The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior 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
Senior Manager
Rank 57 52 69
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 6 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.829% 1.377% 0.310%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.909% 1.509% 0.340%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
Average daily rate £445 £450 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% +23.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £525
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £44.90 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.20 - £30.00
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%
Senior Manager
North West

Senior Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Senior Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Senior Manager Daily Rate Trend

Senior Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Senior Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior 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
Chester -9 2 £400 -
Knutsford -6 1 £475 +5.55%
Senior Manager
North West

Senior Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (50.00%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) Migration
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 3 (21.43%) Banking
4 3 (21.43%) Local Government
5 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 2 (14.29%) SCCM
5 2 (14.29%) VMware
5 2 (14.29%) Windows
5 2 (14.29%) WAN
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 2 (14.29%) Citrix
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (7.143%) PMI
6 1 (7.143%) PMI Certification
6 1 (7.143%) PRINCE
6 1 (7.143%) Middleware
6 1 (7.143%) AIX
6 1 (7.143%) Linux
6 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
6 1 (7.143%) CRM
6 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
6 1 (7.143%) MS Exchange
6 1 (7.143%) UNIX
6 1 (7.143%) Mainframe
6 1 (7.143%) Management Information System

Senior Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (7.143%) Middleware
1 1 (7.143%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) MS Exchange
1 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Local Government
3 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.143%) Retail
3 1 (7.143%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) PMI
1 1 (7.143%) Mainframe
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) AIX
2 1 (7.143%) Linux
2 1 (7.143%) UNIX
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
2 1 (7.143%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (28.57%) Migration
2 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.143%) PRINCE
3 1 (7.143%) CRM
3 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
3 1 (7.143%) Waterfall
3 1 (7.143%) Change Control
3 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Test Scripting
3 1 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.143%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (7.143%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (7.143%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) VMware
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 2 (14.29%) Citrix