South West Programme Office Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Programme Office Manager role in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Programme Office Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Programme Office Manager
Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Birmingham Blackpool Bristol Cheshire City of London Crawley Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Hampshire Horsham Hounslow Lancashire Leicestershire London Loughborough M4 Corridor Midlands Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Portsmouth Redhill Scotland Shropshire South East South West Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford UK Warrington West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	125	154
Rank change on same period last year	+29
Matching contract IT job ads	13	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	0.312 %	0.181 %
Daily rates quoted	9	3
Average minimum daily rate	£498	£433
Average daily rate	£520	£450
% change on same period last year	+15.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£542	£467
UK excluding London average daily rate	£444	£418
% change on same period last year	+6.05 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.00	-
Average hourly rate	£42.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£45.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£42.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4172	5513
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.561 %	5.578 %
Daily rates quoted	1410	1472
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£337
Average daily rate	£368	£356
% change on same period last year	+3.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	527	707
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.83	£24.47
Average hourly rate	£26.74	£26.19
% change on same period last year	+2.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.65	£27.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
Programme Office Manager 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Programme Office Manager across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles 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 Office Manager across the South West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 Office Manager within the South West 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
Wiltshire	+14	8	£554	-
Bristol	+13	3	£250	-37.50 %

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Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Programme Office 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 Office Manager in their job title.

1 20 (68.97 %) Finance 2 11 (37.93 %) PRINCE2 3 6 (20.69 %) Programme Office Management 4 5 (17.24 %) Banking 4 5 (17.24 %) Retail 4 5 (17.24 %) Pensions 4 5 (17.24 %) Retail Banking 5 4 (13.79 %) SharePoint 5 4 (13.79 %) MS Project 5 4 (13.79 %) Change Management 5 4 (13.79 %) Project Management 6 3 (10.34 %) Programme Management 7 2 (6.897 %) Stakeholder Management 7 2 (6.897 %) PRINCE 7 2 (6.897 %) Microsoft

8 1 (3.448 %) PRINCE2 Certification 8 1 (3.448 %) ERP 8 1 (3.448 %) MS Visio 8 1 (3.448 %) MS Excel 8 1 (3.448 %) Risk Management 8 1 (3.448 %) Government 8 1 (3.448 %) Health 8 1 (3.448 %) Insurance 8 1 (3.448 %) MS PowerPoint 8 1 (3.448 %) Military 8 1 (3.448 %) Risk Assessment 8 1 (3.448 %) Information Security 8 1 (3.448 %) DV Cleared 8 1 (3.448 %) Security Cleared

Programme Office Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Programme Office 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 Office Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 4 (13.79 %) SharePoint	Applications 1 4 (13.79 %) MS Project 2 1 (3.448 %) MS Excel 2 1 (3.448 %) MS Visio 2 1 (3.448 %) MS PowerPoint
General 1 20 (68.97 %) Finance 2 5 (17.24 %) Banking 2 5 (17.24 %) Retail 2 5 (17.24 %) Pensions 2 5 (17.24 %) Retail Banking 3 1 (3.448 %) Insurance 3 1 (3.448 %) Government 3 1 (3.448 %) Health 3 1 (3.448 %) Military	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (37.93 %) PRINCE2 2 6 (20.69 %) Programme Office Management 3 4 (13.79 %) Project Management 3 4 (13.79 %) Change Management 4 3 (10.34 %) Programme Management 5 2 (6.897 %) PRINCE 5 2 (6.897 %) Stakeholder Management 6 1 (3.448 %) Risk Assessment 6 1 (3.448 %) Information Security 6 1 (3.448 %) Risk Management 6 1 (3.448 %) ERP 6 1 (3.448 %) DV Cleared 6 1 (3.448 %) Security Cleared
Qualifications 1 1 (3.448 %) PRINCE2 Certification	Vendors 1 2 (6.897 %) Microsoft