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This section looks at the demand for the Software 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 jobs that have cited Software Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Manager
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank216-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.049 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£475-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
UK excluding London average daily rate£392£378
% change on same period last year+3.69 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00£42.50
% change on same period last year+5.88 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads81456685
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.86 %6.669 %
Daily rates quoted44522751
Average minimum daily rate£418£442
Average daily rate£455£474
% change on same period last year-3.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£493£506
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted344212
Average minimum hourly rate£23.42£22.14
Average hourly rate£25.15£23.47
% change on same period last year+7.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.89£24.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Software Manager LondonSoftware 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.

Software Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Manager across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Software Manager Demand Trend

Software Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Software Manager Daily Rate Trend

Software Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Manager across the City of London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

City of London Software Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Software Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Software Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Software Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Software 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 Software Manager in their job title.

15 (55.56 %)Finance
23 (33.33 %)Scrum
23 (33.33 %)Banking
23 (33.33 %)Investment Banking
32 (22.22 %)Stakeholder Management
32 (22.22 %)Insurance
32 (22.22 %)Business Analysis
32 (22.22 %)Derivative
32 (22.22 %)Java
32 (22.22 %)Fixed Income
32 (22.22 %)SOA
41 (11.11 %)RDBMS
41 (11.11 %)WinRunner
41 (11.11 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (11.11 %)Project Management
41 (11.11 %)SQL
41 (11.11 %).NET
41 (11.11 %)J2EE
41 (11.11 %)JUnit
41 (11.11 %)WebLogic
41 (11.11 %)XML
41 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
41 (11.11 %)UNIX
41 (11.11 %)Windows
41 (11.11 %)RAD
41 (11.11 %)RUP
41 (11.11 %)QA
41 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (11.11 %)Hibernate
41 (11.11 %)Spring

Software Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Software 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 Software Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (11.11 %).NET
11 (11.11 %)J2EE
11 (11.11 %)XML
11 (11.11 %)Hibernate
11 (11.11 %)Spring
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)WebLogic
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (11.11 %)RDBMS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)JUnit
11 (11.11 %)WinRunner
11 (11.11 %)QuickTest Pro
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (55.56 %)Finance
23 (33.33 %)Banking
23 (33.33 %)Investment Banking
32 (22.22 %)Insurance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)Fixed Income
12 (22.22 %)Derivative
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (11.11 %)UNIX
11 (11.11 %)Windows
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)Scrum
22 (22.22 %)Business Analysis
22 (22.22 %)SOA
22 (22.22 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (11.11 %)Project Management
31 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
31 (11.11 %)RAD
31 (11.11 %)RUP
31 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (11.11 %)Critical Path Analysis
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (22.22 %)Java
21 (11.11 %)SQL
21 (11.11 %)C#
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (11.11 %)QA