South East Programme Management Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Programme Management skills within the South East 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Barnsley Basingstoke Beckenham Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Chelmsford Cheshire City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh Egham England Essex Fareham Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Horsham Hounslow Ipswich Kent Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicestershire Liverpool London Loughborough M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Poole Reading Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Wilmslow Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	141	182
Rank change on same period last year	+41
Matching contract IT job ads	114	123
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.154 %	0.121 %
As % of the category below	1.600 %	1.391 %
Daily rates quoted	42	32
Average minimum daily rate	£387	£443
Average daily rate	£401	£461
% change on same period last year	-12.97 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£479
UK excluding London average daily rate	£439	£443
% change on same period last year	-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£49.00
Average hourly rate	-	£49.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.25	£34.02
% change on same period last year	-19.90 %
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching contract IT job ads	7123	8841
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.629 %	8.718 %
Daily rates quoted	2053	2588
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£359
Average daily rate	£372	£379
% change on same period last year	-1.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£375
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	646	837
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.29	£30.03
Average hourly rate	£30.99	£31.91
% change on same period last year	-2.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.68	£33.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.41	£30.41
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Programme Management 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.

Programme Management
Demand Trend

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

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Programme Management across the South East region.

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Management across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Programme Management across the South East region.

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 South East 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
Berkshire	+10	28	£431	-4.71 %
Surrey	+18	22	£335	+9.83 %
Middlesex	+19	18	£446	-
Hampshire	+25	13	£348	-22.51 %
West Sussex	+9	8	£447	+13.39 %
Kent	+10	5	£513	-
Buckinghamshire	+4	4	£261	-34.87 %
Oxfordshire	-	2	-	-
M4 Corridor	+3	1	-	-
Sussex	+8	1	-	-

Programme Management England

Programme Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 54 (27.98 %) PRINCE2 2 53 (27.46 %) Finance 3 45 (23.32 %) Project Management 4 39 (20.21 %) Telecoms 5 28 (14.51 %) MS Project 6 25 (12.95 %) Risk Management 7 20 (10.36 %) Change Management 8 18 (9.326 %) Security Cleared 9 17 (8.808 %) Project Planning 9 17 (8.808 %) SAP 9 17 (8.808 %) Microsoft 10 16 (8.290 %) MS Excel 10 16 (8.290 %) Government 11 15 (7.772 %) SC Cleared 12 13 (6.736 %) PRINCE2 Certification

12 13 (6.736 %) PRINCE 13 12 (6.218 %) Degree 14 11 (5.699 %) Migration 15 10 (5.181 %) ITIL 15 10 (5.181 %) MS Office 15 10 (5.181 %) MS Visio 16 9 (4.663 %) Stakeholder Management 16 9 (4.663 %) Law 16 9 (4.663 %) Legal 17 8 (4.145 %) Resource Management 17 8 (4.145 %) Marketing 17 8 (4.145 %) Configuration Management 17 8 (4.145 %) ERP 17 8 (4.145 %) PMP 17 8 (4.145 %) PMI Certification

Programme Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 (1.036 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 6 (3.109 %) Office Project Server 2 3 (1.554 %) SharePoint 3 2 (1.036 %) IIS 4 1 (0.518 %) Lotus Notes 4 1 (0.518 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 28 (14.51 %) MS Project 2 16 (8.290 %) MS Excel 3 10 (5.181 %) MS Visio 3 10 (5.181 %) MS Office 4 5 (2.591 %) MS PowerPoint 5 3 (1.554 %) CA Clarity 6 1 (0.518 %) Open Workbench	Business Applications 1 3 (1.554 %) SAP ERP 2 2 (1.036 %) Oracle HRMS 2 2 (1.036 %) Oracle Applications 3 1 (0.518 %) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking 1 7 (3.627 %) Broadband 2 2 (1.036 %) SAN 2 2 (1.036 %) Internet 2 2 (1.036 %) 3G 2 2 (1.036 %) Firewall 3 1 (0.518 %) Extranet 3 1 (0.518 %) Intranet 3 1 (0.518 %) LAN 3 1 (0.518 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (2.591 %) MySQL 1 5 (2.591 %) SQL Server 1 5 (2.591 %) Datawarehouse 2 2 (1.036 %) Oracle 9i 2 2 (1.036 %) Oracle 10g 2 2 (1.036 %) Data Cleansing 3 1 (0.518 %) EDRMS 3 1 (0.518 %) EDMS 3 1 (0.518 %) ETL
Development Applications 1 1 (0.518 %) TestDirector	General 1 53 (27.46 %) Finance 2 39 (20.21 %) Telecoms 3 16 (8.290 %) Government 4 9 (4.663 %) Law 4 9 (4.663 %) Legal 5 8 (4.145 %) Marketing 6 7 (3.627 %) Health 6 7 (3.627 %) Banking 7 6 (3.109 %) Retail 7 6 (3.109 %) Insurance 8 4 (2.073 %) Pensions 8 4 (2.073 %) Retail Banking 9 3 (1.554 %) Billing 10 2 (1.036 %) Electric 10 2 (1.036 %) Pharmaceutical 10 2 (1.036 %) Financial Institution 10 2 (1.036 %) Auditing 10 2 (1.036 %) FMCG 10 2 (1.036 %) Military 11 1 (0.518 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 39 (20.21 %) Project Manager 2 37 (19.17 %) Programme Manager 3 17 (8.808 %) Analyst 4 16 (8.290 %) Commercial Manager 5 11 (5.699 %) Coordinator 5 11 (5.699 %) Programme Director 6 9 (4.663 %) PMO Analyst 7 7 (3.627 %) Business Manager 7 7 (3.627 %) Change Manager 8 6 (3.109 %) Technical Author 8 6 (3.109 %) Developer 8 6 (3.109 %) Author 9 5 (2.591 %) PHP Developer 9 5 (2.591 %) Marketing Manager 9 5 (2.591 %) Data Manager 9 5 (2.591 %) Project Coordinator 9 5 (2.591 %) Senior Technical Author 10 4 (2.073 %) Test Manager 10 4 (2.073 %) DBA 10 4 (2.073 %) Programme Office Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 7 (3.627 %) Management Information System 2 6 (3.109 %) NHS 3 5 (2.591 %) PMI 4 3 (1.554 %) Computer Science 4 3 (1.554 %) French Language 4 3 (1.554 %) German Language 4 3 (1.554 %) Russian Language 5 2 (1.036 %) CCTV 5 2 (1.036 %) NPfIT 6 1 (0.518 %) Blackberry 6 1 (0.518 %) Italian Language 6 1 (0.518 %) Polish Language 6 1 (0.518 %) Spanish Language 6 1 (0.518 %) Economics
Operating Systems 1 7 (3.627 %) UNIX 2 5 (2.591 %) Windows 3 2 (1.036 %) Linux 3 2 (1.036 %) Windows 2000 3 2 (1.036 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 54 (27.98 %) PRINCE2 2 45 (23.32 %) Project Management 3 25 (12.95 %) Risk Management 4 20 (10.36 %) Change Management 5 18 (9.326 %) Security Cleared 6 17 (8.808 %) Project Planning 7 15 (7.772 %) SC Cleared 8 13 (6.736 %) PRINCE 9 11 (5.699 %) Migration 10 10 (5.181 %) ITIL 11 9 (4.663 %) Stakeholder Management 12 8 (4.145 %) ERP 12 8 (4.145 %) Configuration Management 12 8 (4.145 %) Resource Management 13 7 (3.627 %) User Acceptance Testing 13 7 (3.627 %) Performance Management 14 5 (2.591 %) Product Marketing 14 5 (2.591 %) Business Analysis 14 5 (2.591 %) Document Management 15 4 (2.073 %) Data Management
Programming Languages 1 5 (2.591 %) PHP 1 5 (2.591 %) SQL 2 4 (2.073 %) PL/SQL 3 2 (1.036 %) VB 4 1 (0.518 %) VBA 4 1 (0.518 %) C	Qualifications 1 13 (6.736 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 12 (6.218 %) Degree 3 8 (4.145 %) PMP 3 8 (4.145 %) PMI Certification 4 4 (2.073 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 4 (2.073 %) ISEB 5 2 (1.036 %) ITIL Certification 5 2 (1.036 %) MAPM 5 2 (1.036 %) ISEB Practitioner 6 1 (0.518 %) CISSP 6 1 (0.518 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.036 %) SLA 2 1 (0.518 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 (0.518 %) ISO27001 2 1 (0.518 %) QA 2 1 (0.518 %) BS25999	System Software 1 2 (1.036 %) Oracle RMAN 1 2 (1.036 %) Oracle RAC 2 1 (0.518 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 17 (8.808 %) Microsoft 1 17 (8.808 %) SAP 2 7 (3.627 %) Oracle 3 2 (1.036 %) Siebel 3 2 (1.036 %) Peregrine 4 1 (0.518 %) Lotus 4 1 (0.518 %) Remedy 4 1 (0.518 %) BT 4 1 (0.518 %) VMware 4 1 (0.518 %) Nortel 4 1 (0.518 %) Alcatel 4 1 (0.518 %) Ericsson 4 1 (0.518 %) Cisco