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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Programme Management skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programme Management over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

 Programme Management
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank167157211
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+54
Matching contract IT job ads468362574
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.969 %0.918 %0.698 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category1.646 %1.731 %1.403 %
Daily rates quoted249121220
Average daily rate£450£450£413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£255£278£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£730£775£730
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£445£375
% change year-on-year
-10.11 %+18.66 %
Hourly rates quoted231110
Average hourly rate£34.50£14.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+146.42 %-30.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£22.80£11.00£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£59.50£36.50£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.50£14.25£26.00
% change year-on-year
+142.19 %-45.21 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
284392091640911
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK58.87 %53.02 %49.77 %
Daily rates quoted13684739614067
Average daily rate£410£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.500 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£235£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£360£375
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted114812112463
Average hourly rate£25.00£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.21£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-10.90 %-8.330 %

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.

Programme Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Programme Management within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Programme Management Demand Trend

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Programme Management Daily Rate Trend

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Management within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Programme Management Daily Rate Histogram

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Programme Management Hourly Rate Trend

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Management within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Programme Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Programme Management
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-4446£450-
LondonDown-8262£475-5.00 %
City of LondonDown-1691£475-9.52 %
South EastUp+580£394+5.00 %
YorkshireUp+1424£425-
SurreyUp+124£405-
West YorkshireUp+523£425-
North WestDown-122£285-35.22 %
BerkshireUp+418£384-1.28 %
ScotlandDown-1116£400-
LeedsUp+1315£440-
HampshireUp+315£300-15.49 %
South WestDown-1814£380-20.00 %
East of EnglandUp+1313£675+35.00 %
EdinburghDown-1512£463-
West MidlandsUp+811£400-5.88 %
East MidlandsDown-39£513-2.38 %
CheshireDown-78£313-3.84 %
MiddlesexDown-116£325-7.14 %
LancashireNew entry-6£280-
NorthamptonshireNew entry-6£525-
North EastUp+115£688+83.33 %
BasingstokeUp+35£320-20.00 %
Sunbury-on-ThamesNew entry-5£378-
HertfordshireUp+134--
EssexUp+54--
Docklands, LondonDown-54£451+36.15 %
ReadingDown-64£400+4.91 %
BristolDown-94£288-
StainesDown-104£750-

Programme Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1300 (34.17 %)Finance
2260 (29.61 %)Project Management
3206 (23.46 %)PRINCE2
4182 (20.73 %)Banking
5118 (13.44 %)MS Project
6113 (12.87 %)Government
7108 (12.30 %)Stakeholder Management
8104 (11.85 %)Investment Banking
974 (8.428 %)MS Excel
1065 (7.403 %)Change Management
1158 (6.606 %)Security Cleared
1254 (6.150 %)Microsoft
1254 (6.150 %)NHS
1353 (6.036 %)ITIL
1353 (6.036 %)Risk Management
1450 (5.695 %)MS Office
1548 (5.467 %)PMI Certification
1646 (5.239 %)SAP
1646 (5.239 %)C
1646 (5.239 %)Retail
1745 (5.125 %)Health
1839 (4.442 %)MS PowerPoint
1937 (4.214 %)Resource Management
1937 (4.214 %)SharePoint
2036 (4.100 %)Project Planning
2134 (3.872 %)SC Cleared
2232 (3.645 %)Migration
2232 (3.645 %)Degree
2331 (3.531 %)Java
2331 (3.531 %)Oracle

Programme Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
121 (2.392 %).NET
215 (1.708 %)Middleware
311 (1.253 %)OpenGL
311 (1.253 %)DirectX
47 (0.797 %)XML
47 (0.797 %)J2EE
47 (0.797 %)Spring
56 (0.683 %)Struts
56 (0.683 %)Web Services
65 (0.569 %)JMS
65 (0.569 %)COM
65 (0.569 %)Hibernate
74 (0.456 %)Struts2
74 (0.456 %)HTML
74 (0.456 %)CSS
83 (0.342 %)WebSphere
92 (0.228 %)Web Dynpro
92 (0.228 %)SAML
92 (0.228 %)ebXML
101 (0.114 %)EDI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
137 (4.214 %)SharePoint
29 (1.025 %)Office Project Server
34 (0.456 %)ESB
34 (0.456 %)Apache
34 (0.456 %)Tomcat
43 (0.342 %)Confluence
52 (0.228 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
52 (0.228 %)Oracle Service Bus
52 (0.228 %)SAP Portal
52 (0.228 %)CMS
52 (0.228 %)SAS
61 (0.114 %)MQSeries
61 (0.114 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.114 %)IIS
61 (0.114 %)Documentum
61 (0.114 %)SharePoint Server 2007
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1118 (13.44 %)MS Project
274 (8.428 %)MS Excel
350 (5.695 %)MS Office
439 (4.442 %)MS PowerPoint
525 (2.847 %)MS Visio
612 (1.367 %)CA Clarity
76 (0.683 %)Spreadsheet
81 (0.114 %)Acrobat
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (0.569 %)SAP HR
15 (0.569 %)SAP FI
24 (0.456 %)SAP ERP
33 (0.342 %)Oracle EBS
42 (0.228 %)SAP xRPM
42 (0.228 %)Oracle EBS R12
42 (0.228 %)RMDS
42 (0.228 %)SAP CO
42 (0.228 %)Endur
42 (0.228 %)Oracle ERP
42 (0.228 %)SAP FI/CO
42 (0.228 %)PeopleSoft Financials
51 (0.114 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.114 %)SAP MM
51 (0.114 %)SAP R/3
51 (0.114 %)Oracle HRMS
51 (0.114 %)SAP Payroll
51 (0.114 %)SAP Oil and Gas
51 (0.114 %)Temenos T24
51 (0.114 %)Cerner Millennium
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
122 (2.506 %)Intranet
212 (1.367 %)WAN
310 (1.139 %)LAN
49 (1.025 %)Internet
55 (0.569 %)SMS
55 (0.569 %)Firewall
55 (0.569 %)MPLS
63 (0.342 %)VoIP
63 (0.342 %)SAN
63 (0.342 %)3G
63 (0.342 %)BSS
72 (0.228 %)Cisco IPT
72 (0.228 %)Network Security
72 (0.228 %)WLAN
72 (0.228 %)VPN
72 (0.228 %)Broadband
72 (0.228 %)GPRS
81 (0.114 %)ATM
81 (0.114 %)TETRA
81 (0.114 %)HSDPA
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (2.392 %)Datawarehouse
212 (1.367 %)SQL Server
36 (0.683 %)Reference Data
43 (0.342 %)ETL
52 (0.228 %)BusinessObjects
52 (0.228 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.114 %)MS Access
61 (0.114 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.114 %)Data Mining
61 (0.114 %)DataStage
61 (0.114 %)QualityStage
61 (0.114 %)SAP BI
61 (0.114 %)SAP BW
61 (0.114 %)GIS
61 (0.114 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (0.114 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (0.569 %)Maven
24 (0.456 %)Eclipse
32 (0.228 %)JIRA
32 (0.228 %)Subversion
32 (0.228 %)InstallShield
32 (0.228 %)Ant
32 (0.228 %)PVCS
32 (0.228 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.114 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.114 %)JUnit
41 (0.114 %)TestDirector
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1300 (34.17 %)Finance
2182 (20.73 %)Banking
3113 (12.87 %)Government
4104 (11.85 %)Investment Banking
546 (5.239 %)Retail
645 (5.125 %)Health
730 (3.417 %)Front Office
829 (3.303 %)Back Office
926 (2.961 %)Telecoms
926 (2.961 %)Retail Banking
1021 (2.392 %)Insurance
1120 (2.278 %)Local Government
1214 (1.595 %)Games
1313 (1.481 %)Education
1313 (1.481 %)Pharmaceutical
1313 (1.481 %)Marketing
1411 (1.253 %)Construction
1411 (1.253 %)Military
1510 (1.139 %)Pensions
169 (1.025 %)Financial Institution
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1286 (32.57 %)Programme Manager
2132 (15.03 %)Project Manager
368 (7.745 %)Analyst
434 (3.872 %)Senior Manager
530 (3.417 %)Consultant
628 (3.189 %)PMO Manager
725 (2.847 %)Business Analyst
823 (2.620 %)Coordinator
922 (2.506 %)Programme Office Manager
1020 (2.278 %)PMO Analyst
1020 (2.278 %)Delivery Manager
1020 (2.278 %)Architect
1118 (2.050 %)Programme Director
1118 (2.050 %)Project Coordinator
1118 (2.050 %)Project Officer
1217 (1.936 %)Senior Programme Manager
1217 (1.936 %)SAP Manager
1316 (1.822 %)Change Manager
1415 (1.708 %)Administrator
1415 (1.708 %)Senior Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
154 (6.150 %)NHS
224 (2.733 %)Management Information System
322 (2.506 %)PMI
417 (1.936 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
515 (1.708 %)Equities
515 (1.708 %)Derivative
613 (1.481 %)Fixed Income
613 (1.481 %)Visualisation
78 (0.911 %)Client/Server
86 (0.683 %)Equity Derivative
86 (0.683 %)Market Risk
95 (0.569 %)Handset
95 (0.569 %)NPfIT
95 (0.569 %)FMCG
95 (0.569 %)Computer Science
95 (0.569 %)German Language
104 (0.456 %)Interest Rate Derivative
104 (0.456 %)Credit Risk
104 (0.456 %)Economics
113 (0.342 %)IVR
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (1.253 %)UNIX
26 (0.683 %)Linux
35 (0.569 %)Windows
42 (0.228 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.114 %)Windows XP
51 (0.114 %)AIX
51 (0.114 %)Windows XP Embedded
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1260 (29.61 %)Project Management
2206 (23.46 %)PRINCE2
3108 (12.30 %)Stakeholder Management
465 (7.403 %)Change Management
553 (6.036 %)ITIL
553 (6.036 %)Risk Management
637 (4.214 %)Resource Management
736 (4.100 %)Project Planning
832 (3.645 %)Migration
927 (3.075 %)PRINCE
1026 (2.961 %)Agile Software Development
1125 (2.847 %)Business Analysis
1223 (2.620 %)Quality Management
1223 (2.620 %)Matrix Management
1321 (2.392 %)Performance Management
1420 (2.278 %)Service Management
1518 (2.050 %)E-Commerce
1617 (1.936 %)UML
1716 (1.822 %)Configuration Management
1815 (1.708 %)Business Intelligence
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
146 (5.239 %)C
231 (3.531 %)Java
320 (2.278 %)C#
418 (2.050 %)C++
512 (1.367 %)SQL
64 (0.456 %)ABAP
64 (0.456 %)JavaScript
73 (0.342 %)VBA
82 (0.228 %)VB
91 (0.114 %)RPG
91 (0.114 %)COBOL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
158 (6.606 %)Security Cleared
248 (5.467 %)PMI Certification
334 (3.872 %)SC Cleared
432 (3.645 %)Degree
531 (3.531 %)PMP
628 (3.189 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
723 (2.620 %)PRINCE2 Certification
815 (1.708 %)DV Cleared
912 (1.367 %)ISEB
1010 (1.139 %)CTC Cleared
117 (0.797 %)APMP
125 (0.569 %)MBA
125 (0.569 %)ISEB Practitioner
134 (0.456 %)BC Cleared
134 (0.456 %)Cisco Certification
143 (0.342 %)ITIL Certification
152 (0.228 %)CCIE
152 (0.228 %)CCNA
161 (0.114 %)Postgraduate
161 (0.114 %)CCDP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (2.506 %)QA
24 (0.456 %)PCI DSS
32 (0.228 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.228 %)SLA
41 (0.114 %)Basel II
41 (0.114 %)HMG Infosec
41 (0.114 %)ISO27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.114 %)Shibboleth
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.228 %)HP Quality Center
12 (0.228 %)MSI
21 (0.114 %)OpenView
21 (0.114 %)Netcool
21 (0.114 %)BMC PATROL
21 (0.114 %)ServiceCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
154 (6.150 %)Microsoft
246 (5.239 %)SAP
331 (3.531 %)Oracle
412 (1.367 %)Siebel
510 (1.139 %)Cisco
69 (1.025 %)TIBCO
69 (1.025 %)Wall Street Systems
76 (0.683 %)Primavera
85 (0.569 %)PeopleSoft
85 (0.569 %)Cerner
94 (0.456 %)HP
103 (0.342 %)Sybase
103 (0.342 %)VMware
103 (0.342 %)Remedy
103 (0.342 %)Planview
112 (0.228 %)Capita
112 (0.228 %)MKS
112 (0.228 %)Hyperion
112 (0.228 %)Citrix
112 (0.228 %)Business Objects