The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Support Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Middlesex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Manager
Rank 21 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Manager 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.495% 0.955% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.535% 1.128% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £500 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £405 £352
% change year-on-year
-16.04% +15.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- +9.09%
All Job Titles
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
187 266 315
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 92.57% 84.71% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 133 143
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £287
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 23
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% +26.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £15.90 £10.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £39.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Manager
South East

Support Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex Support Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Support Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Support Manager across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex Support Manager Daily Rate Trend

Support Manager
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region that cited Support 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 Support Manager in their job title.

1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing

Support Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region that cited Support 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 Support Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics AX
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft