The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Manager
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Software Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.608% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.678% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £398 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £389 £400 £419
% change year-on-year
-2.81% -4.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £17.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+128.57% -53.33%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
295 400 250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 89.67% 94.34% 97.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 199 132
Average daily rate £350 £313 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £238
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 50 56 45
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +159.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £10.33 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.50 £52.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Manager
Cambridgeshire

Software Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Software Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Software Manager Daily Rate Trend

Software Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Manager across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Software Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Software Manager
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Software 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 Software Manager in their job title.

1 14 (93.33%) PRINCE2
1 14 (93.33%) Resource Management
2 11 (73.33%) .NET
2 11 (73.33%) Project Management
2 11 (73.33%) Migration
2 11 (73.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (73.33%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (46.67%) Degree
4 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 4 (26.67%) QA
4 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
4 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
5 3 (20.00%) ITIL
5 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (20.00%) ISEB
5 3 (20.00%) ISTQB
5 3 (20.00%) Automated Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
5 3 (20.00%) Security Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Integration Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Test Management
6 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (6.667%) E-Learning
6 1 (6.667%) Publishing

Software Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Software 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 Software Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (73.33%) .NET
General
1 1 (6.667%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.667%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) PRINCE2
1 14 (93.33%) Resource Management
2 11 (73.33%) Project Management
2 11 (73.33%) Migration
2 11 (73.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (73.33%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
3 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
4 3 (20.00%) ITIL
4 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (20.00%) Automated Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (20.00%) Security Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Integration Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Test Management
5 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) ISEB
2 3 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) QA