The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Programme Manager role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT 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 currently tracked.

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
IT Programme Manager
Rank 522 536 558
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +22
Contract jobs requiring an IT Programme Manager 19 29 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.041% 0.050% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.054% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 22 16
Average daily rate £550 £579 £675
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.96% -14.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £478 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £740 £700 £1,200
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £519 £575
% change year-on-year
-8.43% -9.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

IT Programme Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

IT Programme Manager Jobs Demand Trend

IT Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

IT Programme Manager Daily Rate Trend

IT Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

IT Programme Manager Daily Rate Histogram

IT Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

IT Programme Manager Hourly Rate Trend

IT Programme Manager
Top 24 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Programme Manager within the UK 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
England +35 18 £583 +0.64%
London +30 8 £700 +9.80%
City of London +17 2 £475 -24.00%
West Midlands +9 2 £500 -
South Yorkshire - 2 £513 -
Yorkshire - 2 £513 -
South West +29 1 - -
South East +13 1 - -
Birmingham +12 1 £500 -
North West +9 1 - -
Cheshire +4 1 - -
East Midlands +1 1 £615 +6.95%
East of England - 1 £450 -
Canary Wharf - 1 £938 -
Wales - 1 £350 -
North East - 1 £450 -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Norfolk - 1 £450 -
Leicestershire - 1 £615 -
Kent - 1 - -
Durham - 1 £450 -
Stansted - 1 - -
Norwich - 1 £450 -
Leicester - 1 £615 -

IT Programme Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Programme Manager in their job title.

1 9 (24.32%) Finance
2 8 (21.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (21.62%) Project Management
2 8 (21.62%) PRINCE2
2 8 (21.62%) Programme Management
3 7 (18.92%) Retail
4 6 (16.22%) Banking
5 4 (10.81%) ERP
6 3 (8.108%) PMP
6 3 (8.108%) PMI Certification
6 3 (8.108%) SAP
6 3 (8.108%) ITIL
6 3 (8.108%) Legal
6 3 (8.108%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.108%) Migration
6 3 (8.108%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (8.108%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (5.405%) Use Case
7 2 (5.405%) Test Strategy
7 2 (5.405%) Waterfall
7 2 (5.405%) Degree
7 2 (5.405%) Law
7 2 (5.405%) Change Management
7 2 (5.405%) NHS
7 2 (5.405%) CRM
7 2 (5.405%) SharePoint
7 2 (5.405%) E-Commerce
7 2 (5.405%) WAN
8 1 (2.703%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (2.703%) Microsoft

IT Programme Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Programme Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.405%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.703%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (8.108%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (2.703%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.703%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.703%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.703%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.405%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (24.32%) Finance
2 7 (18.92%) Retail
3 6 (16.22%) Banking
4 3 (8.108%) Legal
4 3 (8.108%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.405%) Law
6 1 (2.703%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.703%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.703%) Private Banking
6 1 (2.703%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) NHS
2 1 (2.703%) Economics
2 1 (2.703%) Photography
2 1 (2.703%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.62%) Stakeholder Management
1 8 (21.62%) Project Management
1 8 (21.62%) PRINCE2
1 8 (21.62%) Programme Management
2 4 (10.81%) ERP
3 3 (8.108%) ITIL
3 3 (8.108%) Migration
3 3 (8.108%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (5.405%) Use Case
4 2 (5.405%) Test Strategy
4 2 (5.405%) Waterfall
4 2 (5.405%) Change Management
4 2 (5.405%) CRM
4 2 (5.405%) E-Commerce
5 1 (2.703%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.703%) BPR
5 1 (2.703%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.703%) SEO
5 1 (2.703%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.703%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.703%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (8.108%) PMP
1 3 (8.108%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.405%) Degree
3 1 (2.703%) MBA
3 1 (2.703%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.703%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (8.108%) SAP
2 1 (2.703%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.703%) BMC
2 1 (2.703%) CA
2 1 (2.703%) Siemens
2 1 (2.703%) Sony
2 1 (2.703%) EPiServer
2 1 (2.703%) Panasonic