Cheshire Applications Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Manager role in IT contracts within the Cheshire 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 Applications Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Application Manager
Location Berkshire Bradford Cheshire City of London Croydon East Midlands East of England England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire London Manchester Middlesex Newport Norfolk North East North West Norwich Salisbury Scotland South East South Wales South West Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	59	60
Rank change on same period last year	+1
Matching contract IT job ads	1	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.138 %	0.240 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£400	-
Average daily rate	£400	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£400	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£392	£440
% change on same period last year	-10.72 %
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	-	£39.30
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	726	832
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.144 %	0.892 %
Daily rates quoted	180	172
Average minimum daily rate	£299	£302
Average daily rate	£310	£311
% change on same period last year	-0.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£320	£321
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	114	71
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.11	£19.78
Average hourly rate	£23.36	£20.93
% change on same period last year	+11.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.60	£22.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
Applications Manager North West

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 Applications Manager across the Cheshire 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 Applications Manager across the Cheshire region.

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (50.00 %) ITIL 1 1 (50.00 %) SLA 1 1 (50.00 %) Pharmaceutical 1 1 (50.00 %) Stakeholder Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General 1 1 (50.00 %) Pharmaceutical	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (50.00 %) ITIL 1 1 (50.00 %) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (50.00 %) SLA