The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 24 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 Manchester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Manager
Rank 70 78 62
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 5 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.536% 0.387% 0.960%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.573% 0.420% 1.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
Average daily rate £510 £300 £495
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -39.39%
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 £25.25
% change year-on-year
+30.43% +13.86%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
872 1190 982
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.46% 92.11% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 578 432
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £496
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 72 77
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.82% +18.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.01 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £35.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Manager
North West

Business Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Business Manager Daily Rate Trend

Business Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Business Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Business Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Retail
4 3 (25.00%) Retail Banking
4 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (16.67%) Project Management
5 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
6 1 (8.333%) OLAP
6 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
6 1 (8.333%) SAP
6 1 (8.333%) CRM
6 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
6 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (8.333%) ETL
6 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
6 1 (8.333%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle
6 1 (8.333%) Programme Management
6 1 (8.333%) MDX
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (8.333%) QlikView
6 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis
6 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (8.333%) Dynamics AX

Business Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (8.333%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (8.333%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) OLAP
2 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (8.333%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle OLAP
2 1 (8.333%) QlikView
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 5 (41.67%) Banking
2 4 (33.33%) Retail
3 3 (25.00%) Retail Banking
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (8.333%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
2 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.333%) CRM
3 1 (8.333%) ETL
3 1 (8.333%) Programme Management
3 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis
3 1 (8.333%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (8.333%) Migration
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
1 1 (8.333%) SAP
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle
Manchester, Lancashire
BUSINESS CHANGE PROJECT MANAGER. 6 MONTH CONTRACT Manchester My client in the financial sector is looking for two contract business change Project Manager to join their team for...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 21 May 2013