City of London Product Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Product Manager role in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Product Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Product Manager
Location Abingdon Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Canary Wharf City of London Crawley Croydon East Midlands East of England England Gatwick Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire London M4 Corridor Newbury North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Rickmansworth Scotland Slough Solihull Somerset South East South West Southampton Surrey Taunton UK Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	218	188
Rank change on same period last year	-30
Matching contract IT job ads	5	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.063 %	0.165 %
Daily rates quoted	3	5
Average minimum daily rate	£550	£490
Average daily rate	£650	£545
% change on same period last year	+19.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£750	£600
UK excluding London average daily rate	£427	£432
% change on same period last year	-1.17 %
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	£42.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	7886	6685
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	10.47 %	6.859 %
Daily rates quoted	4237	2793
Average minimum daily rate	£426	£449
Average daily rate	£463	£483
% change on same period last year	-4.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£501	£516
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£352
% change on same period last year	+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	328	237
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.93	£21.86
Average hourly rate	£26.68	£23.21
% change on same period last year	+14.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.44	£24.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.42	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.89 %
Product Manager London

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 Product Manager across the City of London 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 Product Manager across the City of London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Product Manager across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

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Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Product 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 Product Manager in their job title.

1 6 (54.55 %) Finance 2 4 (36.36 %) Change Management 2 4 (36.36 %) Banking 2 4 (36.36 %) Investment Banking 3 3 (27.27 %) Programme Management 3 3 (27.27 %) Migration 4 2 (18.18 %) Equities 4 2 (18.18 %) Degree 5 1 (9.091 %) Business Analysis 5 1 (9.091 %) MS PowerPoint 5 1 (9.091 %) Derivative 5 1 (9.091 %) Equity Derivative 5 1 (9.091 %) Pensions 5 1 (9.091 %) Marketing 5 1 (9.091 %) Financial Institution

5 1 (9.091 %) Front Office 5 1 (9.091 %) Summit 5 1 (9.091 %) LatentZero 5 1 (9.091 %) XML 5 1 (9.091 %) B2B 5 1 (9.091 %) B2C 5 1 (9.091 %) SLA 5 1 (9.091 %) Murex 5 1 (9.091 %) Fidessa 5 1 (9.091 %) Charles River 5 1 (9.091 %) ACCA 5 1 (9.091 %) CIMA

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Product 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 Product Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (9.091 %) XML	Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) Summit	General 1 6 (54.55 %) Finance 2 4 (36.36 %) Banking 2 4 (36.36 %) Investment Banking 3 1 (9.091 %) Pensions 3 1 (9.091 %) Marketing 3 1 (9.091 %) Financial Institution 3 1 (9.091 %) Front Office
Miscellaneous 1 2 (18.18 %) Equities 2 1 (9.091 %) Derivative 2 1 (9.091 %) Equity Derivative	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (36.36 %) Change Management 2 3 (27.27 %) Migration 2 3 (27.27 %) Programme Management 3 1 (9.091 %) Business Analysis 3 1 (9.091 %) B2B 3 1 (9.091 %) B2C
Qualifications 1 2 (18.18 %) Degree 2 1 (9.091 %) ACCA 2 1 (9.091 %) CIMA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (9.091 %) SLA
Vendors 1 1 (9.091 %) Murex 1 1 (9.091 %) Fidessa 1 1 (9.091 %) Charles River 1 1 (9.091 %) LatentZero