London Software Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Software 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 job ads that have cited Software Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Brighton Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London Devon Docklands, London Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Gerrards Cross Gloucestershire Hampshire Kingston Upon Thames London Luton Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Plymouth Reading Scotland South Coast South East South Wales South West Surrey UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	374	464
Rank change on same period last year	+90
Matching contract IT job ads	25	15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.033 %	0.016 %
As % of the category below	0.084 %	0.037 %
Daily rates quoted	20	3
Average minimum daily rate	£401	£383
Average daily rate	£425	£408
% change on same period last year	+4.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£448	£433
UK excluding London average daily rate	£398	£354
% change on same period last year	+12.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£45.00	£32.08
% change on same period last year	+40.25 %
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	29641	41048
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	39.08 %	42.92 %
Daily rates quoted	12370	15159
Average minimum daily rate	£408	£427
Average daily rate	£437	£457
% change on same period last year	-4.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£467	£486
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	1564	2059
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.75	£24.32
Average hourly rate	£24.36	£26.01
% change on same period last year	-6.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.98	£27.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.39	£25.89
% change on same period last year	-9.63 %
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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 Software 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 Software 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 Software Manager across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 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 Software Manager across the London region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Software Manager within the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 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	-19	5	£522	-
Uxbridge	-	1	£450	-
Kingston Upon Thames	-	1	£438	-
Luton	-	1	£550	-
Docklands, London	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 23 (41.07 %) Project Management 2 19 (33.93 %) PRINCE2 3 9 (16.07 %) Stakeholder Management 3 9 (16.07 %) .NET 4 8 (14.29 %) Finance 5 7 (12.50 %) Scrum 5 7 (12.50 %) PMP 5 7 (12.50 %) PMI Certification 5 7 (12.50 %) C++ 6 6 (10.71 %) C# 6 6 (10.71 %) Risk Management 6 6 (10.71 %) Telecoms 7 5 (8.929 %) SOA 7 5 (8.929 %) Software Engineering 7 5 (8.929 %) Degree

7 5 (8.929 %) Release Management 8 4 (7.143 %) Supplier Management 8 4 (7.143 %) Banking 8 4 (7.143 %) Unix 8 4 (7.143 %) Linux 8 4 (7.143 %) UML 8 4 (7.143 %) Change Management 8 4 (7.143 %) ITIL 9 3 (5.357 %) PRINCE 9 3 (5.357 %) Oracle 9 3 (5.357 %) C 9 3 (5.357 %) Agile Software Development 9 3 (5.357 %) Insurance 9 3 (5.357 %) Project Planning 10 2 (3.571 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 9 (16.07 %) .NET 2 2 (3.571 %) STL 3 1 (1.786 %) XML 3 1 (1.786 %) J2EE 3 1 (1.786 %) FIX Protocol	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.786 %) Live Communications Server
Applications 1 2 (3.571 %) MS Project 1 2 (3.571 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 2 (3.571 %) Internet 2 1 (1.786 %) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (3.571 %) SQL Server 2 1 (1.786 %) Oracle 10g 2 1 (1.786 %) Datawarehouse	Development Applications 1 1 (1.786 %) RequisitePro 1 1 (1.786 %) ClearCase 1 1 (1.786 %) Ant
General 1 8 (14.29 %) Finance 2 6 (10.71 %) Telecoms 3 4 (7.143 %) Banking 4 3 (5.357 %) Insurance 5 2 (3.571 %) Investment Banking 5 2 (3.571 %) Local Government 5 2 (3.571 %) Retail 5 2 (3.571 %) Government 6 1 (1.786 %) Advertising 6 1 (1.786 %) Criminal Justice 6 1 (1.786 %) Back Office 6 1 (1.786 %) Retail Banking 6 1 (1.786 %) Marketing	Miscellaneous 1 2 (3.571 %) PMI 1 2 (3.571 %) Handset 2 1 (1.786 %) Equities 2 1 (1.786 %) Tandem 2 1 (1.786 %) Asset Management 2 1 (1.786 %) Derivative 2 1 (1.786 %) Computer Science 2 1 (1.786 %) German Language 2 1 (1.786 %) CMDB 2 1 (1.786 %) RIA
Operating Systems 1 4 (7.143 %) Unix 1 4 (7.143 %) Linux 2 2 (3.571 %) Windows NT 3 1 (1.786 %) Symbian OS 3 1 (1.786 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (41.07 %) Project Management 2 19 (33.93 %) PRINCE2 3 9 (16.07 %) Stakeholder Management 4 7 (12.50 %) Scrum 5 6 (10.71 %) Risk Management 6 5 (8.929 %) SOA 6 5 (8.929 %) Software Engineering 6 5 (8.929 %) Release Management 7 4 (7.143 %) Supplier Management 7 4 (7.143 %) UML 7 4 (7.143 %) Change Management 7 4 (7.143 %) ITIL 8 3 (5.357 %) PRINCE 8 3 (5.357 %) Agile Software Development 8 3 (5.357 %) Project Planning 9 2 (3.571 %) OO 9 2 (3.571 %) RUP 9 2 (3.571 %) Configuration Management 9 2 (3.571 %) Service Management 9 2 (3.571 %) CMMI
Programming Languages 1 7 (12.50 %) C++ 2 6 (10.71 %) C# 3 3 (5.357 %) C 4 2 (3.571 %) Java 5 1 (1.786 %) Embedded C 5 1 (1.786 %) Embedded C++ 5 1 (1.786 %) PL/SQL 5 1 (1.786 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 7 (12.50 %) PMP 1 7 (12.50 %) PMI Certification 2 5 (8.929 %) Degree 3 2 (3.571 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 2 (3.571 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.571 %) ISO9000 2 1 (1.786 %) QA	Vendors 1 3 (5.357 %) Oracle 2 1 (1.786 %) Perforce 2 1 (1.786 %) Reuters 2 1 (1.786 %) Red Hat 2 1 (1.786 %) HP 2 1 (1.786 %) Symbian 2 1 (1.786 %) Siebel 2 1 (1.786 %) Fujitsu