The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 19 June 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 Cambridgeshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Manager
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Software Manager 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.524% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.570% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
526 685 588
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 91.96% 94.48% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 327 279
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 110 101
Average hourly rate £32.50 £30.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.55% +125.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Software Manager
East of England

Software Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Software Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Software Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Manager within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
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Daily Rate
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Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
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Cambridge - - - - 3
Software Manager
East of England

Software Manager
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (73.68%) PRINCE2
1 14 (73.68%) Resource Management
2 13 (68.42%) Project Management
3 11 (57.89%) .NET
3 11 (57.89%) Migration
3 11 (57.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (57.89%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (42.11%) Software Testing
4 8 (42.11%) QA
5 7 (36.84%) Degree
5 7 (36.84%) Test Strategy
6 5 (26.32%) Security Testing
6 5 (26.32%) Automated Testing
7 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
7 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
8 3 (15.79%) Performance Management
8 3 (15.79%) ISTQB
8 3 (15.79%) ITIL
8 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
8 3 (15.79%) ISEB
9 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (10.53%) Automation Testing
9 2 (10.53%) Load Testing
10 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
10 1 (5.263%) Integration Testing
10 1 (5.263%) Test Management
10 1 (5.263%) Publishing
10 1 (5.263%) E-Learning

Software Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (57.89%) .NET
General
1 1 (5.263%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.263%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) PRINCE2
1 14 (73.68%) Resource Management
2 13 (68.42%) Project Management
3 11 (57.89%) Migration
3 11 (57.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (57.89%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (42.11%) Software Testing
5 7 (36.84%) Test Strategy
6 5 (26.32%) Security Testing
6 5 (26.32%) Automated Testing
7 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
8 3 (15.79%) Performance Management
8 3 (15.79%) ITIL
8 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
9 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (10.53%) Automation Testing
9 2 (10.53%) Load Testing
10 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
10 1 (5.263%) Integration Testing
10 1 (5.263%) Test Management
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) ISTQB
2 3 (15.79%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (42.11%) QA