The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Hampshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Manager
Rank 98 96 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Manager 6 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.388% 0.187% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.416% 0.199% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Average daily rate £419 £395 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.01% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £398 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
-0.62% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £17.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+128.57% -53.33%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1443 1508 1731
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.22% 94.07% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 795 700 725
Average daily rate £350 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 221 241
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -22.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.49 £11.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Software Manager
South East

Software Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Software Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Software Manager Daily Rate Trend

Software Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Software Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Software 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 Manager within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Portsmouth +7 3 £425 +1.19%
Basingstoke -15 1 £300 -24.05%
Winchester - 1 - -
Software Manager
South East

Software Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Software 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 Manager in their job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Scrum
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
3 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 3 (33.33%) C#
3 3 (33.33%) .NET
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
4 2 (22.22%) MS Project
4 2 (22.22%) MS Office
4 2 (22.22%) HTML
4 2 (22.22%) Java
4 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 2 (22.22%) CSS
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) Flash
4 2 (22.22%) XHTML
4 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
4 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
4 2 (22.22%) PMI
4 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
4 2 (22.22%) STB
4 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Middleware
4 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
4 2 (22.22%) DTV
4 2 (22.22%) jQuery

Software Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Software 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
1 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (22.22%) CSS
2 2 (22.22%) Flash
2 2 (22.22%) XHTML
2 2 (22.22%) Middleware
2 2 (22.22%) HTML
2 2 (22.22%) jQuery
3 1 (11.11%) Velocity
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Project
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
1 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) PMI
1 2 (22.22%) DTV
1 2 (22.22%) STB
2 1 (11.11%) CUDA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Scrum
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
4 1 (11.11%) Kanban
4 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
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