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

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 Manager
Rank 41 43 57
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 3 11 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.704% 1.930% 0.606%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.754% 2.068% 0.658%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
Average daily rate £400 £500 £563
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £475 £533
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £1,033 £593
UK excluding London average daily rate £513 £500 £575
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £38.98 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+21.85% +55.92%
All Job Titles
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
398 532 608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 93.43% 93.33% 92.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 257 279
Average daily rate £350 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £175 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 27 31
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -34.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £10.75 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £59.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Programme Manager
UK

Programme Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Programme Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales Programme Manager Daily Rate Trend

Programme Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the Wales region 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
South Wales -4 2 £450 -10.00%
Programme Manager
UK

Programme Manager
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited 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 Programme Manager in their job title.

1 5 (55.56%) SAP
1 5 (55.56%) ERP
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
4 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 1 (11.11%) JDA
5 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
5 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Change Management
5 1 (11.11%) Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
5 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
5 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy

Programme Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited 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 Programme Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ERP
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
5 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Change Management
5 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
5 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
5 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) JDA