The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 20 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 Hertfordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Manager
Rank 52 67 61
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 8 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.235% 0.313% 0.469%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.297% 0.333% 0.491%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
Average daily rate £400 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% -5.55%
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 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+30.43% +8.49%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
617 902 814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 95.22% 93.96% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 398 340
Average daily rate £400 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £250 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 87 105
Average hourly rate £17.47 £22.00 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.59% +35.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.05 £11.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £37.00 £37.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Manager
East of England

Business Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Business Manager Daily Rate Trend

Business Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Rickmansworth +2 6 - -
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - -
Business Manager
East of England

Business Manager
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 7 (87.50%) Marketing
2 6 (75.00%) Content Management
2 6 (75.00%) ISO 9000
2 6 (75.00%) Intranet
2 6 (75.00%) Quality Management
2 6 (75.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 2 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma
4 1 (12.50%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement

Business Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 6 (75.00%) Intranet
General
1 7 (87.50%) Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Quality Management
1 6 (75.00%) Content Management
1 6 (75.00%) Project Governance
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) ISO 9000