The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Manager
Rank 209 216 235
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +19
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Manager 15 23 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.192% 0.227% 0.174%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.208% 0.246% 0.187%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 11
Average daily rate £450 £475 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £410 £349
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £675 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £475 £400
% change year-on-year
- +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £26.28 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+90.25% -4.43%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 716 825
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Manager
England

Applications Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Applications Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Manager across the South East region.

South East Applications Manager Daily Rate Trend

Applications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Manager across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Applications Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Applications Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Manager within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Middlesex - 5 £625 -
Oxfordshire - 4 £375 -
Hampshire -11 3 £325 -35.00%
Berkshire +11 2 - -
Surrey +13 1 - -
Applications Manager
England

Applications Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Applications 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 Applications Manager in their job title.

1 13 (37.14%) ITIL
2 11 (31.43%) Project Management
3 9 (25.71%) Finance
4 8 (22.86%) PRINCE2
4 8 (22.86%) SAP
5 7 (20.00%) Oracle
6 6 (17.14%) Supplier Management
7 5 (14.29%) Windows
7 5 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (11.43%) Programme Management
8 4 (11.43%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (11.43%) Citrix
8 4 (11.43%) CRM
8 4 (11.43%) Retail
8 4 (11.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (11.43%) SAP Portal
8 4 (11.43%) Windows 7
9 3 (8.571%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (8.571%) MS PowerPoint
9 3 (8.571%) Degree
9 3 (8.571%) COBIT
9 3 (8.571%) Spotfire
9 3 (8.571%) Oracle OLAP
9 3 (8.571%) OLAP
9 3 (8.571%) Active Directory
9 3 (8.571%) SLA
9 3 (8.571%) Process Management
9 3 (8.571%) Service Delivery

Applications Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Applications 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 Applications Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.857%) Middleware
1 1 (2.857%) Web Services
1 1 (2.857%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.43%) SAP Portal
2 1 (2.857%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.857%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (8.571%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (5.714%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.857%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (5.714%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (2.857%) SAP FI-AP
3 1 (2.857%) SAP FI
3 1 (2.857%) SAP CO
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.857%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.857%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.571%) Spotfire
1 3 (8.571%) Oracle OLAP
1 3 (8.571%) OLAP
2 2 (5.714%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Subversion
General
1 9 (25.71%) Finance
2 4 (11.43%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (11.43%) Retail
3 1 (2.857%) Banking
3 1 (2.857%) Marketing
3 1 (2.857%) Electronics
3 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.857%) Front Office
3 1 (2.857%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (2.857%) CMDB
1 1 (2.857%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.857%) Solaris
3 1 (2.857%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) ITIL
2 11 (31.43%) Project Management
3 8 (22.86%) PRINCE2
4 6 (17.14%) Supplier Management
5 5 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (11.43%) Programme Management
6 4 (11.43%) CRM
7 3 (8.571%) Process Management
7 3 (8.571%) Service Delivery
7 3 (8.571%) Change Management
7 3 (8.571%) Migration
8 2 (5.714%) Validation
8 2 (5.714%) Business Continuity
8 2 (5.714%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (5.714%) Service Management
8 2 (5.714%) Configuration Management
8 2 (5.714%) Resource Management
8 2 (5.714%) Release Management
8 2 (5.714%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.857%) Java
1 1 (2.857%) VB
1 1 (2.857%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (8.571%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 3 (8.571%) Degree
2 1 (2.857%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.857%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.857%) CCA
2 1 (2.857%) SAP Certification
2 1 (2.857%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (2.857%) PMP
2 1 (2.857%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.571%) COBIT
1 3 (8.571%) SLA
2 2 (5.714%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.857%) GAMP
3 1 (2.857%) GxP
System Software
1 3 (8.571%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.571%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) SAP
2 7 (20.00%) Oracle
3 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 4 (11.43%) Citrix
5 1 (2.857%) Syclo