England Technical Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Andover Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Rochdale Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Surrey Taunton Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	240	274
Rank change on same period last year	+34
Matching contract IT job ads	346	482
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.545 %	0.516 %
As % of the category below	0.662 %	0.605 %
Daily rates quoted	128	192
Average minimum daily rate	£416	£399
Average daily rate	£445	£417
% change on same period last year	+6.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£475	£435
UK excluding London average daily rate	£441	£392
% change on same period last year	+12.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.56	£32.93
Average hourly rate	£37.58	£33.93
% change on same period last year	+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.60	£34.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.65	£38.07
% change on same period last year	+1.52 %
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	52250	79626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.30 %	85.32 %
Daily rates quoted	16864	24512
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£390
Average daily rate	£392	£414
% change on same period last year	-5.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£417	£438
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	5137	7273
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.14	£23.57
Average hourly rate	£23.59	£25.15
% change on same period last year	-6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.04	£26.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
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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 Technical 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 Technical 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 Technical Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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 Technical Manager across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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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 Technical Manager within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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	+23	182	£447	+3.02 %
South East	+3	50	£418	+7.90 %
East of England	+43	36	£543	+26.66 %
South West	+39	27	£480	+28.86 %
Yorkshire	+23	16	£360	-6.67 %
North West	+3	16	£355	-5.78 %
East Midlands	+13	10	£370	-
West Midlands	+15	8	£315	-
North East	+5	2	£338	-10.00 %
Midlands	+15	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Technical 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 Technical Manager in their job title.

1 216 (32.05 %) Project Management 2 184 (27.30 %) PRINCE2 3 115 (17.06 %) Finance 4 98 (14.54 %) Oracle 5 89 (13.20 %) Java 6 84 (12.46 %) Migration 7 75 (11.13 %) Microsoft 8 71 (10.53 %) Government 9 61 (9.050 %) ITIL 9 61 (9.050 %) Banking 10 60 (8.902 %) Windows 11 55 (8.160 %) Telecoms 12 54 (8.012 %) Internet 13 53 (7.864 %) PRINCE2 Certification 13 53 (7.864 %) .NET

14 49 (7.270 %) UNIX 15 44 (6.528 %) Scrum 16 43 (6.380 %) Cisco 17 42 (6.231 %) Security Cleared 18 39 (5.786 %) E-Commerce 19 35 (5.193 %) Investment Banking 20 34 (5.045 %) Firewall 21 32 (4.748 %) SQL Server 22 29 (4.303 %) MS Project 22 29 (4.303 %) WAN 22 29 (4.303 %) Matrix Management 23 28 (4.154 %) SC Cleared 23 28 (4.154 %) Active Directory 23 28 (4.154 %) NHS 24 27 (4.006 %) Change Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Technical 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 Technical Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 53 (7.864 %) .NET 2 21 (3.116 %) J2EE 3 20 (2.967 %) XML 4 15 (2.226 %) HTML 5 14 (2.077 %) ASP.NET 6 13 (1.929 %) CSS 6 13 (1.929 %) WebSphere 7 10 (1.484 %) XSLT 8 6 (0.890 %) Middleware 9 5 (0.742 %) SAP Basis 10 4 (0.593 %) XHTML 10 4 (0.593 %) RSS 10 4 (0.593 %) WebServices 11 3 (0.445 %) ASP 11 3 (0.445 %) JMS 11 3 (0.445 %) AJAX 11 3 (0.445 %) ArcObjects 12 2 (0.297 %) Spring 12 2 (0.297 %) J2ME 12 2 (0.297 %) LAMP	Application Platforms 1 25 (3.709 %) MS Exchange 1 25 (3.709 %) CMS 2 20 (2.967 %) SharePoint 3 16 (2.374 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 15 (2.226 %) IIS 5 11 (1.632 %) WebLogic 6 10 (1.484 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 8 (1.187 %) Tomcat 7 8 (1.187 %) NetWeaver 7 8 (1.187 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 7 (1.039 %) Lotus Notes 9 6 (0.890 %) Apache 10 5 (0.742 %) Exchange Server 2000 11 3 (0.445 %) ArcGIS 12 2 (0.297 %) Exchange Server 5.5 12 2 (0.297 %) GroupWise 12 2 (0.297 %) Documentum 13 1 (0.148 %) BizTalk Server 13 1 (0.148 %) Site Server 13 1 (0.148 %) LiveLink
Applications 1 29 (4.303 %) MS Project 2 14 (2.077 %) MS Excel 3 13 (1.929 %) MS Office 4 8 (1.187 %) MS Visio 5 5 (0.742 %) CA Clarity 6 3 (0.445 %) Photoshop 6 3 (0.445 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 6 (0.890 %) SAP ERP 2 2 (0.297 %) Microsoft CRM 2 2 (0.297 %) SAP HR 3 1 (0.148 %) Oracle EBS 3 1 (0.148 %) SAP SRM 3 1 (0.148 %) SAP IS-U 3 1 (0.148 %) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking 1 54 (8.012 %) Internet 2 34 (5.045 %) Firewall 3 29 (4.303 %) WAN 4 26 (3.858 %) LAN 5 20 (2.967 %) SAN 6 16 (2.374 %) MPLS 7 15 (2.226 %) VoIP 8 11 (1.632 %) VPN 9 9 (1.335 %) DNS 9 9 (1.335 %) ISDN 10 7 (1.039 %) PBX 11 6 (0.890 %) TCP/IP 12 5 (0.742 %) Intranet 12 5 (0.742 %) ATM 13 4 (0.593 %) GSM 13 4 (0.593 %) Extranet 13 4 (0.593 %) BGP 13 4 (0.593 %) KiloStream 13 4 (0.593 %) MegaStream 13 4 (0.593 %) NetScreen	Database & Business Intelligence 1 32 (4.748 %) SQL Server 2 13 (1.929 %) Oracle 10g 3 11 (1.632 %) Datawarehouse 4 10 (1.484 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 7 (1.039 %) DB2 5 7 (1.039 %) BusinessObjects 5 7 (1.039 %) GIS 6 6 (0.890 %) SAP BW 6 6 (0.890 %) Oracle 9i 7 5 (0.742 %) MySQL 7 5 (0.742 %) SQL Server 2005 8 4 (0.593 %) SQL Server 2000 9 3 (0.445 %) RDBMS 10 2 (0.297 %) BusinessObjects XI 10 2 (0.297 %) Oracle Reports 11 1 (0.148 %) Crystal Reports 11 1 (0.148 %) Adabas 11 1 (0.148 %) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications 1 17 (2.522 %) Flash 2 9 (1.335 %) TestDirector 3 6 (0.890 %) LoadRunner 4 1 (0.148 %) JIRA 4 1 (0.148 %) Eclipse 4 1 (0.148 %) Ant 4 1 (0.148 %) Visual Studio 4 1 (0.148 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 115 (17.06 %) Finance 2 71 (10.53 %) Government 3 61 (9.050 %) Banking 4 55 (8.160 %) Telecoms 5 35 (5.193 %) Investment Banking 6 25 (3.709 %) Retail 7 20 (2.967 %) Insurance 8 16 (2.374 %) Health 9 14 (2.077 %) Publishing 10 13 (1.929 %) Marketing 11 11 (1.632 %) Local Government 11 11 (1.632 %) Front Office 12 9 (1.335 %) Education 13 6 (0.890 %) Financial Institution 13 6 (0.890 %) Multimedia 13 6 (0.890 %) Games 14 5 (0.742 %) Music 14 5 (0.742 %) Retail Banking 14 5 (0.742 %) Billing 14 5 (0.742 %) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous 1 28 (4.154 %) NHS 2 18 (2.671 %) Client/Server 3 17 (2.522 %) Mainframe 4 11 (1.632 %) IPTV 5 10 (1.484 %) IBM Mainframe 6 5 (0.742 %) Credit Risk 6 5 (0.742 %) IVR 6 5 (0.742 %) PACS 6 5 (0.742 %) EPoS 7 4 (0.593 %) Thin Client 7 4 (0.593 %) PMI 7 4 (0.593 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 7 4 (0.593 %) Fat Client 7 4 (0.593 %) Replication 8 3 (0.445 %) Interactive TV 8 3 (0.445 %) Derivative 8 3 (0.445 %) Clustering 8 3 (0.445 %) EFT 8 3 (0.445 %) Management Information System 9 2 (0.297 %) N-Tier	Operating Systems 1 60 (8.902 %) Windows 2 49 (7.270 %) UNIX 3 19 (2.819 %) Linux 4 18 (2.671 %) Windows Server 2003 5 15 (2.226 %) Solaris 6 8 (1.187 %) Windows XP 7 7 (1.039 %) Windows Vista 8 6 (0.890 %) HPUX 9 4 (0.593 %) Windows 2000 9 4 (0.593 %) Windows NT 9 4 (0.593 %) zOS 10 3 (0.445 %) Windows 2000 Server 10 3 (0.445 %) Red Hat Linux 11 2 (0.297 %) AIX 12 1 (0.148 %) VMS 12 1 (0.148 %) MVS 12 1 (0.148 %) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies 1 216 (32.05 %) Project Management 2 184 (27.30 %) PRINCE2 3 84 (12.46 %) Migration 4 61 (9.050 %) ITIL 5 44 (6.528 %) Scrum 6 42 (6.231 %) Security Cleared 7 39 (5.786 %) E-Commerce 8 29 (4.303 %) Matrix Management 9 28 (4.154 %) SC Cleared 10 27 (4.006 %) Agile Software Development 10 27 (4.006 %) Change Management 11 22 (3.264 %) DSDM 11 22 (3.264 %) Content Management 12 21 (3.116 %) PRINCE 13 19 (2.819 %) Service Delivery 14 18 (2.671 %) Stakeholder Management 15 16 (2.374 %) Resource Management 16 15 (2.226 %) Technical Architecture 16 15 (2.226 %) Business Intelligence 16 15 (2.226 %) ERP	Programming Languages 1 89 (13.20 %) Java 2 24 (3.561 %) SQL 3 15 (2.226 %) C# 4 12 (1.780 %) PHP 5 10 (1.484 %) JavaScript 5 10 (1.484 %) ActionScript 6 8 (1.187 %) C 7 4 (0.593 %) Perl 7 4 (0.593 %) C++ 8 3 (0.445 %) VB 9 2 (0.297 %) VB.NET 10 1 (0.148 %) PL/SQL 10 1 (0.148 %) COBOL 10 1 (0.148 %) Shell Script 10 1 (0.148 %) JCL 10 1 (0.148 %) AWK
Qualifications 1 53 (7.864 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 18 (2.671 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 16 (2.374 %) Degree 4 14 (2.077 %) Cisco Certification 5 13 (1.929 %) ITIL Certification 6 12 (1.780 %) CCNP 7 11 (1.632 %) PMI Certification 8 10 (1.484 %) PMP 9 8 (1.187 %) CCSA 9 8 (1.187 %) Microsoft Certification 10 7 (1.039 %) MCSE 11 4 (0.593 %) ISEB 12 3 (0.445 %) CCIE 13 2 (0.297 %) CCNA 13 2 (0.297 %) CISSP 13 2 (0.297 %) ISEB Practitioner 14 1 (0.148 %) CCSE 14 1 (0.148 %) CCDP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 17 (2.522 %) QA 2 8 (1.187 %) SLA 3 3 (0.445 %) COBIT 4 2 (0.297 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 5 1 (0.148 %) Basel II 5 1 (0.148 %) ISO27001 5 1 (0.148 %) BS7799 5 1 (0.148 %) ISO9000
System Software 1 28 (4.154 %) Active Directory 2 12 (1.780 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 5 (0.742 %) VMware ESX 4 2 (0.297 %) NetBackup 5 1 (0.148 %) ClearTrust 5 1 (0.148 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 1 (0.148 %) MetaFrame	Systems Management 1 5 (0.742 %) Tivoli 2 4 (0.593 %) CiscoWorks 3 3 (0.445 %) EMC NetWorker 3 3 (0.445 %) SCCM 4 2 (0.297 %) EMC TimeFinder 4 2 (0.297 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 5 1 (0.148 %) MOM 5 1 (0.148 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 5 1 (0.148 %) CA SiteMinder 5 1 (0.148 %) MIIS 5 1 (0.148 %) ServiceCenter 5 1 (0.148 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 98 (14.54 %) Oracle 2 75 (11.13 %) Microsoft 3 43 (6.380 %) Cisco 4 23 (3.412 %) SAP 5 18 (2.671 %) HP 6 15 (2.226 %) Sun 6 15 (2.226 %) VMware 7 14 (2.077 %) IBM 7 14 (2.077 %) CheckPoint 8 12 (1.780 %) Citrix 9 8 (1.187 %) Lotus 10 7 (1.039 %) Business Objects 11 6 (0.890 %) Nortel 12 5 (0.742 %) Hyperion 12 5 (0.742 %) EMC 13 4 (0.593 %) Red Hat 13 4 (0.593 %) TIBCO 13 4 (0.593 %) BT 14 3 (0.445 %) Remedy 14 3 (0.445 %) GL TRADE