North West Senior Programme Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Programme Manager role in IT contracts within the North West 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 Senior Programme Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Senior Programme Manager
Location Andover Berkshire Bracknell Bristol Cambridgeshire City of London East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire Huntingdon Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Midlands Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Preston Rickmansworth Solihull South Coast South East South West Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	124	142
Rank change on same period last year	+18
Matching contract IT job ads	5	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.150 %	0.051 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£475	£400
Average daily rate	£550	£400
% change on same period last year	+37.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£625	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£579	£644
% change on same period last year	-10.03 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3334	3919
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.507 %	3.865 %
Daily rates quoted	779	880
Average minimum daily rate	£322	£325
Average daily rate	£339	£343
% change on same period last year	-0.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£357	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	422	410
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.09	£21.02
Average hourly rate	£23.04	£22.64
% change on same period last year	+1.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	£24.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
Senior Programme Manager England

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.

Senior Programme Manager
Demand Trend

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

Senior Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Programme Manager across the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Senior 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 Senior Programme Manager within the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
Manchester	-3	3	£550	-
Lancashire	-	1	-	-

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Senior Programme Manager
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Senior 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 Senior Programme Manager in their job title.

1 2 (33.33 %) Programme Management 1 2 (33.33 %) Stakeholder Management 1 2 (33.33 %) Risk Assessment 1 2 (33.33 %) Insurance 1 2 (33.33 %) Pensions 1 2 (33.33 %) PRINCE2 1 2 (33.33 %) Project Management 2 1 (16.67 %) Java 2 1 (16.67 %) .NET 2 1 (16.67 %) Telecoms 2 1 (16.67 %) Government 2 1 (16.67 %) French Language 2 1 (16.67 %) BSS 2 1 (16.67 %) Billing

Senior Programme Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Senior 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 Senior Programme Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (16.67 %) .NET	Communications & Networking 1 1 (16.67 %) BSS
General 1 2 (33.33 %) Insurance 1 2 (33.33 %) Pensions 2 1 (16.67 %) Telecoms 2 1 (16.67 %) Government 2 1 (16.67 %) Billing	Miscellaneous 1 1 (16.67 %) French Language
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (33.33 %) PRINCE2 1 2 (33.33 %) Project Management 1 2 (33.33 %) Stakeholder Management 1 2 (33.33 %) Risk Assessment 1 2 (33.33 %) Programme Management	Programming Languages 1 1 (16.67 %) Java