England Implementation Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Implementation Manager role in IT contracts within the England 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 Implementation Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London Corsham Crawley Croydon East Midlands East of England England Gatwick Hampshire Hertfordshire Lancashire Leeds London Macclesfield Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey Swindon Telford UK Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	404	441
Rank change on same period last year	+37
Matching contract IT job ads	147	196
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.209 %	0.198 %
As % of the category below	0.253 %	0.231 %
Daily rates quoted	60	63
Average minimum daily rate	£438	£365
Average daily rate	£464	£388
% change on same period last year	+19.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£490	£412
UK excluding London average daily rate	£415	£364
% change on same period last year	+13.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£27.50	£27.00
% change on same period last year	+1.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	£29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£26.00
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	58175	84697
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.67 %	85.54 %
Daily rates quoted	19357	26249
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£390
Average daily rate	£400	£415
% change on same period last year	-3.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£426	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	5278	7537
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.52	£23.88
Average hourly rate	£24.06	£25.46
% change on same period last year	-5.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.60	£27.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.69	£25.18
% change on same period last year	-5.93 %
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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 Implementation Manager across the England 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 Implementation Manager across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Implementation Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Implementation Manager across the England region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Implementation Manager within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+70	55	£527	+18.07 %
Yorkshire	+27	28	£414	+3.39 %
South East	+27	21	£355	+2.42 %
North West	+24	15	£490	+17.60 %
West Midlands	+13	10	£421	+2.26 %
East of England	+32	8	£425	+14.60 %
South West	+4	7	£488	+81.08 %
East Midlands	-3	2	-	-
South Coast	+4	1	£300	-53.84 %
Midlands	+17	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Implementation 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 Implementation Manager in their job title.

1 120 (36.14 %) Project Management 2 103 (31.02 %) PRINCE2 3 61 (18.37 %) Finance 4 52 (15.66 %) ITIL 5 47 (14.16 %) Migration 6 43 (12.95 %) Change Management 7 40 (12.05 %) Government 8 38 (11.45 %) Security Cleared 9 37 (11.14 %) NHS 10 36 (10.84 %) Microsoft 11 32 (9.639 %) Service Management 12 28 (8.434 %) Banking 13 27 (8.133 %) Oracle 14 26 (7.831 %) SAP 14 26 (7.831 %) PRINCE2 Certification

15 25 (7.530 %) MS Project 16 22 (6.627 %) Stakeholder Management 17 21 (6.325 %) Retail 18 20 (6.024 %) SC Cleared 19 19 (5.723 %) MS Office 20 18 (5.422 %) Release Management 21 17 (5.120 %) Telecoms 22 14 (4.217 %) Health 22 14 (4.217 %) Disaster Recovery 22 14 (4.217 %) MS Excel 23 13 (3.916 %) PRINCE 23 13 (3.916 %) Service Delivery 23 13 (3.916 %) User Acceptance Testing 24 12 (3.614 %) Degree 25 11 (3.313 %) Operations Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Implementation 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 Implementation Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (1.807 %) Middleware 2 1 (0.301 %) SAP XI 2 1 (0.301 %) Windows SharePoint Services 2 1 (0.301 %) WebSphere 2 1 (0.301 %) .NET 2 1 (0.301 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 3 (0.904 %) NetWeaver 2 1 (0.301 %) SharePoint Portal Server 2 1 (0.301 %) Office Project Server 2 1 (0.301 %) Exchange Server 2007 2 1 (0.301 %) SharePoint 2 1 (0.301 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (0.301 %) SAS
Applications 1 25 (7.530 %) MS Project 2 19 (5.723 %) MS Office 3 14 (4.217 %) MS Excel 4 7 (2.108 %) MS PowerPoint 5 3 (0.904 %) MS Visio 6 2 (0.602 %) CA Clarity 7 1 (0.301 %) Spreadsheet 7 1 (0.301 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 4 (1.205 %) Oracle Financials 2 3 (0.904 %) SAP FI 2 3 (0.904 %) SAP MM 2 3 (0.904 %) Oracle ERP 2 3 (0.904 %) SAP FI/CO 2 3 (0.904 %) SAP CO 3 2 (0.602 %) SAP R/3 3 2 (0.602 %) SAP HCM 4 1 (0.301 %) SAP HR 4 1 (0.301 %) Oracle EBS 4 1 (0.301 %) Movex 4 1 (0.301 %) SAP PM 4 1 (0.301 %) HFM 4 1 (0.301 %) Academy Housing 4 1 (0.301 %) arcHouse 4 1 (0.301 %) Kondor+
Communications & Networking 1 8 (2.410 %) 3G 2 5 (1.506 %) SDH 3 3 (0.904 %) WAN 3 3 (0.904 %) Wi-Fi 4 2 (0.602 %) LAN 4 2 (0.602 %) VoIP 4 2 (0.602 %) Intranet 4 2 (0.602 %) GPRS 4 2 (0.602 %) Firewall 5 1 (0.301 %) DSL 5 1 (0.301 %) RSVP 5 1 (0.301 %) GSM 5 1 (0.301 %) SMS 5 1 (0.301 %) UMTS 5 1 (0.301 %) HTTP 5 1 (0.301 %) TCP/IP 5 1 (0.301 %) VPN 5 1 (0.301 %) Internet 5 1 (0.301 %) IPCC 5 1 (0.301 %) IP Telephony	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (2.108 %) BusinessObjects 2 5 (1.506 %) Datawarehouse 3 3 (0.904 %) Oracle Reports 4 2 (0.602 %) SAP BW 4 2 (0.602 %) Reference Data 5 1 (0.301 %) EDRMS 5 1 (0.301 %) EDMS 5 1 (0.301 %) SQL Server 2005 5 1 (0.301 %) SQL Server 5 1 (0.301 %) ETL
Development Applications 1 1 (0.301 %) RequisitePro	General 1 61 (18.37 %) Finance 2 40 (12.05 %) Government 3 28 (8.434 %) Banking 4 21 (6.325 %) Retail 5 17 (5.120 %) Telecoms 6 14 (4.217 %) Health 7 8 (2.410 %) Investment Banking 8 6 (1.807 %) Insurance 8 6 (1.807 %) Local Government 8 6 (1.807 %) Construction 9 5 (1.506 %) Police 9 5 (1.506 %) Pensions 9 5 (1.506 %) Retail Banking 9 5 (1.506 %) Marketing 10 4 (1.205 %) Education 10 4 (1.205 %) Manufacturing 10 4 (1.205 %) Criminal Justice 11 2 (0.602 %) Law 11 2 (0.602 %) Legal 11 2 (0.602 %) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous 1 37 (11.14 %) NHS 2 8 (2.410 %) NPfIT 2 8 (2.410 %) Statistics 3 4 (1.205 %) Client/Server 3 4 (1.205 %) IVR 3 4 (1.205 %) Derivative 4 3 (0.904 %) Mainframe 4 3 (0.904 %) Management Information System 4 3 (0.904 %) SCADA 5 2 (0.602 %) Fixed Income 5 2 (0.602 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 5 2 (0.602 %) Clustering 6 1 (0.301 %) Interest Rate Derivative 6 1 (0.301 %) PDA 6 1 (0.301 %) EPoS 6 1 (0.301 %) Grid Computing 6 1 (0.301 %) CLARiiON 6 1 (0.301 %) French Language 6 1 (0.301 %) German Language 6 1 (0.301 %) Italian Language	Operating Systems 1 5 (1.506 %) Solaris 2 4 (1.205 %) Linux 2 4 (1.205 %) Windows 3 2 (0.602 %) HPUX 3 2 (0.602 %) UNIX 4 1 (0.301 %) VMS 4 1 (0.301 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (0.301 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 120 (36.14 %) Project Management 2 103 (31.02 %) PRINCE2 3 52 (15.66 %) ITIL 4 47 (14.16 %) Migration 5 43 (12.95 %) Change Management 6 38 (11.45 %) Security Cleared 7 32 (9.639 %) Service Management 8 22 (6.627 %) Stakeholder Management 9 20 (6.024 %) SC Cleared 10 18 (5.422 %) Release Management 11 14 (4.217 %) Disaster Recovery 12 13 (3.916 %) Service Delivery 12 13 (3.916 %) PRINCE 12 13 (3.916 %) User Acceptance Testing 13 11 (3.313 %) Business Continuity 13 11 (3.313 %) Operations Management 13 11 (3.313 %) BCP 14 10 (3.012 %) SAP Implementation 14 10 (3.012 %) CTC Cleared 15 9 (2.711 %) Business Analysis	Programming Languages 1 10 (3.012 %) SQL 2 2 (0.602 %) C 3 1 (0.301 %) C# 3 1 (0.301 %) C++ 3 1 (0.301 %) Java 3 1 (0.301 %) Shell Script
Qualifications 1 26 (7.831 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 12 (3.614 %) Degree 3 9 (2.711 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 6 (1.807 %) ITIL Certification 5 3 (0.904 %) PMP 6 2 (0.602 %) PMI Certification 6 2 (0.602 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 11 (3.313 %) BS15000 2 5 (1.506 %) SLA 3 3 (0.904 %) QA 4 2 (0.602 %) GAMP 4 2 (0.602 %) ISO9001 5 1 (0.301 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 5 1 (0.301 %) Basel II 5 1 (0.301 %) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software 1 3 (0.904 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 1 (0.301 %) BMC PATROL
Vendors 1 36 (10.84 %) Microsoft 2 27 (8.133 %) Oracle 3 26 (7.831 %) SAP 4 9 (2.711 %) Compuware 5 8 (2.410 %) Siebel 5 8 (2.410 %) Hyperion 6 7 (2.108 %) Business Objects 7 5 (1.506 %) Nortel 8 4 (1.205 %) Cisco 8 4 (1.205 %) Serena 9 3 (0.904 %) HP 10 2 (0.602 %) McAfee Security 10 2 (0.602 %) Altiris 10 2 (0.602 %) Orchard 11 1 (0.301 %) Skelta 11 1 (0.301 %) Infor 11 1 (0.301 %) Pega 11 1 (0.301 %) Northgate 11 1 (0.301 %) Civica 11 1 (0.301 %) Comino