Cambridge Software Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Software Manager role in IT contracts within the Cambridge 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 Software Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Software Manager
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cardiff Cheshire City of London Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Fareham Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire London Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newport North East North West Plymouth Reading Scotland Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West Southampton UK Wales Warrington	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£392	£378
% change on same period last year	+3.69 %
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	£45.00	£42.50
% change on same period last year	+5.88 %
Job Titles Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads	365	581
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.486 %	0.580 %
Daily rates quoted	79	128
Average minimum daily rate	£297	£316
Average daily rate	£320	£331
% change on same period last year	-3.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£343	£346
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£355
% change on same period last year	+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	70	82
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.63	£28.17
Average hourly rate	£20.74	£29.70
% change on same period last year	-30.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.86	£31.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-7.31 %
Software Manager Cambridgeshire

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 2 (66.67 %) STB 2 1 (33.33 %) IPTV 2 1 (33.33 %) Marketing 2 1 (33.33 %) Product Marketing 2 1 (33.33 %) Tandem 2 1 (33.33 %) Electronics 2 1 (33.33 %) MS Project 2 1 (33.33 %) PRINCE2 2 1 (33.33 %) DTV 2 1 (33.33 %) Project Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) MS Project	General 1 1 (33.33 %) Electronics 1 1 (33.33 %) Marketing
Miscellaneous 1 2 (66.67 %) STB 2 1 (33.33 %) IPTV 2 1 (33.33 %) DTV 2 1 (33.33 %) Tandem	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) PRINCE2 1 1 (33.33 %) Project Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Product Marketing