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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Manager role in IT contracts within the Lancashire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Manager
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-45
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.413 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£450
Average daily rate-£475
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£423£406
% change on same period last year+4.16 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.94£32.75
% change on same period last year+15.83 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads353484
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.497 %0.489 %
Daily rates quoted7398
Average minimum daily rate£288£316
Average daily rate£303£329
% change on same period last year-7.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£318£341
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted11180
Average minimum hourly rate£24.48£22.33
Average hourly rate£25.71£24.18
% change on same period last year+6.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.94£26.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Technical Manager North WestTechnical Manager
North West

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.

Technical Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Manager across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Lancashire Technical Manager Demand Trend

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Technical Manager across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire Technical Manager Daily Rate Trend

Technical Manager
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

14 (80.00 %)PRINCE
23 (60.00 %)Finance
23 (60.00 %)Government
32 (40.00 %)Project Management
32 (40.00 %)Oracle
41 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
41 (20.00 %)WAN
41 (20.00 %)Citrix
41 (20.00 %)Firewall
41 (20.00 %)Internet
41 (20.00 %)BCP
41 (20.00 %)Load Balancing
41 (20.00 %)Performance Management

Technical Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)WAN
11 (20.00 %)Internet
11 (20.00 %)Firewall
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Finance
13 (60.00 %)Government
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)PRINCE
22 (40.00 %)Project Management
31 (20.00 %)Load Balancing
31 (20.00 %)Performance Management
31 (20.00 %)BCP
31 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Oracle
21 (20.00 %)Citrix