The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 21 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 North West 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Manager
Rank 104 125 109
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 15 10 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.635% 0.317% 0.698%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.681% 0.346% 0.752%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 8
Average daily rate £375 £320 £495
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.18% -35.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £291 £355
10% offered a daily rate of more than £442 £488 £600
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2202 2887 2793
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.27% 91.53% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1041 1432 1395
Average daily rate £333 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.30% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £473
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 174 190
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +8.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.30 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Manager
England

Business Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Business Manager Daily Rate Trend

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Manager across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Business Manager Daily Rate Histogram

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 North West region.

North West Business Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Business Manager
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 North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +6 7 £383 -10.00%
Manchester +15 4 £510 +70.00%
Merseyside - 2 £340 -
Cumbria - 1 £325 -
Business Manager
England

Business Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 12 (46.15%) Finance
2 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (30.77%) Banking
3 8 (30.77%) Project Management
4 5 (19.23%) Retail
5 4 (15.38%) Change Management
5 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (15.38%) Retail Banking
6 3 (11.54%) SAP
6 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
7 2 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (7.692%) Oracle
7 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
7 2 (7.692%) Business Analysis
7 2 (7.692%) Programme Management
7 2 (7.692%) Legal
7 2 (7.692%) Migration
8 1 (3.846%) SQL
8 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
8 1 (3.846%) Supplier Management
8 1 (3.846%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (3.846%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (3.846%) Marketing
8 1 (3.846%) Degree

Business Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (3.846%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (3.846%) MS Office
1 1 (3.846%) MS Visio
1 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.846%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (3.846%) SAP HR
1 1 (3.846%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle OLAP
2 1 (3.846%) QlikView
2 1 (3.846%) OLAP
2 1 (3.846%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.846%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 12 (46.15%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Banking
3 5 (19.23%) Retail
4 4 (15.38%) Retail Banking
5 2 (7.692%) Legal
6 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.846%) Marketing
6 1 (3.846%) French Language
6 1 (3.846%) German Language
6 1 (3.846%) Italian Language
6 1 (3.846%) Portuguese Language
6 1 (3.846%) Spanish Language
6 1 (3.846%) Electronics
6 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Mainframe
1 1 (3.846%) NHS
1 1 (3.846%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.846%) UNIX
1 1 (3.846%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (30.77%) Project Management
3 4 (15.38%) Change Management
3 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
5 2 (7.692%) Business Analysis
5 2 (7.692%) Programme Management
5 2 (7.692%) Migration
6 1 (3.846%) Supplier Management
6 1 (3.846%) Resource Management
6 1 (3.846%) Matrix Management
6 1 (3.846%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (3.846%) ETL
6 1 (3.846%) Identity Management
6 1 (3.846%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.846%) Workflow
6 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.846%) UML
6 1 (3.846%) CRM
6 1 (3.846%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) Degree
1 1 (3.846%) CISA
1 1 (3.846%) CISSP
1 1 (3.846%) GIAC
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) Tivoli
1 1 (3.846%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 1 (3.846%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) SAP
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle
3 1 (3.846%) Business Objects
3 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
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