London Business Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Business Manager role in IT contracts within the London 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 Business Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Derby Derbyshire Devon Dorset East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Huddersfield Kent Kidlington Lancashire Lancaster Leeds London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Renfrewshire Rochdale Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester York Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	205	227
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	184	293
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.292 %	0.312 %
As % of the category below	0.765 %	0.741 %
Daily rates quoted	81	159
Average minimum daily rate	£498	£508
Average daily rate	£524	£544
% change on same period last year	-3.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£549	£581
UK excluding London average daily rate	£434	£437
% change on same period last year	-0.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.11	-
Average hourly rate	£36.22	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.33	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.69	£14.00
% change on same period last year	+83.48 %
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	24057	39555
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	38.15 %	42.10 %
Daily rates quoted	9752	14901
Average minimum daily rate	£388	£424
Average daily rate	£416	£452
% change on same period last year	-7.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£444	£480
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	1457	2056
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.18	£25.29
Average hourly rate	£24.60	£26.82
% change on same period last year	-8.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.02	£28.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %
Business Manager England

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Manager across the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Manager across the London region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Manager across the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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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 London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
City of London	-12	40	£512	-2.19 %
Luton	-	4	-	-
Uxbridge	-	1	-	-
Brentford	-	1	-	-
Feltham	-4	1	£375	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 159 (38.41 %) Finance 2 137 (33.09 %) Project Management 3 118 (28.50 %) Banking 4 76 (18.36 %) Investment Banking 5 61 (14.73 %) PRINCE2 6 57 (13.77 %) Business Analysis 7 44 (10.63 %) Change Management 8 41 (9.903 %) Derivative 8 41 (9.903 %) Government 8 41 (9.903 %) Stakeholder Management 9 27 (6.522 %) Back Office 10 25 (6.039 %) Oracle 11 24 (5.797 %) Front Office 11 24 (5.797 %) BPR 12 21 (5.072 %) BusinessObjects

12 21 (5.072 %) Business Objects 13 20 (4.831 %) Retail 14 19 (4.589 %) Marketing 15 18 (4.348 %) Asset Management 15 18 (4.348 %) Business Intelligence 16 17 (4.106 %) Degree 16 17 (4.106 %) Security Cleared 17 15 (3.623 %) PRINCE2 Certification 17 15 (3.623 %) ITIL 17 15 (3.623 %) Migration 18 14 (3.382 %) Six Sigma 19 13 (3.140 %) SQL 19 13 (3.140 %) Legal 19 13 (3.140 %) Workflow 19 13 (3.140 %) Fixed Income

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development 1 11 (2.657 %) .NET 2 2 (0.483 %) WebServices 3 1 (0.242 %) SAML 3 1 (0.242 %) .NET Framework 3 1 (0.242 %) COM	Application Platforms 1 8 (1.932 %) SAS 2 4 (0.966 %) CMS 2 4 (0.966 %) WebLogic 3 2 (0.483 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 1 (0.242 %) Content Management Server 4 1 (0.242 %) IIS 4 1 (0.242 %) MTS 4 1 (0.242 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 9 (2.174 %) Spreadsheet 2 8 (1.932 %) MS Office 2 8 (1.932 %) MS Excel 2 8 (1.932 %) MS Visio 3 6 (1.449 %) MS Project 4 3 (0.725 %) MS PowerPoint 5 1 (0.242 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 4 (0.966 %) Oracle EBS 2 3 (0.725 %) SAP HR 3 2 (0.483 %) SAP ERP 3 2 (0.483 %) Summit 4 1 (0.242 %) Dynamics AX 4 1 (0.242 %) SunGard GMI 4 1 (0.242 %) Oracle Financials 4 1 (0.242 %) INSURE/90 4 1 (0.242 %) Advent Geneva 4 1 (0.242 %) Oracle EBS R12 4 1 (0.242 %) Endur 4 1 (0.242 %) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking 1 5 (1.208 %) Internet 2 2 (0.483 %) Broadband 3 1 (0.242 %) Intranet 3 1 (0.242 %) X.500 3 1 (0.242 %) Wireless 3 1 (0.242 %) LDAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 21 (5.072 %) BusinessObjects 2 9 (2.174 %) Datawarehouse 2 9 (2.174 %) SQL Server 3 7 (1.691 %) ETL 4 6 (1.449 %) Crystal Reports 4 6 (1.449 %) Oracle Reports 4 6 (1.449 %) Hyperion Essbase 5 5 (1.208 %) Oracle OLAP 5 5 (1.208 %) OLAP 6 3 (0.725 %) Reference Data 7 2 (0.483 %) Oracle Discoverer 7 2 (0.483 %) SAP BW 8 1 (0.242 %) MS Access 8 1 (0.242 %) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications 1 1 (0.242 %) RequisitePro	General 1 159 (38.41 %) Finance 2 118 (28.50 %) Banking 3 76 (18.36 %) Investment Banking 4 41 (9.903 %) Government 5 27 (6.522 %) Back Office 6 24 (5.797 %) Front Office 7 20 (4.831 %) Retail 8 19 (4.589 %) Marketing 9 13 (3.140 %) Legal 10 10 (2.415 %) Financial Institution 11 9 (2.174 %) Telecoms 11 9 (2.174 %) Retail Banking 12 8 (1.932 %) Local Government 13 7 (1.691 %) Insurance 13 7 (1.691 %) Publishing 13 7 (1.691 %) Criminal Justice 14 6 (1.449 %) Advertising 14 6 (1.449 %) Health 14 6 (1.449 %) General Ledger 15 5 (1.208 %) Police
Miscellaneous 1 41 (9.903 %) Derivative 2 13 (3.140 %) Fixed Income 3 12 (2.899 %) NHS 4 10 (2.415 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 5 9 (2.174 %) Equities 6 8 (1.932 %) Equity Derivative 6 8 (1.932 %) Mathematics 6 8 (1.932 %) Market Risk 7 7 (1.691 %) Management Information System 7 7 (1.691 %) Statistics 8 4 (0.966 %) Taxonomies 8 4 (0.966 %) Credit Derivative 8 4 (0.966 %) N-Tier 8 4 (0.966 %) Data Extraction 8 4 (0.966 %) Computer Science 9 3 (0.725 %) PMI 9 3 (0.725 %) Contract for Difference 9 3 (0.725 %) Interest Rate Derivative 10 2 (0.483 %) French Language 11 1 (0.242 %) Credit Risk	Operating Systems 1 6 (1.449 %) UNIX 2 2 (0.483 %) Windows 3 1 (0.242 %) Linux 3 1 (0.242 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 137 (33.09 %) Project Management 2 61 (14.73 %) PRINCE2 3 57 (13.77 %) Business Analysis 4 44 (10.63 %) Change Management 5 41 (9.903 %) Stakeholder Management 6 24 (5.797 %) BPR 7 18 (4.348 %) Business Intelligence 7 18 (4.348 %) Asset Management 8 17 (4.106 %) Security Cleared 9 15 (3.623 %) ITIL 9 15 (3.623 %) Migration 10 14 (3.382 %) Six Sigma 11 13 (3.140 %) Workflow 11 13 (3.140 %) Business Continuity 11 13 (3.140 %) Data Analysis 12 11 (2.657 %) PRINCE 12 11 (2.657 %) UML 12 11 (2.657 %) SC Cleared 13 10 (2.415 %) Data Modelling 14 9 (2.174 %) E-Commerce	Programming Languages 1 13 (3.140 %) SQL 2 12 (2.899 %) C 3 10 (2.415 %) Java 4 4 (0.966 %) C# 5 3 (0.725 %) VBA 6 2 (0.483 %) C++ 7 1 (0.242 %) PL/SQL 7 1 (0.242 %) PowerHouse
Qualifications 1 17 (4.106 %) Degree 2 15 (3.623 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 2 (0.483 %) PMP 3 2 (0.483 %) PMI Certification 3 2 (0.483 %) MBCS 4 1 (0.242 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 1 (0.242 %) HND 4 1 (0.242 %) CISSP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (0.966 %) QA 2 3 (0.725 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 2 (0.483 %) Basel II 4 1 (0.242 %) ISO27001 4 1 (0.242 %) ISO17799 4 1 (0.242 %) SLA
System Software 1 1 (0.242 %) Oracle RAC	Systems Management 1 4 (0.966 %) OpenView 2 3 (0.725 %) ServiceCenter 2 3 (0.725 %) AssetCenter 3 1 (0.242 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 3 1 (0.242 %) Tivoli 3 1 (0.242 %) Netcool 3 1 (0.242 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 3 1 (0.242 %) EMC NetWorker
Vendors 1 25 (6.039 %) Oracle 2 21 (5.072 %) Business Objects 3 10 (2.415 %) Cognos 4 9 (2.174 %) SAP 5 6 (1.449 %) Calypso 5 6 (1.449 %) Hyperion 6 4 (0.966 %) Informatica 6 4 (0.966 %) Microsoft 6 4 (0.966 %) HP 6 4 (0.966 %) Minitab 7 3 (0.725 %) CheckFree 7 3 (0.725 %) GoldenSource 7 3 (0.725 %) PeopleSoft 7 3 (0.725 %) Peregrine 8 2 (0.483 %) IBM 8 2 (0.483 %) Actuate 8 2 (0.483 %) Accenture 9 1 (0.242 %) FFastFill 9 1 (0.242 %) GL TRADE 9 1 (0.242 %) Casewise