The first table below looks at the demand for the Contracts Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Contracts Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 City of London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Contract Manager
Rank 188 202 233
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Contracts Manager 11 17 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.173% 0.216% 0.120%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.187% 0.236% 0.131%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 9
Average daily rate £500 £575 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +21.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £525 £365
10% offered a daily rate of more than £800 £625 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year
-58.82% -
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5876 7201 9157
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.51% 91.48% 91.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4326 5182 6677
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 179 197
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £41.25 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Contracts Manager
London

Contracts Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Contracts Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Contracts Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Contracts Manager across the City of London region.

City of London Contracts Manager Daily Rate Trend

Contracts Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Contracts Manager across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Contracts Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Contracts Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Contracts Manager across the City of London region.

City of London Contracts Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Contracts Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Contracts 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 Contracts Manager in their job title.

1 11 (47.83%) Project Management
1 11 (47.83%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
3 4 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (17.39%) MS Project
3 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
3 4 (17.39%) Banking
3 4 (17.39%) Project Planning
4 3 (13.04%) Legal
4 3 (13.04%) Scrum
4 3 (13.04%) Fixed Income
4 3 (13.04%) MS Office
4 3 (13.04%) Change Management
4 3 (13.04%) Investment Banking
5 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
5 2 (8.696%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (8.696%) Android
5 2 (8.696%) HTML5
5 2 (8.696%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (8.696%) Sencha
5 2 (8.696%) Apple iOS
5 2 (8.696%) Test Strategy
5 2 (8.696%) Responsive Web Design
5 2 (8.696%) Mobile App
5 2 (8.696%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.696%) Windows
5 2 (8.696%) ITSM
5 2 (8.696%) Web Services
5 2 (8.696%) Java

Contracts Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Contracts 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 Contracts Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.696%) HTML5
1 2 (8.696%) Web Services
2 1 (4.348%) XML
2 1 (4.348%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Project
2 3 (13.04%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) SAN
General
1 11 (47.83%) Finance
2 4 (17.39%) Banking
3 3 (13.04%) Legal
3 3 (13.04%) Investment Banking
4 2 (8.696%) Retail
4 2 (8.696%) Billing
5 1 (4.348%) Games
5 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.348%) Law
5 1 (4.348%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Fixed Income
2 2 (8.696%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.348%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.348%) NHS
3 1 (4.348%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.348%) Kindle
3 1 (4.348%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.696%) Windows Mobile
1 2 (8.696%) Android
1 2 (8.696%) Apple iOS
1 2 (8.696%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Project Management
2 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
3 4 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
3 4 (17.39%) Project Planning
4 3 (13.04%) Scrum
4 3 (13.04%) Change Management
5 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
5 2 (8.696%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (8.696%) Test Strategy
5 2 (8.696%) Responsive Web Design
5 2 (8.696%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.696%) ITSM
5 2 (8.696%) E-Commerce
5 2 (8.696%) Web Design
5 2 (8.696%) Programme Management
5 2 (8.696%) Content Management
5 2 (8.696%) Document Management
6 1 (4.348%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) Java
1 2 (8.696%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.348%) PHP
2 1 (4.348%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) QA
1 1 (4.348%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (8.696%) Sencha
2 1 (4.348%) Calypso
2 1 (4.348%) Citrix
2 1 (4.348%) Lotus
2 1 (4.348%) RedPrairie
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