2008 Membership Survey Results

10 September 2008

The Institute completed a survey of its membership earlier this year and the results were presented at the Annual General Meeting in June. The survey results are a valuable tool to help the Institute understand better the views and needs of the membership as well as providing a guide to the underlying market trends.

Response Profile

At 27%, the overall response rate was slightly lower than the last survey in 2006 (“last time”). The average age of the respondents was 54, which is approximately the same as the last time and also reflects the membership as a whole. 9% of the respondents were female, the same as the membership as a whole. 73% (71% last time) of members surveyed have been an Interim for 6 years or more, with 9% of respondents having under two years experience.

Membership Age

Sector Experience

Members’ sector experience is very diverse. The top sector was again Manufacturing (representing 9.3% of respondents), followed by FMCG, both as last year.

Sector	Percentage	2006 Ranking
Manufacturing	9.3%	1
FMCG	6.7%	2
IT/IS/Computing	5.3%	7
Automotive	3.6%	6
Professional Services	3.6%	5
Public Sector	3.6%	4
Financial Services	3.1%	-

Functional Specialisms

The next table demonstrates the broad skill set of the IIM membership, with the top three rankings unchanged from last time.

Skill	Percentage	2006 Ranking
Change Management	14.7%	1
Project Management	11.6%	2
Commercial & General Management	7.6%	3
Operations & Quality Management	5.3%	6
Business Planning	4.4%	7
Supply Chain Management	4.0%	-
Finance	3.6%	5

Assignment Data

49% of members listed networking as their main success factor in winning assignments, followed by 36% quoting expertise in the field. 38% (last time 49%) of members secured over half their business thorough their own network. 34% (last time 24%) of members secured over half their business through Interim providers.

The following graph shows day rates supplied, which comes from a cross section of members including those at associate grade.

Daily Rates

The average daily rate charged from the survey was £742 (last time £646), with 87% (last time 82%) of members achieving their expected rate.

Government / Regulatory Response

87% (last time 93%) of members felt government policies were generally not supportive of the Interim profession.

91% of respondents said that they would wish to have the opportunity to opt out of the government’s proposal (which is based on an EU draft Directive) to give temporary workers equal pay and conditions to their full time equivalents.