Scotland Programme Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Programme Management skills within the Scotland 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Amersham Andover Aylesbury Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bournemouth Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chorley City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	93	110
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	15	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.019 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	1.273 %	0.766 %
Daily rates quoted	3	3
Average minimum daily rate	£193	£213
Average daily rate	£205	£222
% change on same period last year	-7.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£217	£230
UK excluding London average daily rate	£428	£439
% change on same period last year	-2.54 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£37.33
Average hourly rate	-	£43.67
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.64	£35.21
% change on same period last year	-21.50 %
Processes & Methodologies Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1178	1305
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.511 %	1.466 %
Daily rates quoted	297	279
Average minimum daily rate	£326	£314
Average daily rate	£344	£330
% change on same period last year	+4.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£376
% change on same period last year	+2.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	49	69
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.73	£27.78
Average hourly rate	£23.68	£29.43
% change on same period last year	-19.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.63	£31.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.61	£29.48
% change on same period last year	-2.93 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Programme Management across the Scotland 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 contract IT jobs ads citing Programme Management across the Scotland 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 Scotland region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Programme Management across the Scotland region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Management within the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	Edinburgh	+5	6	£180	-
2	Glasgow	+2	2	-	-

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Top 29 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Programme Management also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Programme Management.

1 12 (52.17 %) Finance 2 5 (21.74 %) Migration 3 4 (17.39 %) Change Management 3 4 (17.39 %) Banking 3 4 (17.39 %) Project Management 3 4 (17.39 %) MS Project 4 3 (13.04 %) PRINCE2 4 3 (13.04 %) MS PowerPoint 5 2 (8.696 %) Programme Office Management 5 2 (8.696 %) Investment Management 5 2 (8.696 %) Financial Institution 5 2 (8.696 %) Retail 5 2 (8.696 %) MS Excel 5 2 (8.696 %) MS Office 6 1 (4.348 %) PeopleSoft

6 1 (4.348 %) SAP 6 1 (4.348 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (4.348 %) MS Visio 6 1 (4.348 %) Data Mining 6 1 (4.348 %) CA 6 1 (4.348 %) Internet 6 1 (4.348 %) Six Sigma 6 1 (4.348 %) Stakeholder Management 6 1 (4.348 %) Business Analysis 6 1 (4.348 %) Risk Management 6 1 (4.348 %) CA Clarity 6 1 (4.348 %) QA 6 1 (4.348 %) Retail Banking 6 1 (4.348 %) Project Planning

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Programme Management also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Programme Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 4 (17.39 %) MS Project 2 3 (13.04 %) MS PowerPoint 3 2 (8.696 %) MS Office 3 2 (8.696 %) MS Excel 4 1 (4.348 %) MS Visio 4 1 (4.348 %) CA Clarity	Communications & Networking 1 1 (4.348 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (4.348 %) Datawarehouse 1 1 (4.348 %) Data Mining	General 1 12 (52.17 %) Finance 2 4 (17.39 %) Banking 3 2 (8.696 %) Retail 3 2 (8.696 %) Financial Institution 4 1 (4.348 %) Retail Banking
Job Titles 1 7 (30.43 %) Programme Manager 2 5 (21.74 %) Test Manager 2 5 (21.74 %) Engineering Manager 3 3 (13.04 %) Programme Office Manager 4 2 (8.696 %) Senior Programme Manager 4 2 (8.696 %) Senior Manager 4 2 (8.696 %) Coordinator 4 2 (8.696 %) Project Manager 4 2 (8.696 %) Programme Coordinator 5 1 (4.348 %) Programme Office Assistant 5 1 (4.348 %) Programme Office Consultant 5 1 (4.348 %) Developer 5 1 (4.348 %) Analyst 5 1 (4.348 %) Administrator 5 1 (4.348 %) Consultant 5 1 (4.348 %) Programme Office Analyst 5 1 (4.348 %) Programme Director 5 1 (4.348 %) PeopleSoft Developer 5 1 (4.348 %) Transition Manager 5 1 (4.348 %) Project Administrator	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (21.74 %) Migration 2 4 (17.39 %) Project Management 2 4 (17.39 %) Change Management 3 3 (13.04 %) PRINCE2 4 2 (8.696 %) Programme Office Management 4 2 (8.696 %) Investment Management 5 1 (4.348 %) Business Analysis 5 1 (4.348 %) Project Planning 5 1 (4.348 %) Stakeholder Management 5 1 (4.348 %) Six Sigma 5 1 (4.348 %) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (4.348 %) QA	Vendors 1 1 (4.348 %) PeopleSoft 1 1 (4.348 %) SAP 1 1 (4.348 %) CA