The first table below looks at the demand for the Engagement 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 Engagement Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Engagement Manager
Rank 62 62 68
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Engagement Manager 1 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.136% 0.370% 0.313%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.149% 0.405% 0.343%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £250 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
-11.53% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
670 740 875
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.16% 91.36% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 384 480
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £239 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 20 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +78.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £13.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Engagement Manager
North West

Engagement Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Engagement Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Engagement Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Engagement Manager Daily Rate Trend

Engagement Manager
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Engagement 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 Engagement Manager in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) French Language
2 1 (50.00%) German Language
2 1 (50.00%) Italian Language
2 1 (50.00%) Portuguese Language
2 1 (50.00%) Spanish Language
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) LDAP
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Tivoli
2 1 (50.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) GIAC
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security

Engagement Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Engagement 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 Engagement Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) French Language
2 1 (50.00%) German Language
2 1 (50.00%) Italian Language
2 1 (50.00%) Portuguese Language
2 1 (50.00%) Spanish Language
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Identity Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Tivoli
1 1 (50.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle