The first table below looks at the demand for the Support 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 Support Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Manager
Rank 50 54 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Manager 3 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.662% 0.317% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.703% 0.332% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £450 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £405 £352
% change year-on-year
-16.04% +15.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £165.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- +9.09%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
427 603 432
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.26% 95.71% 96.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 288 196
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 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £489 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 81 62
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.20 £11.00 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £30.00 £26.50
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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Support Manager Daily Rate Trend

Support Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Support Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Support Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Manager within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 1 £450 +12.50%
Wallingford - 1 - -
Witney - 1 - -
Support Manager
South East

Support Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) VB
2 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) VoIP
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory

Support Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
1 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (25.00%) Change Management
1 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) VB
1 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft