The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Manager
Rank 429 447 481
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Manager 85 124 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.201% 0.229% 0.150%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.218% 0.247% 0.162%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 66 34
Average daily rate £388 £438 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.42% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £320 £277
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £543
UK excluding London average daily rate £391 £390 £350
% change year-on-year
+0.25% +11.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 4
Average hourly rate £21.34 £35.00 £26.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.04% +33.97%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.00 £26.13
% change year-on-year
- +33.97%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
39040 50214 51349
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.49% 92.56% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22971 28392 28508
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £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 2022 2460 2732
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 £11.13 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Manager
UK

Systems Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Systems Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Systems Manager Daily Rate Trend

Systems Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Systems Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Systems Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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 +30 53 £388 -13.88%
South West +35 13 £275 -27.63%
South East +9 13 £513 +22.02%
East of England +4 2 £325 -
East Midlands 0 2 £459 +162.14%
Yorkshire +1 1 - -
North West -12 1 £150 -56.98%
Systems Manager
UK

Systems Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Systems 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 Systems Manager in their job title.

1 38 (24.84%) Microsoft
2 35 (22.88%) Project Management
3 32 (20.92%) Finance
4 28 (18.30%) Management Information System
4 28 (18.30%) Security Cleared
5 22 (14.38%) Windows
6 20 (13.07%) PRINCE2
6 20 (13.07%) SC Cleared
7 19 (12.42%) ITIL
7 19 (12.42%) Active Directory
8 17 (11.11%) MS Exchange
9 16 (10.46%) Oracle
9 16 (10.46%) Degree
10 14 (9.150%) ERP
10 14 (9.150%) MS Excel
10 14 (9.150%) NHS
11 13 (8.497%) CRM
11 13 (8.497%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (8.497%) Windows Server 2008
11 13 (8.497%) Exchange Server 2010
12 12 (7.843%) SAN
13 11 (7.190%) Cisco
13 11 (7.190%) SQL Server
13 11 (7.190%) Business Continuity
14 10 (6.536%) Change Management
14 10 (6.536%) Blackberry
14 10 (6.536%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (6.536%) SCCM
15 9 (5.882%) Mobile Computing
15 9 (5.882%) SharePoint

Systems Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Systems 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 Systems Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (2.614%) .NET
2 2 (1.307%) Velocity
3 1 (0.654%) COM
Application Platforms
1 17 (11.11%) MS Exchange
2 13 (8.497%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (5.882%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.922%) CMS
4 6 (3.922%) Office Communications Server
5 4 (2.614%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.307%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.654%) Adobe CQ
7 1 (0.654%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.654%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.654%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.654%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 14 (9.150%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.922%) MS Project
3 2 (1.307%) Windchill
4 1 (0.654%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.654%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.654%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.654%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (1.961%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.307%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.307%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.307%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.654%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.654%) Agresso
3 1 (0.654%) Lawson
3 1 (0.654%) CODA-Financials
3 1 (0.654%) Endur
3 1 (0.654%) Movex
3 1 (0.654%) Summit
3 1 (0.654%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.654%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.654%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.843%) SAN
2 9 (5.882%) Wireless
3 6 (3.922%) WAN
4 5 (3.268%) LAN
5 4 (2.614%) Firewall
5 4 (2.614%) VPN
5 4 (2.614%) VoIP
6 3 (1.961%) SMTP
6 3 (1.961%) LDAP
6 3 (1.961%) DNS
6 3 (1.961%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.961%) DHCP
7 2 (1.307%) BSS
7 2 (1.307%) 802.11
7 2 (1.307%) Internet
8 1 (0.654%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (0.654%) Network Security
8 1 (0.654%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.654%) Intranet
8 1 (0.654%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.190%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.268%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (2.614%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.307%) Essbase
4 2 (1.307%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.307%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.307%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.654%) EDMS
5 1 (0.654%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.961%) InstallShield
2 1 (0.654%) MSI
General
1 32 (20.92%) Finance
2 9 (5.882%) Legal
3 5 (3.268%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.268%) Banking
4 4 (2.614%) Investment Banking
4 4 (2.614%) Retail
5 3 (1.961%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (1.961%) Front Office
5 3 (1.961%) Billing
6 2 (1.307%) Local Government
6 2 (1.307%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.307%) Back Office
7 1 (0.654%) French Language
7 1 (0.654%) Law
7 1 (0.654%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.30%) Management Information System
2 14 (9.150%) NHS
3 10 (6.536%) Blackberry
4 9 (5.882%) Mobile Computing
5 6 (3.922%) Smartphone
6 3 (1.961%) Data Integration
6 3 (1.961%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.961%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.961%) E-Learning
6 3 (1.961%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.307%) CESG
7 2 (1.307%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.307%) PMI
7 2 (1.307%) Smartcard
7 2 (1.307%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.307%) Social Media
7 2 (1.307%) Informatics
8 1 (0.654%) CMDB
8 1 (0.654%) Copywriting
8 1 (0.654%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 22 (14.38%) Windows
2 13 (8.497%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (1.307%) Windows XP
4 2 (1.307%) UNIX
4 2 (1.307%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.307%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.654%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (0.654%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.654%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.654%) Solaris
5 1 (0.654%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (22.88%) Project Management
2 20 (13.07%) PRINCE2
3 19 (12.42%) ITIL
4 14 (9.150%) ERP
5 13 (8.497%) CRM
5 13 (8.497%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (7.190%) Business Continuity
7 10 (6.536%) Change Management
8 9 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (5.229%) Configuration Management
9 8 (5.229%) Digital Forensics
10 7 (4.575%) Time Management
10 7 (4.575%) Change Control
10 7 (4.575%) Programme Management
10 7 (4.575%) Workflow
10 7 (4.575%) Document Management
10 7 (4.575%) Strategic Planning
11 6 (3.922%) Service Delivery
11 6 (3.922%) Data Protection
12 5 (3.268%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.922%) SQL
2 2 (1.307%) VBScript
3 1 (0.654%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.654%) Bash shell
3 1 (0.654%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.654%) VB.NET
3 1 (0.654%) C#
Qualifications
1 28 (18.30%) Security Cleared
2 20 (13.07%) SC Cleared
3 16 (10.46%) Degree
4 10 (6.536%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.229%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (2.614%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.614%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.614%) HNC
6 4 (2.614%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.961%) ISEB
7 3 (1.961%) MCITP
8 2 (1.307%) MCTS
8 2 (1.307%) CCNA
8 2 (1.307%) PMP
8 2 (1.307%) MCSE
8 2 (1.307%) APMP
8 2 (1.307%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.654%) NCDA
9 1 (0.654%) Microsoft Certified Master
9 1 (0.654%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.614%) QA
2 3 (1.961%) SLA
3 2 (1.307%) GMP
4 1 (0.654%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.654%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.654%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.654%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.654%) GAMP
4 1 (0.654%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 19 (12.42%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.922%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.614%) XenApp
4 3 (1.961%) XenServer
4 3 (1.961%) VMware ESX
5 1 (0.654%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.654%) Xen
Systems Management
1 10 (6.536%) SCCM
2 4 (2.614%) SCOM
3 3 (1.961%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (1.307%) Business Desktop Deployment
4 2 (1.307%) Sysprep
5 1 (0.654%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.654%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (0.654%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (24.84%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.46%) Oracle
3 11 (7.190%) Cisco
4 9 (5.882%) VMware
5 8 (5.229%) Symantec
5 8 (5.229%) Citrix
6 7 (4.575%) SAP
7 4 (2.614%) Northgate
7 4 (2.614%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.961%) Informatica
8 3 (1.961%) Salesforce.com
8 3 (1.961%) Remedy
8 3 (1.961%) Business Objects
9 2 (1.307%) IBM
9 2 (1.307%) HP
9 2 (1.307%) Temenos
9 2 (1.307%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (1.307%) Apple
9 2 (1.307%) Epicor
9 2 (1.307%) JD Edwards
London
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Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £350.00 - £375.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Skills/ Experience Required Must hold valid SC clearance. Experience of DE&S Corporate Management Information System (CMIS), Experience of Assumptions Management Information systems (ADMIS) Full membership of Association...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £321.00 - £322 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Rate: £321.00 - £322 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Report Writer, Screen Design or Security Management-Prince/ITIL/ISEB Application Management Foundation certificate or other relevant professional qualification-Information Governance knowledge-A good knowledge of IT Systems...
Sand Resources
Rate: £250 - £260 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Rate: £200 - £210 per day
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