The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax 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 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 Halifax 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
Business Manager
Rank - 29 21
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 0 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax - 0.881% 2.459%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.922% 2.727%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £520 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +51.67%
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
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
110 217 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 91.67% 95.59% 90.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 187 71
Average daily rate £365 £380 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.94% -3.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £265 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £460 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £7.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +114.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Manager
West Yorkshire

Business Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Business Manager Daily Rate Trend

Business Manager
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mart
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Business Objects
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (50.00%) Finance

Business Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mart
1 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) HP