Oxfordshire Product Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Product Manager role in IT contracts within the Oxfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Product Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Brentford City of London East of England England Hertfordshire Home Counties London Middlesex Newbury Norfolk Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Scotland South East South West Stevenage Swindon Thames Valley UK Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	53	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.188 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£546	£525
% change on same period last year	+3.96 %
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	£31.00	£19.00
% change on same period last year	+63.15 %
Job Titles Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	533	484
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.840 %	0.519 %
Daily rates quoted	139	76
Average minimum daily rate	£292	£303
Average daily rate	£313	£323
% change on same period last year	-2.91 %
Average maximum daily rate	£335	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	111	114
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.98	£15.74
Average hourly rate	£21.00	£17.12
% change on same period last year	+22.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.01	£18.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
Product Manager South East

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 Product Manager across the Oxfordshire 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 Product Manager across the Oxfordshire region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Manager within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Oxford	-	1	-	-

Product Manager South East

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Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Product 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 Product Manager in their job title.

1 5 (62.50 %) Microsoft 2 4 (50.00 %) Education 3 2 (25.00 %) Thin Client 3 2 (25.00 %) Terminal Services 3 2 (25.00 %) Fat Client 4 1 (12.50 %) E-Commerce 4 1 (12.50 %) ADSL 4 1 (12.50 %) Broadband 4 1 (12.50 %) Internet 4 1 (12.50 %) 3G 4 1 (12.50 %) Publishing 4 1 (12.50 %) Validation 4 1 (12.50 %) IP Telephony 4 1 (12.50 %) Marketing 4 1 (12.50 %) Business Development

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Product 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 Product Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (12.50 %) ADSL 1 1 (12.50 %) Broadband 1 1 (12.50 %) Internet 1 1 (12.50 %) 3G 1 1 (12.50 %) IP Telephony	General 1 4 (50.00 %) Education 2 1 (12.50 %) Publishing 2 1 (12.50 %) Marketing
Miscellaneous 1 2 (25.00 %) Thin Client 1 2 (25.00 %) Fat Client	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (12.50 %) E-Commerce 1 1 (12.50 %) Validation 1 1 (12.50 %) Business Development
System Software 1 2 (25.00 %) Terminal Services	Vendors 1 5 (62.50 %) Microsoft