The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Development Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Development Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Development Manager
Rank 494 546 555
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 19 13 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.046% 0.024% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.026% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 6
Average daily rate £425 £450 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £362 £425 £416
10% offered a daily rate of more than £466 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £450
% change year-on-year
- -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Development Manager
UK

Software Development Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Software Development Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Development Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Development Manager across the England region.

England Software Development Manager Daily Rate Trend

Software Development Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Development Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Software Development Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Software Development Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Software Development Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Software Development Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Manager within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +36 6 £453 +0.55%
South East +17 5 £403 +0.62%
South West - 3 £415 -
East Midlands - 3 £400 -
East of England - 2 £413 -
Software Development Manager
UK

Software Development Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Software Development 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 Development Manager in their job title.

1 18 (45.00%) .NET
2 16 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 14 (35.00%) Project Management
4 13 (32.50%) Scrum
5 10 (25.00%) C#
6 9 (22.50%) Java
6 9 (22.50%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (20.00%) Finance
8 7 (17.50%) ASP.NET
8 7 (17.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (15.00%) Retail
9 6 (15.00%) ITIL
9 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
10 5 (12.50%) MS Excel
10 5 (12.50%) Oracle
10 5 (12.50%) SQL Server
10 5 (12.50%) SQL
10 5 (12.50%) Degree
10 5 (12.50%) Waterfall
11 4 (10.00%) TDD
11 4 (10.00%) Business Analysis
11 4 (10.00%) MS Office
11 4 (10.00%) Visual Studio
11 4 (10.00%) Web Services
11 4 (10.00%) UML
11 4 (10.00%) PMI Certification
11 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (7.500%) Legal
12 3 (7.500%) PMI
12 3 (7.500%) Service Management

Software Development Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Software Development 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 Development Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (45.00%) .NET
2 7 (17.50%) ASP.NET
3 4 (10.00%) Web Services
4 2 (5.000%) jQuery
4 2 (5.000%) XHTML
4 2 (5.000%) CSS
5 1 (2.500%) JSP
5 1 (2.500%) WinForms
5 1 (2.500%) WebSphere
5 1 (2.500%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.500%) Velocity
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 4 (10.00%) MS Office
3 2 (5.000%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.500%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.500%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.500%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.500%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (20.00%) Finance
2 6 (15.00%) Retail
3 3 (7.500%) Legal
4 2 (5.000%) Banking
4 2 (5.000%) Automotive
4 2 (5.000%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.500%) Marketing
5 1 (2.500%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.500%) PMI
2 1 (2.500%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.500%) NHS
2 1 (2.500%) Visualisation
2 1 (2.500%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.500%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.000%) Windows
2 1 (2.500%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 14 (35.00%) Project Management
3 13 (32.50%) Scrum
4 9 (22.50%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (15.00%) ITIL
6 5 (12.50%) Waterfall
7 4 (10.00%) TDD
7 4 (10.00%) Business Analysis
7 4 (10.00%) UML
7 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (7.500%) Service Management
9 2 (5.000%) Test Automation
9 2 (5.000%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (5.000%) Six Sigma
9 2 (5.000%) Configuration Management
9 2 (5.000%) E-Commerce
10 1 (2.500%) SOA
10 1 (2.500%) OOP
10 1 (2.500%) OO
10 1 (2.500%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.00%) C#
2 9 (22.50%) Java
3 5 (12.50%) SQL
4 2 (5.000%) VB.NET
4 2 (5.000%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.000%) PHP
5 1 (2.500%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.500%) COBOL
5 1 (2.500%) C
5 1 (2.500%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 5 (12.50%) Degree
3 4 (10.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (7.500%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.500%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.500%) MCSE
5 1 (2.500%) MCSD
5 1 (2.500%) PMP
5 1 (2.500%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.500%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (2.500%) APMP
5 1 (2.500%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.000%) TickIT
1 2 (5.000%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.500%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.500%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (2.500%) Unisys
3 1 (2.500%) Niku
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