The first table below looks at the demand for the Strategy Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Strategy Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Berkshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Strategy Manager
Rank 115 131 127
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Strategy Manager 4 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.164% 0.196% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.180% 0.215% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate - £625 £438
% change year-on-year
- +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2220 2794 2633
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.25% 91.16% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 985 1006
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £218 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £504 £475 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 122 183
Average hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+44.73% -40.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Strategy Manager
South East

Strategy Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Strategy Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Strategy Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Strategy Manager Daily Rate Trend

Strategy Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Strategy Manager within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Reading - 1 - -
Slough - 1 - -
Strategy Manager
South East

Strategy Manager
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Strategy 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 Strategy Manager in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Financial Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Insight
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Economics
3 1 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) PBX
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Internet
3 1 (20.00%) 3G
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning

Strategy Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) PBX
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) 3G
1 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Economics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Financial Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft