The first table below looks at the demand for Programme Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programme Management 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South West 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 Management
Rank 80 93 103
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +10
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 31 48 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.542% 1.479% 0.836%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.324% 2.168% 1.283%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 35 14
Average daily rate £420 £400 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £207 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £530 £550 £875
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £397 £413
% change year-on-year
+0.81% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £21.88 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+71.42% -35.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1334 2214 1871
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.37% 68.23% 65.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 835 1369 966
Average daily rate £375 £390 £382
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +2.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 111 129
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £39.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Programme Management Jobs Demand Trend

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Programme Management Daily Rate Trend

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South West Programme Management Daily Rate Histogram

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Programme Management Hourly Rate Trend

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 West 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
Bristol +1 15 £230 -42.13%
Wiltshire +5 9 £438 -15.66%
Gloucestershire +31 1 £320 -28.88%
Devon +1 1 - -
Somerset - 1 - -
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 33 (61.11%) Finance
2 18 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 14 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (24.07%) Project Management
5 11 (20.37%) Configuration Management
5 11 (20.37%) MS Project
6 10 (18.52%) Change Management
7 9 (16.67%) Retail
8 8 (14.81%) Banking
8 8 (14.81%) Security Cleared
8 8 (14.81%) SharePoint
8 8 (14.81%) MS Excel
9 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
9 7 (12.96%) PRINCE
9 7 (12.96%) Marketing
10 6 (11.11%) Retail Banking
10 6 (11.11%) SAP
10 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (11.11%) Telecoms
11 5 (9.259%) Management Information System
11 5 (9.259%) Manufacturing
11 5 (9.259%) DTV
11 5 (9.259%) MS Office
11 5 (9.259%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 5 (9.259%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 5 (9.259%) Digital Marketing
11 5 (9.259%) Electronics
11 5 (9.259%) Business Transformation
12 4 (7.407%) SC Cleared
12 4 (7.407%) DV Cleared

Programme Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 3 (5.556%) HTML
1 3 (5.556%) CSS
2 1 (1.852%) LAMP
2 1 (1.852%) Web Services
2 1 (1.852%) HTML5
2 1 (1.852%) Zend Framework
2 1 (1.852%) CakePHP
2 1 (1.852%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 8 (14.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.852%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (1.852%) CMS
2 1 (1.852%) TeamSite
2 1 (1.852%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (1.852%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (20.37%) MS Project
2 8 (14.81%) MS Excel
3 5 (9.259%) MS Office
4 4 (7.407%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (3.704%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.852%) Office 365
6 1 (1.852%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (9.259%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.852%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 1 (1.852%) WebTrends
2 1 (1.852%) SAP R/3
2 1 (1.852%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.852%) Summit
2 1 (1.852%) SAP GRC
2 1 (1.852%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.704%) Intranet
2 1 (1.852%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.704%) MySQL
2 1 (1.852%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.852%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.852%) SQL Server
General
1 33 (61.11%) Finance
2 9 (16.67%) Retail
3 8 (14.81%) Banking
4 7 (12.96%) Marketing
5 6 (11.11%) Retail Banking
5 6 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 5 (9.259%) Manufacturing
6 5 (9.259%) Electronics
7 1 (1.852%) Automotive
7 1 (1.852%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (27.78%) Programme Manager
2 11 (20.37%) Project Manager
2 11 (20.37%) Project Support Officer
2 11 (20.37%) Project Officer
3 4 (7.407%) Programme Office Manager
3 4 (7.407%) Analyst
4 3 (5.556%) Change Manager
4 3 (5.556%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (3.704%) Junior Project Support Officer
5 2 (3.704%) Performance Manager
5 2 (3.704%) IT Programme Manager
5 2 (3.704%) PHP Developer
5 2 (3.704%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (3.704%) Consultant
5 2 (3.704%) Senior Manager
5 2 (3.704%) Support Analyst
5 2 (3.704%) Junior
5 2 (3.704%) Developer
6 1 (1.852%) Forecast Analyst
6 1 (1.852%) Solvency II Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.259%) Management Information System
1 5 (9.259%) DTV
2 2 (3.704%) SWIFT
3 1 (1.852%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.852%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.852%) NHS
3 1 (1.852%) PACS
3 1 (1.852%) CESG
3 1 (1.852%) CESG CLAS
3 1 (1.852%) PKI
3 1 (1.852%) Statistics
3 1 (1.852%) Open Source
3 1 (1.852%) SaaS
3 1 (1.852%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.852%) UNIX
1 1 (1.852%) Solaris
1 1 (1.852%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 14 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (24.07%) Project Management
4 11 (20.37%) Configuration Management
5 10 (18.52%) Change Management
6 7 (12.96%) PRINCE
7 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (9.259%) Digital Marketing
8 5 (9.259%) Business Transformation
9 4 (7.407%) BPR
10 3 (5.556%) Risk Management
11 2 (3.704%) Supplier Management
11 2 (3.704%) Migration
11 2 (3.704%) Resource Management
11 2 (3.704%) Change Control
11 2 (3.704%) Performance Management
12 1 (1.852%) Capacity Management
12 1 (1.852%) Analytics
12 1 (1.852%) Data Migration
12 1 (1.852%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.556%) C
2 2 (3.704%) PHP
2 2 (3.704%) SQL
3 1 (1.852%) VBA
3 1 (1.852%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.852%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.259%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 4 (7.407%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.407%) DV Cleared
3 4 (7.407%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (3.704%) Degree
5 1 (1.852%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.852%) Solvency II
1 1 (1.852%) QA
1 1 (1.852%) ISO 14001
1 1 (1.852%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.852%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.852%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.852%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.11%) SAP
3 4 (7.407%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.852%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (1.852%) Omniture
4 1 (1.852%) Google
4 1 (1.852%) Sitecore
4 1 (1.852%) Zend
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