South Yorkshire Operations Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Operations Manager role in IT contracts within the South Yorkshire 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 Operations Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Operations Manager
Location Banbury Basingstoke Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Channel Islands Chesham Cheshire Chester City of London Corsham Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Jersey Kent Leicester Leicestershire London Maidstone Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Watford West Malling West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	39	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	7	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	1.737 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£400	-
Average daily rate	£425	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£450	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£426
% change on same period last year	-11.33 %
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	£33.83	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	403	532
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.546 %	0.527 %
Daily rates quoted	83	98
Average minimum daily rate	£282	£319
Average daily rate	£302	£335
% change on same period last year	-9.83 %
Average maximum daily rate	£322	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£356
% change on same period last year	-0.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	122	111
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.97	£22.60
Average hourly rate	£25.10	£24.06
% change on same period last year	+4.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.23	£25.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.78	£25.65
% change on same period last year	-7.28 %
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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 Operations Manager across the South Yorkshire 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 Operations Manager across the South Yorkshire 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 Operations Manager within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 8 September 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
Sheffield	-	6	-	-

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Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited Operations 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 Operations Manager in their job title.

1 8 (88.89 %) Retail 2 5 (55.56 %) Remedy 3 4 (44.44 %) ITIL 4 2 (22.22 %) Problem Management 5 1 (11.11 %) UNIX 5 1 (11.11 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (11.11 %) Incident Management 5 1 (11.11 %) Service Management 5 1 (11.11 %) Service Delivery 5 1 (11.11 %) Telecoms

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited Operations 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 Operations Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 8 (88.89 %) Retail 2 1 (11.11 %) Telecoms	Operating Systems 1 1 (11.11 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (44.44 %) ITIL 2 2 (22.22 %) Problem Management 3 1 (11.11 %) Service Management 3 1 (11.11 %) Service Delivery 3 1 (11.11 %) Incident Management	Qualifications 1 1 (11.11 %) ITIL Certification
Vendors 1 5 (55.56 %) Remedy