The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business 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 Glasgow 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
Business Manager
Rank 73 47 58
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 4 13 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.417% 1.656% 0.146%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.441% 1.740% 0.153%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 0
Average daily rate £338 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £425
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £28.75 £25.25
% change year-on-year
+30.43% +13.86%
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
908 747 653
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 94.68% 95.16% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 352 377
Average daily rate £338 £319 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.79% -8.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £213 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 37 21
Average hourly rate £14.00 £22.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.77% +18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Manager
Scotland

Business Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Business Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Business Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Business Manager Daily Rate Trend

Business Manager
Top 16 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Internet
2 4 (33.33%) UML
2 4 (33.33%) Use Case
2 4 (33.33%) BPMN
3 3 (25.00%) HL7
3 3 (25.00%) SQL
3 3 (25.00%) Project Management
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Resource Management
5 1 (8.333%) Budget Control
5 1 (8.333%) Project Planning
5 1 (8.333%) VBA
5 1 (8.333%) NHS

Business Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) UML
1 4 (33.33%) Use Case
1 4 (33.33%) BPMN
2 3 (25.00%) Project Management
2 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 2 (16.67%) Resource Management
4 1 (8.333%) Budget Control
4 1 (8.333%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) HL7