The first table below looks at the demand for the Programme Planner 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 Planner in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programme Planner
Rank 500 532 546
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Planner 29 52 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.063% 0.089% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.096% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 33 21
Average daily rate £375 £410 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.53% +2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £328 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £371 £390 £388
% change year-on-year
-4.80% +0.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £18.62 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
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 2112 2572 2930
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 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Programme Planner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Programme Planner Jobs Demand Trend

Programme Planner
Daily Rate Trend

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

Programme Planner Daily Rate Trend

Programme Planner
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Planner within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Programme Planner Daily Rate Histogram

Programme Planner
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Programme Planner Hourly Rate Trend

Programme Planner
Top 26 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Planner within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +28 27 £375 -9.63%
London +32 13 £450 +5.88%
City of London +17 7 £375 -16.66%
South East +13 7 £375 +8.69%
West Yorkshire +5 5 £335 -19.27%
Yorkshire +4 5 £335 -19.27%
Leeds -6 4 - -
Berkshire +15 3 £350 +7.69%
Buckinghamshire +8 2 £450 -
Milton Keynes - 2 £450 -
South West +23 1 £368 -14.78%
North West +12 1 £325 -27.77%
Manchester +7 1 £325 -
Edinburgh +2 1 - -
Hampshire -10 1 £430 -
Scotland -12 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 £368 -
West Sussex - 1 £375 -
East Sussex - 1 £375 -
Worthing - 1 £375 -
Swindon - 1 £368 -
Southampton - 1 £430 -
Slough - 1 £350 -
Brighton - 1 £375 -
Bradford - 1 £335 -

Programme Planner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Programme Planner 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 Planner in their job title.

1 40 (66.67%) MS Project
2 24 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 23 (38.33%) PRINCE2
4 19 (31.67%) Project Management
5 14 (23.33%) MS Office
6 13 (21.67%) Finance
6 13 (21.67%) Project Planning
7 12 (20.00%) Microsoft
8 11 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (16.67%) MS Visio
9 10 (16.67%) Retail
10 9 (15.00%) MS PowerPoint
11 8 (13.33%) Programme Management
12 6 (10.00%) Security Cleared
12 6 (10.00%) Critical Path Analysis
13 5 (8.333%) Banking
13 5 (8.333%) SC Cleared
13 5 (8.333%) Change Control
13 5 (8.333%) Primavera
13 5 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (6.667%) PMI Certification
14 4 (6.667%) Change Management
14 4 (6.667%) Telecoms
14 4 (6.667%) Resource Management
15 3 (5.000%) QA
15 3 (5.000%) Retail Banking
15 3 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
15 3 (5.000%) Waterfall
15 3 (5.000%) FMCG
15 3 (5.000%) PMI

Programme Planner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Programme Planner 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 Planner in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.667%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.333%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.667%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 40 (66.67%) MS Project
2 24 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 14 (23.33%) MS Office
4 10 (16.67%) MS Visio
5 9 (15.00%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.667%) CA Clarity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.667%) Oracle Reports
General
1 13 (21.67%) Finance
2 10 (16.67%) Retail
3 5 (8.333%) Banking
4 4 (6.667%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.000%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.667%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.000%) FMCG
1 3 (5.000%) PMI
2 2 (3.333%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.667%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.33%) PRINCE2
2 19 (31.67%) Project Management
3 13 (21.67%) Project Planning
4 11 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (13.33%) Programme Management
6 6 (10.00%) Critical Path Analysis
7 5 (8.333%) Change Control
8 4 (6.667%) Change Management
8 4 (6.667%) Resource Management
9 3 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (5.000%) Waterfall
10 2 (3.333%) ERP
10 2 (3.333%) Risk Management
10 2 (3.333%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 1 (1.667%) Document Management
11 1 (1.667%) Data Analysis
11 1 (1.667%) Business Transformation
11 1 (1.667%) Financial Modelling
11 1 (1.667%) Budget Control
11 1 (1.667%) Portfolio Management
Qualifications
1 6 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.333%) SC Cleared
2 5 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 4 (6.667%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.333%) PMP
4 2 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.667%) Degree
5 1 (1.667%) PgMP
5 1 (1.667%) APMP
5 1 (1.667%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.000%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.333%) Primavera
3 3 (5.000%) Oracle
3 3 (5.000%) SAP
4 1 (1.667%) Huawei
4 1 (1.667%) CA
4 1 (1.667%) HP
4 1 (1.667%) Cisco
City of London
templates) Plan QA MSP Support Progress Tracking & Reporting Coaching Project Managers /Project Planners Work with the Head of Programme Delivery Programme and Project Managers To help ensure they...
WorldPay
Posted: 25 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Applicants should be able to match capacity and capability to prioritise demand, making effective use of available resources to deliver key objectives.Applicants will be experienced in planning...
Novate IT
Rate: £400 - £460 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
London
Contract, Programme, Planner, Plan, Co-Ordinator, Support, PMO, Transformation, Change, RAID, finance, risk, issue, workshop, Agile, Scrum, London... The right candidate MUST have the following skills: - Proven record...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £300 - £425 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013