The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business 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 Cheshire 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
Business Manager
Rank 56 61 67
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 7 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.967% 0.250% 0.516%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.061% 0.274% 0.567%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 3
Average daily rate £383 £438 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.57% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £425
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £28.75 £25.25
% change year-on-year
+30.43% +13.86%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
660 729 882
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.16% 91.24% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 375 482
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 21 35
Average hourly rate £39.00 £22.41 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.02% +44.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Manager
North West

Business Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Business Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Business Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Business Manager Daily Rate Trend

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Manager across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire Business Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Business Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Business Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Business Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Knutsford -5 2 £408 +25.38%
Macclesfield - 1 £375 -
Chester - 1 - -
Business Manager
North West

Business Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Banking
2 3 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
4 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Identity Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
4 1 (11.11%) French Language
4 1 (11.11%) German Language
4 1 (11.11%) Italian Language
4 1 (11.11%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (11.11%) Spanish Language
4 1 (11.11%) GIAC
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) CISA
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) UNIX
4 1 (11.11%) Windows
4 1 (11.11%) UML
4 1 (11.11%) LDAP
4 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
4 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (11.11%) CISSP

Business Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) LDAP
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
3 1 (11.11%) French Language
3 1 (11.11%) German Language
3 1 (11.11%) Italian Language
3 1 (11.11%) Portuguese Language
3 1 (11.11%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) UNIX
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
3 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) UML
3 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) GIAC
1 1 (11.11%) CISA
1 1 (11.11%) CISSP
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Identity Manager
1 1 (11.11%) Tivoli
1 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle