The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Manager
Rank 208 230 245
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Software Manager 15 12 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.193% 0.118% 0.133%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.208% 0.128% 0.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 8
Average daily rate £395 £385 £419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.59% -8.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £347 £344 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £389 £400 £419
% change year-on-year
-2.81% -4.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £17.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+128.57% -53.33%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7204 9391 9776
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.56% 92.35% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4218 4213
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £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 572 721 839
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 £11.25 £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 Manager
England

Software Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Software Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Software Manager Daily Rate Trend

Software Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Software Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Software 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 Manager within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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 +3 5 £425 +7.59%
Berkshire +14 3 £350 -12.50%
Surrey +19 2 £365 +4.28%
Buckinghamshire +5 2 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £410 -
West Sussex - 1 £340 -
Software Manager
England

Software Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Software 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 Manager in their job title.

1 12 (38.71%) Project Management
2 7 (22.58%) .NET
2 7 (22.58%) PRINCE2
3 6 (19.35%) ITIL
3 6 (19.35%) Java
3 6 (19.35%) Scrum
3 6 (19.35%) Configuration Management
4 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
5 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (12.90%) C#
5 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
5 4 (12.90%) MS Project
6 3 (9.677%) MS Office
6 3 (9.677%) HTML
6 3 (9.677%) Microsoft
6 3 (9.677%) Apache
6 3 (9.677%) Flash
6 3 (9.677%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (9.677%) Asset Management
6 3 (9.677%) STB
6 3 (9.677%) Aerospace
6 3 (9.677%) Middleware
6 3 (9.677%) Subversion
6 3 (9.677%) Embedded Software Development
7 2 (6.452%) hybris
7 2 (6.452%) SC Cleared
7 2 (6.452%) Software Engineering
7 2 (6.452%) MS PowerPoint
7 2 (6.452%) Endeca
7 2 (6.452%) Project Planning

Software Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Software 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (22.58%) .NET
2 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
3 3 (9.677%) HTML
3 3 (9.677%) Flash
3 3 (9.677%) Middleware
4 2 (6.452%) jQuery
4 2 (6.452%) XHTML
4 2 (6.452%) CSS
5 1 (3.226%) JSP
5 1 (3.226%) Velocity
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.677%) Apache
2 2 (6.452%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.226%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) MS Project
2 3 (9.677%) MS Office
3 2 (6.452%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (6.452%) MS Excel
4 1 (3.226%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) Internet
1 1 (3.226%) ATM
1 1 (3.226%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.452%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (9.677%) Subversion
General
1 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
2 3 (9.677%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.452%) Automotive
3 2 (6.452%) Retail
3 2 (6.452%) Finance
4 1 (3.226%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.677%) STB
2 2 (6.452%) DTV
2 2 (6.452%) PMI
3 1 (3.226%) CUDA
3 1 (3.226%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.226%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Project Management
2 7 (22.58%) PRINCE2
3 6 (19.35%) ITIL
3 6 (19.35%) Scrum
3 6 (19.35%) Configuration Management
4 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.677%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (9.677%) Asset Management
5 3 (9.677%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (6.452%) Software Engineering
6 2 (6.452%) Project Planning
6 2 (6.452%) Business Analysis
6 2 (6.452%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (6.452%) Test Automation
6 2 (6.452%) Validation
6 2 (6.452%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.226%) PRINCE
7 1 (3.226%) UML
7 1 (3.226%) SOA
7 1 (3.226%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) Java
2 4 (12.90%) C#
3 2 (6.452%) VB.NET
3 2 (6.452%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.452%) PHP
4 1 (3.226%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.226%) SQL
4 1 (3.226%) VB
4 1 (3.226%) C
4 1 (3.226%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (6.452%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.452%) Degree
1 2 (6.452%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 2 (6.452%) Security Cleared
1 2 (6.452%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (6.452%) PMI Certification
1 2 (6.452%) MCP
2 1 (3.226%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.226%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.452%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (9.677%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.452%) hybris
2 2 (6.452%) Endeca
2 2 (6.452%) IBM
2 2 (6.452%) Oracle
3 1 (3.226%) Cisco
3 1 (3.226%) Niku
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