The first table below looks at the demand for Programme Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programme Management over the 3 months to 19 June 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 North West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programme Management
Rank 86 115 100
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -15
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 31 19 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.299% 0.625% 0.827%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.855% 0.988% 1.299%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 8 14
Average daily rate £400 £525 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.80% +61.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £370 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £573 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £420 £400
% change year-on-year
- +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £21.88 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+48.57% -37.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1671 1924 1924
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.00% 63.33% 63.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 989 1018
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 85 88
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Programme Management Daily Rate Trend

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Management across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West Programme Management Daily Rate Histogram

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 North West region.

North West Programme Management Hourly Rate Trend

Programme Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester +9 12 £450 -12.19% 2
Cheshire +1 7 £425 -19.04% 4
Merseyside - 6 £345 - 4
Lancashire - - - -
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 21 (35.59%) Project Management
1 21 (35.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (32.20%) Finance
3 18 (30.51%) PRINCE2
4 11 (18.64%) PRINCE
5 10 (16.95%) Banking
6 9 (15.25%) SC Cleared
6 9 (15.25%) Security Cleared
7 8 (13.56%) Migration
7 8 (13.56%) SAP
8 7 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (11.86%) NHS
8 7 (11.86%) ITIL
9 6 (10.17%) Quality Management
9 6 (10.17%) Supplier Management
9 6 (10.17%) Change Control
10 5 (8.475%) Telecoms
10 5 (8.475%) Change Management
10 5 (8.475%) Management Information System
10 5 (8.475%) Microsoft
10 5 (8.475%) MS Project
11 4 (6.780%) MS Office
11 4 (6.780%) Risk Management
11 4 (6.780%) Service Management
11 4 (6.780%) Manufacturing
12 3 (5.085%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (5.085%) Budget Control
12 3 (5.085%) Service Delivery
12 3 (5.085%) SAP Oil and Gas
12 3 (5.085%) Marketing

Programme Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 Development
1 2 (3.390%) .NET
2 1 (1.695%) jQuery
2 1 (1.695%) Middleware
2 1 (1.695%) CSS
2 1 (1.695%) SOAP
2 1 (1.695%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.085%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (5.085%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.695%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (1.695%) IIS
2 1 (1.695%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.475%) MS Project
2 4 (6.780%) MS Office
3 3 (5.085%) MS Visio
3 3 (5.085%) MS Excel
4 1 (1.695%) Mingle
4 1 (1.695%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (5.085%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.695%) SAP BPC
2 1 (1.695%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.695%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.085%) SQL Server
1 3 (5.085%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.695%) EDMS
2 1 (1.695%) DB2
General
1 19 (32.20%) Finance
2 10 (16.95%) Banking
3 5 (8.475%) Telecoms
4 4 (6.780%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.085%) Marketing
5 3 (5.085%) Electronics
6 2 (3.390%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.390%) Publishing
6 2 (3.390%) Retail
7 1 (1.695%) Games
7 1 (1.695%) Legal
7 1 (1.695%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (37.29%) Programme Manager
2 13 (22.03%) Project Manager
3 5 (8.475%) Infrastructure Manager
3 5 (8.475%) Analyst
4 4 (6.780%) Senior Manager
4 4 (6.780%) Project Planner
4 4 (6.780%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (6.780%) Senior Project Manager
4 4 (6.780%) NHS Programme Manager
5 3 (5.085%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
5 3 (5.085%) PMO Analyst
5 3 (5.085%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 3 (5.085%) Coordinator
6 2 (3.390%) NHS Project Manager
6 2 (3.390%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (3.390%) Business Project Manager
6 2 (3.390%) Portfolio Manager
6 2 (3.390%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (3.390%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (3.390%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) NHS
2 5 (8.475%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.085%) DTV
3 3 (5.085%) PMI
4 2 (3.390%) Informatics
5 1 (1.695%) Visualisation
5 1 (1.695%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.085%) UNIX
1 3 (5.085%) AIX
1 3 (5.085%) Linux
2 2 (3.390%) Windows
2 2 (3.390%) Windows 8
3 1 (1.695%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.695%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (35.59%) Project Management
1 21 (35.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (30.51%) PRINCE2
3 11 (18.64%) PRINCE
4 8 (13.56%) Migration
5 7 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (11.86%) ITIL
6 6 (10.17%) Quality Management
6 6 (10.17%) Supplier Management
6 6 (10.17%) Change Control
7 5 (8.475%) Change Management
8 4 (6.780%) Risk Management
8 4 (6.780%) Service Management
9 3 (5.085%) Budget Control
9 3 (5.085%) Service Delivery
9 3 (5.085%) Digital Marketing
10 2 (3.390%) E-Commerce
10 2 (3.390%) ERP
10 2 (3.390%) B2C
10 2 (3.390%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.390%) SQL
2 1 (1.695%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.695%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) SC Cleared
1 9 (15.25%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.085%) Degree
2 3 (5.085%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (5.085%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.695%) PgMP
3 1 (1.695%) BC Cleared
3 1 (1.695%) ISEB
3 1 (1.695%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.390%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 8 (13.56%) SAP
2 5 (8.475%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.085%) VMware
3 3 (5.085%) Citrix
3 3 (5.085%) Oracle
4 1 (1.695%) Google
4 1 (1.695%) iSOFT
4 1 (1.695%) Adobe
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