Berkshire Support Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Support Manager role in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Support Manager
Location Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent City of London Coventry East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hastings Kidlington Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West Oxford Oxfordshire Renfrewshire Rochdale Scotland Somerset South East South West Staffordshire Surrey Swindon UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	114	135
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	3	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	0.121 %	0.193 %
Daily rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£298
Average daily rate	£265	£316
% change on same period last year	-16.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£280	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£332
% change on same period last year	+4.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.97	£32.41
% change on same period last year	-44.56 %
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	2471	3622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.892 %	3.881 %
Daily rates quoted	665	1004
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£334
Average daily rate	£363	£354
% change on same period last year	+2.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	179	429
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.41	£25.90
Average hourly rate	£22.81	£27.38
% change on same period last year	-16.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.21	£28.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
Support Manager South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Support Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Support Manager across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Support Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Support Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Support Manager across the Berkshire region.

Support Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Manager within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Bracknell	+5	1	£265	+55.88 %

Support Manager South East

Support Manager
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Support 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 Support Manager in their job title.

1 3 (50.00 %) ITIL 2 2 (33.33 %) MS Project 2 2 (33.33 %) MS PowerPoint 2 2 (33.33 %) PRINCE2 2 2 (33.33 %) MS Excel 2 2 (33.33 %) SLA 2 2 (33.33 %) Project Management 3 1 (16.67 %) Windows XP 3 1 (16.67 %) Windows 3 1 (16.67 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (16.67 %) Retail

Support Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Support 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 Support Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 2 (33.33 %) MS Project 1 2 (33.33 %) MS Excel 1 2 (33.33 %) MS PowerPoint	General 1 1 (16.67 %) Retail
Operating Systems 1 1 (16.67 %) Windows 1 1 (16.67 %) Windows 2000 1 1 (16.67 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (50.00 %) ITIL 2 2 (33.33 %) PRINCE2 2 2 (33.33 %) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (33.33 %) SLA