The first table below looks at the demand for Programme Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programme Management over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Watford 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programme Management
Rank 12 17 14
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -3
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 1 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 1.429% 4.808% 4.938%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.222% 5.747% 8.163%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £397 £413
% change year-on-year
+0.81% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £21.88 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+71.42% -35.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
45 87 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 64.29% 83.65% 60.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 27 23
Average daily rate £450 £375 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £290 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Average hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Programme Management
Hertfordshire

Programme Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Programme Management across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Watford Programme Management Jobs Demand Trend

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Watford Programme Management Daily Rate Trend

Programme Management
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region 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.

1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
1 7 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) E-Commerce
2 5 (71.43%) Retail
2 5 (71.43%) Time Management
3 2 (28.57%) Spanish Language
3 2 (28.57%) RIA
3 2 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
3 2 (28.57%) PMI
3 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
3 2 (28.57%) MS Project
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Portuguese Language

Programme Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region 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.

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (28.57%) MS Project
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Spanish Language
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Programme Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) RIA
1 2 (28.57%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
1 7 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 5 (71.43%) E-Commerce
2 5 (71.43%) Time Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification