| Programme Management |
| 3 months to 9 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 197 | 226 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +29 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 623 | 578 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.793 % | 0.653 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.615 % | 1.415 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 242 | 163 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £423 | £422 |
| Average daily rate | £457 | £452 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £491 | £481 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £420 | £427 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.30 | £35.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.25 | £38.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.20 | £40.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.25 | £34.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 38571 | 40838 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 49.10 % | 46.16 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13651 | 12970 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £390 | £394 |
| Average daily rate | £417 | £418 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.24 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £444 | £442 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £387 | £373 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.54 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2228 | 2298 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.01 | £27.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.13 | £29.47 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.25 | £31.21 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.01 | £29.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.35 % |
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.
The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Programme Management across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
