.452 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
56 (0.387 %)SAP BW
56 (0.387 %)EDRMS
65 (0.323 %)GIS
65 (0.323 %)ETL
74 (0.258 %)Oracle 8/8i
74 (0.258 %)MS Access
83 (0.194 %)SQL Server
83 (0.194 %)Oracle OLAP
83 (0.194 %)Star Schema
92 (0.129 %)RDBMS
101 (0.065 %)DB2
101 (0.065 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.065 %)Reference Data
101 (0.065 %)PerformancePoint
101 (0.065 %)Data Mart
101 (0.065 %)Hyperion Essbase
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (0.323 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (0.065 %)WinRunner
21 (0.065 %)TestDirector
21 (0.065 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (0.065 %)LoadRunner
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1466 (30.06 %)Finance
2212 (13.68 %)Banking
3170 (10.97 %)Government
4105 (6.774 %)Telecoms
5103 (6.645 %)Insurance
687 (5.613 %)Retail
776 (4.903 %)Investment Banking
867 (4.323 %)Health
965 (4.194 %)Pensions
1039 (2.516 %)Retail Banking
1130 (1.935 %)Marketing
1227 (1.742 %)Back Office
1322 (1.419 %)Legal
1421 (1.355 %)Local Government
1519 (1.226 %)Criminal Justice
1618 (1.161 %)Financial Institution
1717 (1.097 %)Pharmaceutical
1717 (1.097 %)Publishing
1816 (1.032 %)Billing
1816 (1.032 %)Front Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
193 (6.000 %)NHS
237 (2.387 %)Derivative
329 (1.871 %)PMI
427 (1.742 %)Management Information System
521 (1.355 %)Equities
614 (0.903 %)French Language
713 (0.839 %)Fixed Income
713 (0.839 %)Credit Risk
812 (0.774 %)German Language
98 (0.516 %)Equity Derivative
98 (0.516 %)Interactive TV
107 (0.452 %)Dutch Language
116 (0.387 %)Interest Rate Derivative
125 (0.323 %)IPTV
125 (0.323 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
125 (0.323 %)NPfIT
134 (0.258 %)Mainframe
134 (0.258 %)Spanish Language
143 (0.194 %)Russian Language
143 (0.194 %)Video Conferencing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (0.903 %)Windows
210 (0.645 %)UNIX
33 (0.194 %)VMS
42 (0.129 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.065 %)Windows Vista
51 (0.065 %)HPUX
51 (0.065 %)Linux
51 (0.065 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.065 %)Windows NT
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1358 (23.10 %)PRINCE2
2328 (21.16 %)Project Management
3322 (20.77 %)Programme Management
4201 (12.97 %)Stakeholder Management
5130 (8.387 %)Change Management
685 (5.484 %)Security Cleared
777 (4.968 %)Migration
865 (4.194 %)Risk Management
959 (3.806 %)PRINCE
1053 (3.419 %)Business Intelligence
1151 (3.290 %)Project Planning
1250 (3.226 %)CRM
1346 (2.968 %)ITIL
1431 (2.000 %)Matrix Management
1529 (1.871 %)SC Cleared
1627 (1.742 %)Supplier Management
1726 (1.677 %)ERP
1825 (1.613 %)Data Management
1922 (1.419 %)E-Commerce
2021 (1.355 %)Service Delivery
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (0.645 %)SQL
28 (0.516 %)C
37 (0.452 %)Java
43 (0.194 %)C#
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
183 (5.355 %)PRINCE2 Certification
260 (3.871 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
343 (2.774 %)Degree
420 (1.290 %)PMI Certification
518 (1.161 %)ISEB
518 (1.161 %)PMP
68 (0.516 %)ITIL Certification
76 (0.387 %)ISEB Practitioner
84 (0.258 %)ISTQB
93 (0.194 %)MAPM
93 (0.194 %)ACCA
93 (0.194 %)CIMA
102 (0.129 %)MBA
111 (0.065 %)HND
111 (0.065 %)PgMP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
135 (2.258 %)QA
211 (0.710 %)SLA
39 (0.581 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.258 %)Basel II
52 (0.129 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.065 %)ISO27001
61 (0.065 %)JSP 440
61 (0.065 %)GCP
61 (0.065 %)ISO9001
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (0.387 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (0.194 %)VMware ESX
31 (0.065 %)Active Directory
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.129 %)OpenView
12 (0.129 %)ServiceCenter
12 (0.129 %)AssetCenter
21 (0.065 %)SCOM
21 (0.065 %)Netcool
21 (0.065 %)Netcool/Proviso
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
179 (5.097 %)SAP
257 (3.677 %)Microsoft
338 (2.452 %)Oracle
413 (0.839 %)Cognos
512 (0.774 %)Siebel
611 (0.710 %)BT
710 (0.645 %)IBM
89 (0.581 %)Cisco
89 (0.581 %)HP
98 (0.516 %)Business Objects
107 (0.452 %)PeopleSoft
107 (0.452 %)VMware
107 (0.452 %)Niku
116 (0.387 %)Hyperion
125 (0.323 %)Ab Initio
133 (0.194 %)Lotus
133 (0.194 %)TIBCO
133 (0.194 %)Siemens
133 (0.194 %)Sage
142 (0.129 %)CheckPoint