The first table below looks at the demand for the Bid Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Bid Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Cambridge 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bid Manager
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Bid Manager 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
+11.48% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 £95.00 -
% change year-on-year
-39.47% -
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
307 393 245
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 89.77% 94.02% 98.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 198 124
Average daily rate £350 £310 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -0.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 51 47
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +168.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £10.38 £11.78
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £52.50 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Bid Manager
Cambridgeshire

Bid Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Bid Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Bid Manager
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Bid 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 Bid Manager in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN

Bid Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Bid 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 Bid Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN