The first table below looks at the demand for the Programme Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programme Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Scotland 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programme Manager
Rank 97 64 58
Rank change year-on-year
-33 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 23 44 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.942% 1.667% 2.168%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.015% 1.779% 2.305%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 41
Average daily rate £551 £475 £750
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.97% -36.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £339 £600
10% offered a daily rate of more than £752 £690 £800
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £513 £575
% change year-on-year
-2.43% -10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £38.98 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+21.85% +55.92%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2266 2473 2646
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.83% 93.71% 94.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1095 1199 1298
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 112 100
Average hourly rate £14.50 £22.50 £15.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.55% +45.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.60 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Programme Manager
UK

Programme Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Programme Manager across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Programme Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Programme Manager Daily Rate Trend

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Manager across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland Programme Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Programme Manager Hourly Rate Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Edinburgh +2 14 £538 +11.97%
Glasgow -33 5 - -
Perth and Kinross - 1 - -
Programme Manager
UK

Programme Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 16 (37.21%) Project Management
1 16 (37.21%) Programme Management
2 14 (32.56%) Finance
2 14 (32.56%) PRINCE2
3 10 (23.26%) Change Management
4 9 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (18.60%) Banking
6 6 (13.95%) Telecoms
6 6 (13.95%) QA
7 4 (9.302%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (9.302%) Retail
8 3 (6.977%) SC Cleared
8 3 (6.977%) Security Cleared
8 3 (6.977%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (6.977%) ITIL
8 3 (6.977%) PMI Certification
9 2 (4.651%) Service Management
9 2 (4.651%) Law
9 2 (4.651%) Business Analysis
9 2 (4.651%) Supplier Management
9 2 (4.651%) Strategic Planning
9 2 (4.651%) Retail Banking
9 2 (4.651%) Project Planning
9 2 (4.651%) Degree
9 2 (4.651%) Military
9 2 (4.651%) PMP
9 2 (4.651%) Advertising
9 2 (4.651%) Time Management
10 1 (2.326%) Credit Risk
10 1 (2.326%) Asset Management

Programme Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.326%) MTS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.326%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.326%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.326%) Broadband
1 1 (2.326%) 3GPP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.326%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 14 (32.56%) Finance
2 8 (18.60%) Banking
3 6 (13.95%) Telecoms
4 4 (9.302%) Retail
5 2 (4.651%) Law
5 2 (4.651%) Retail Banking
5 2 (4.651%) Military
5 2 (4.651%) Advertising
6 1 (2.326%) Legal
6 1 (2.326%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.326%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.326%) Credit Risk
1 1 (2.326%) Derivative
1 1 (2.326%) FMCG
1 1 (2.326%) SaaS
1 1 (2.326%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.326%) Mainframe
1 1 (2.326%) NHS
1 1 (2.326%) W3C
1 1 (2.326%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.326%) Windows 7
1 1 (2.326%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) Project Management
1 16 (37.21%) Programme Management
2 14 (32.56%) PRINCE2
3 10 (23.26%) Change Management
4 9 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (6.977%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (6.977%) ITIL
6 2 (4.651%) Service Management
6 2 (4.651%) Business Analysis
6 2 (4.651%) Supplier Management
6 2 (4.651%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (4.651%) Project Planning
6 2 (4.651%) Time Management
7 1 (2.326%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.326%) Data Management
7 1 (2.326%) TOGAF
7 1 (2.326%) Information Management
7 1 (2.326%) Document Management
7 1 (2.326%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (2.326%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (9.302%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (6.977%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.977%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.977%) PMI Certification
3 2 (4.651%) Degree
3 2 (4.651%) PMP
4 1 (2.326%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.326%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.326%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (2.326%) Oracle
1 1 (2.326%) Microsoft
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