Scotland Business Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Business Manager role in IT contracts within the Scotland 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 Business Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Derby Derbyshire Devon Dorset East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Huddersfield Kent Kidlington Lancashire Lancaster Leeds London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Renfrewshire Rochdale Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	74	94
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	19	30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.031 %	0.032 %
As % of the category below	1.002 %	0.958 %
Daily rates quoted	5	3
Average minimum daily rate	£390	£328
Average daily rate	£400	£351
% change on same period last year	+14.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£410	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£431	£437
% change on same period last year	-1.51 %
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	£25.69	£14.00
% change on same period last year	+83.48 %
Job Titles Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1897	3133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.048 %	3.365 %
Daily rates quoted	429	610
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£317
Average daily rate	£335	£332
% change on same period last year	+0.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£358	£348
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	166	273
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.72	£18.41
Average hourly rate	£22.91	£19.62
% change on same period last year	+16.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.10	£20.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
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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 Business Manager across the Scotland 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 Business Manager across the Scotland region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Manager across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Manager across the Scotland 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 Business Manager within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Edinburgh	+11	9	£425	+20.99 %
Glasgow	-	4	£400	-
South Lanarkshire	-	1	-	-
Renfrewshire	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 14 (46.67 %) Pensions 2 11 (36.67 %) Finance 3 10 (33.33 %) Project Management 4 6 (20.00 %) Stakeholder Management 5 4 (13.33 %) PRINCE2 6 3 (10.00 %) Change Management 6 3 (10.00 %) Banking 7 2 (6.667 %) Retail 7 2 (6.667 %) Insurance 7 2 (6.667 %) Retail Banking 7 2 (6.667 %) Business Continuity 7 2 (6.667 %) ERP 7 2 (6.667 %) MS Visio 7 2 (6.667 %) JD Edwards 7 2 (6.667 %) PRINCE

8 1 (3.333 %) BPR 8 1 (3.333 %) Oracle 8 1 (3.333 %) SAP 8 1 (3.333 %) Data Mining 8 1 (3.333 %) Business Intelligence 8 1 (3.333 %) RDF 8 1 (3.333 %) PRINCE2 Certification 8 1 (3.333 %) Oracle Reports 8 1 (3.333 %) CRM 8 1 (3.333 %) Datawarehouse 8 1 (3.333 %) Service Delivery 8 1 (3.333 %) Health 8 1 (3.333 %) Migration 8 1 (3.333 %) GAP Analysis 8 1 (3.333 %) Workflow

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Applications 1 2 (6.667 %) MS Visio	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (3.333 %) Oracle Reports 1 1 (3.333 %) Datawarehouse 1 1 (3.333 %) Data Mining
General 1 14 (46.67 %) Pensions 2 11 (36.67 %) Finance 3 3 (10.00 %) Banking 4 2 (6.667 %) Retail 4 2 (6.667 %) Insurance 4 2 (6.667 %) Retail Banking 5 1 (3.333 %) Health	Miscellaneous 1 1 (3.333 %) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (33.33 %) Project Management 2 6 (20.00 %) Stakeholder Management 3 4 (13.33 %) PRINCE2 4 3 (10.00 %) Change Management 5 2 (6.667 %) Business Continuity 5 2 (6.667 %) ERP 5 2 (6.667 %) PRINCE 6 1 (3.333 %) BPR 6 1 (3.333 %) Service Delivery 6 1 (3.333 %) Business Intelligence 6 1 (3.333 %) RDF 6 1 (3.333 %) CRM 6 1 (3.333 %) Business Analysis 6 1 (3.333 %) Project Planning 6 1 (3.333 %) Business Development 6 1 (3.333 %) Time Management 6 1 (3.333 %) GAP Analysis 6 1 (3.333 %) Workflow 6 1 (3.333 %) Migration	Qualifications 1 1 (3.333 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors 1 2 (6.667 %) JD Edwards 2 1 (3.333 %) Oracle 2 1 (3.333 %) SAP