The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 East Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Manager
Rank 78 68 67
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 6 18 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.476% 1.319% 0.585%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.522% 1.410% 0.629%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 5
Average daily rate - £405 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.81%
UK excluding London average daily rate £396 £425 £425
% change year-on-year
-6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £28.75 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+30.43% +8.49%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1149 1277 1271
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 91.12% 93.55% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 645 500
Average daily rate £325 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £180 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 94 128
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.35 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £34.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Business Manager
England

Business Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Business Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Business Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Business Manager Daily Rate Trend

Business Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Nottinghamshire -2 2 - -
Northamptonshire +8 1 - -
Business Manager
England

Business Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Business 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 Business Manager in their job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Change Management
3 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (30.00%) Process Architecture
4 3 (30.00%) Credit Risk
4 3 (30.00%) Marketing
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (10.00%) Demand Management
6 1 (10.00%) Solarsoft Tropos
6 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
6 1 (10.00%) Master Data Management
6 1 (10.00%) DSDM
6 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (10.00%) ERP
6 1 (10.00%) SQL
6 1 (10.00%) Oracle
6 1 (10.00%) Business Objects
6 1 (10.00%) MS Office
6 1 (10.00%) SAP
6 1 (10.00%) SLA
6 1 (10.00%) Informatica
6 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma
6 1 (10.00%) Scrum
6 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing

Business Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Business 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 Business Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) Velocity
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Solarsoft Tropos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
2 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (30.00%) Process Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (10.00%) Data Management
5 1 (10.00%) Content Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
5 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma
5 1 (10.00%) DSDM
5 1 (10.00%) ERP
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (10.00%) Demand Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
1 1 (10.00%) Informatica
1 1 (10.00%) Teradata