The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 17 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 Oxfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Manager
Rank 44 54 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 5 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.157% 0.625% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.229% 0.654% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £440 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £396 £425 £425
% change year-on-year
-6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £28.75 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+30.43% +8.49%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
407 612 427
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.21% 95.63% 96.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 295 195
Average daily rate £340 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £500 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 83 60
Average hourly rate £14.81 £16.80 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.84% +15.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.15 £30.00 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Business Manager
South East

Business Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Business Manager Daily 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxford +5 5 £440 +30.37%
Business Manager
South East

Business Manager
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) Use Case
3 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) PMP
4 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Niku
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) Publishing
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) SaaS
4 1 (20.00%) Demand Management
4 1 (20.00%) Operations Management

Business Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

General
1 1 (20.00%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) Use Case
3 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) Demand Management
4 1 (20.00%) Operations Management
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Niku