The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh 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 20 June 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 Edinburgh 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Manager
Rank 47 42 34
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 16 19 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.737% 1.823% 3.127%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.843% 1.921% 3.347%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 26
Average daily rate £475 £425 £650
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.76% -34.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £388 £513
10% offered a daily rate of more than £514 £475 £800
UK excluding London average daily rate £487 £450 £500
% change year-on-year
+8.16% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.20 - £39.00
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
868 989 1225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.25% 94.91% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 464 594
Average daily rate £390 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.84% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £456 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 29
Average hourly rate £13.93 £20.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.35% +30.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £9.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £32.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Manager
Scotland

Senior Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Senior Manager Daily Rate Trend

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Manager across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Edinburgh Senior Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 15 (57.69%) Finance
2 14 (53.85%) Project Management
3 12 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (42.31%) Banking
5 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2
6 4 (15.38%) Retail
6 4 (15.38%) Asset Management
6 4 (15.38%) Retail Banking
7 2 (7.692%) SQL
7 2 (7.692%) Oracle
7 2 (7.692%) Sybase
7 2 (7.692%) ATM
7 2 (7.692%) ISEB
7 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
7 2 (7.692%) ISTQB
7 2 (7.692%) Marketing
7 2 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (3.846%) Solvency II
8 1 (3.846%) Change Control
8 1 (3.846%) Cadis
8 1 (3.846%) Network Security
8 1 (3.846%) Investment Management
8 1 (3.846%) Project Planning
8 1 (3.846%) QA
8 1 (3.846%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (3.846%) Programme Management
8 1 (3.846%) Publishing
8 1 (3.846%) Data Management

Senior Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.692%) ATM
2 1 (3.846%) Network Security
2 1 (3.846%) HTTP
2 1 (3.846%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.846%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 15 (57.69%) Finance
2 11 (42.31%) Banking
3 4 (15.38%) Retail
3 4 (15.38%) Retail Banking
4 2 (7.692%) Marketing
5 1 (3.846%) Publishing
5 1 (3.846%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.846%) Front Office
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Project Management
2 12 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2
4 4 (15.38%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (3.846%) Change Control
5 1 (3.846%) Investment Management
5 1 (3.846%) Project Planning
5 1 (3.846%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (3.846%) Programme Management
5 1 (3.846%) Data Management
5 1 (3.846%) Content Management
5 1 (3.846%) Process Management
5 1 (3.846%) Change Management
5 1 (3.846%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.692%) ISEB
1 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (7.692%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) Solvency II
1 1 (3.846%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (7.692%) Oracle
1 2 (7.692%) Sybase
2 1 (3.846%) Cadis
2 1 (3.846%) Nokia
2 1 (3.846%) CheckPoint
2 1 (3.846%) Cisco
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Senior Project Manager is required for one of our banking clients in the Edinburgh location for an initial 6 months. Project manager required for the build and test...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: market day rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The candidate must have specific fund services experience and be from an investment or asset management background. Further to this the candidate must be able to display the...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The right candidate must have experience of Networks, Security and Firewalls, both in a design and support environment. Comprehensive understanding of firewall hardware and its capabilities (e.g...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: market day run
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Strong planning skills including the use of MS Projects, Excel and Powerpoint tools. - Senior stakeholder management... Sybase and SQL Servers are the databases in scope. - Track record of...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013