Northamptonshire Programme Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Programme Management skills within the Northamptonshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Programme Management over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire London Loughborough M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	32	30
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	7	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	3.365 %	1.667 %
Daily rates quoted	7	2
Average minimum daily rate	£464	£500
Average daily rate	£489	£525
% change on same period last year	-6.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£514	£550
UK excluding London average daily rate	£460	£467
% change on same period last year	-1.47 %
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	£23.69	£34.16
% change on same period last year	-30.63 %
Processes & Methodologies Northamptonshire
Matching contract IT job ads	208	180
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.277 %	0.182 %
Daily rates quoted	115	66
Average minimum daily rate	£416	£349
Average daily rate	£438	£374
% change on same period last year	+17.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£461	£398
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	15
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.04	£23.39
Average hourly rate	£24.96	£24.08
% change on same period last year	+3.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.87	£24.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
Programme Management East Midlands

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 Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Programme Management across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies 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 Management across the Northamptonshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Management across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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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 Management within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Northampton	-6	6	£479	+6.48 %

Programme Management East Midlands

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 8 (66.67 %) Finance 1 8 (66.67 %) Banking 2 4 (33.33 %) Retail 2 4 (33.33 %) Retail Banking 3 3 (25.00 %) PRINCE2 3 3 (25.00 %) CA Clarity 3 3 (25.00 %) Asset Management 4 2 (16.67 %) Systems Analysis 4 2 (16.67 %) Credit Risk 4 2 (16.67 %) PRINCE 5 1 (8.333 %) Change Management 5 1 (8.333 %) Financial Institution 5 1 (8.333 %) Risk Management 5 1 (8.333 %) Migration 5 1 (8.333 %) Programme Office Management

5 1 (8.333 %) Project Management 5 1 (8.333 %) Microsoft 5 1 (8.333 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 1 (8.333 %) Open Workbench 5 1 (8.333 %) Statistical Analysis 5 1 (8.333 %) MS Office

Programme Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

Applications 1 3 (25.00 %) CA Clarity 2 1 (8.333 %) MS Office 2 1 (8.333 %) Open Workbench	General 1 8 (66.67 %) Finance 1 8 (66.67 %) Banking 2 4 (33.33 %) Retail 2 4 (33.33 %) Retail Banking 3 1 (8.333 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 4 (33.33 %) Programme Manager 2 2 (16.67 %) Architect 2 2 (16.67 %) Solutions Architect 3 1 (8.333 %) Project Office Manager 3 1 (8.333 %) Project Manager 3 1 (8.333 %) Project Planner 3 1 (8.333 %) Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 2 (16.67 %) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (25.00 %) PRINCE2 1 3 (25.00 %) Asset Management 2 2 (16.67 %) Systems Analysis 2 2 (16.67 %) PRINCE 3 1 (8.333 %) Project Management 3 1 (8.333 %) Change Management 3 1 (8.333 %) Risk Management 3 1 (8.333 %) Migration 3 1 (8.333 %) Programme Office Management 3 1 (8.333 %) Statistical Analysis	Qualifications 1 1 (8.333 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors 1 1 (8.333 %) Microsoft