The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Development 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 Software Development 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
Software Development Manager
Rank 219 236 249
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 5 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.064% 0.030% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.032% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
Average daily rate £403 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.62% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £400 £415
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £450
% change year-on-year
- -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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%
Software Development Manager
England

Software Development Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Software Development Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Development Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Software Development Manager Daily Rate Trend

Software Development Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Software Development Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Software Development Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development 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
Hampshire - 2 £425 -
Surrey - 2 £365 -
Berkshire +15 1 - -
Software Development Manager
England

Software Development Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (60.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 5 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Scrum
3 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (40.00%) C#
4 3 (30.00%) Java
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Automotive
5 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (20.00%) PHP
5 2 (20.00%) CSS
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (20.00%) XHTML
5 2 (20.00%) PMI
5 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
5 2 (20.00%) jQuery
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Product Management
6 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (10.00%) Marketing
6 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (10.00%) Kanban

Software Development 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 Software Development 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 Software Development Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (60.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (20.00%) CSS
3 2 (20.00%) XHTML
3 2 (20.00%) jQuery
4 1 (10.00%) Velocity
4 1 (10.00%) JSP
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 5 (50.00%) Project Management
1 5 (50.00%) Scrum
2 3 (30.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Product Management
4 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Kanban
4 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
4 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (10.00%) SOA
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (10.00%) Data Management
4 1 (10.00%) UML
4 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) C#
2 3 (30.00%) Java
3 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (20.00%) PHP
4 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (10.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Niku
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
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