The first table below looks at the demand for the Programme Director role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programme Director in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programme Director
Rank 470 530 532
Rank change year-on-year
+60 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 70 51 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.148% 0.087% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.161% 0.094% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 27 25
Average daily rate £825 £750 £700
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £565 £620
10% offered a daily rate of more than £1,260 £1,220 £1,200
UK excluding London average daily rate £650 £713 £638
% change year-on-year
-8.77% +11.76%
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
43539 54119 55808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.22% 92.58% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24944 29835 30377
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 2174 2589 2882
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Programme Director
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Programme Director Jobs Demand Trend

Programme Director
Daily Rate Trend

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

Programme Director Daily Rate Trend

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Director within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Programme Director Daily Rate Histogram

Programme Director
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Programme Director Hourly Rate Trend

Programme Director
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 Programme Director within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +68 67 £825 -2.94%
London +39 46 £850 -
City of London +16 12 £953 +33.68%
South East +25 8 £1,750 +159.25%
Buckinghamshire - 5 £1,750 -
Yorkshire +8 4 £583 -
South West +27 3 £475 -36.66%
South Yorkshire - 3 £615 -
Hampshire - 3 £700 -
North West +16 2 £650 -
Bristol +12 2 £475 -36.66%
East Midlands 0 2 £825 -21.42%
Scotland -18 2 £1,500 +118.18%
Midlands - 2 £725 -
Sheffield - 2 £615 -
Nottingham - 2 £825 -
Brentford - 2 - -
Havant - 2 £700 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £825 -
Cheshire +3 1 - -
Docklands, London +2 1 £1,000 +42.85%
Glasgow -19 1 - -
Amersham - 1 - -
Chester - 1 - -

Programme Director
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Programme Director 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 Director in their job title.

1 27 (26.21%) Programme Management
2 25 (24.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 25 (24.27%) Finance
3 16 (15.53%) ERP
3 16 (15.53%) Project Management
4 13 (12.62%) PRINCE2
5 12 (11.65%) Banking
6 10 (9.709%) Retail
6 10 (9.709%) Change Management
7 9 (8.738%) Telecoms
8 8 (7.767%) SAP
8 8 (7.767%) Matrix Management
9 7 (6.796%) Business Transformation
9 7 (6.796%) Oracle
9 7 (6.796%) Legal
10 6 (5.825%) Service Management
10 6 (5.825%) CRM
10 6 (5.825%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (4.854%) Investment Banking
12 4 (3.883%) Supplier Management
12 4 (3.883%) Dynamics CRM
12 4 (3.883%) Dynamics AX
12 4 (3.883%) Resource Management
12 4 (3.883%) Product Management
12 4 (3.883%) SharePoint
12 4 (3.883%) Migration
13 3 (2.913%) Manufacturing
13 3 (2.913%) 2G
13 3 (2.913%) Service Delivery
13 3 (2.913%) Risk Management

Programme Director
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Programme Director 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 Director in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (1.942%) Web Services
2 1 (0.971%) Middleware
2 1 (0.971%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.883%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.971%) CMS
Business Applications
1 4 (3.883%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (3.883%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.942%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.942%) VisionPLUS
3 1 (0.971%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.971%) Agresso
3 1 (0.971%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.971%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.971%) SAP Retail
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.913%) 2G
1 3 (2.913%) 3G
1 3 (2.913%) WAN
1 3 (2.913%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.971%) Internet
2 1 (0.971%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.971%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.971%) SAP BI
1 1 (0.971%) BusinessObjects
General
1 25 (24.27%) Finance
2 12 (11.65%) Banking
3 10 (9.709%) Retail
4 9 (8.738%) Telecoms
5 7 (6.796%) Legal
6 5 (4.854%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.913%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.913%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.942%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.942%) Marketing
8 2 (1.942%) Advertising
9 1 (0.971%) Games
9 1 (0.971%) Publishing
9 1 (0.971%) Local Government
9 1 (0.971%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.913%) NHS
1 3 (2.913%) Freedom of Information
1 3 (2.913%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (2.913%) Freedom of Information Act
2 2 (1.942%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.971%) PACS
3 1 (0.971%) Mainframe
3 1 (0.971%) PMI
3 1 (0.971%) Smart Meter
3 1 (0.971%) Reference Data
3 1 (0.971%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (26.21%) Programme Management
2 25 (24.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (15.53%) ERP
3 16 (15.53%) Project Management
4 13 (12.62%) PRINCE2
5 10 (9.709%) Change Management
6 8 (7.767%) Matrix Management
7 7 (6.796%) Business Transformation
8 6 (5.825%) Service Management
8 6 (5.825%) CRM
8 6 (5.825%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (3.883%) Supplier Management
9 4 (3.883%) Resource Management
9 4 (3.883%) Product Management
9 4 (3.883%) Migration
10 3 (2.913%) Service Delivery
10 3 (2.913%) Risk Management
10 3 (2.913%) E-Commerce
10 3 (2.913%) PRINCE
10 3 (2.913%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.971%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (2.913%) PMI Certification
2 2 (1.942%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.942%) Security Cleared
2 2 (1.942%) PMP
3 1 (0.971%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (0.971%) BC Cleared
3 1 (0.971%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.971%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.913%) Basel II
Vendors
1 8 (7.767%) SAP
2 7 (6.796%) Oracle
3 1 (0.971%) Business Objects
3 1 (0.971%) Pega
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Education; Educated to degree level or equivalent. Prince 2 accreditation. Desirable; Lean Six Sigma Black Belt accreditation. Working knowledge of ITIL and/or SFIA. Working knowledge of SOx...
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Posted: 15 May 2013