The first table below looks at the demand for the Bid Manager role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Bid Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 currently tracked.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bid Manager
Rank 512 564 575
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Bid Manager 18 14 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.039% 0.024% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.026% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 3
Average daily rate £375 £411 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.81% +17.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £300 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £477 £655 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
+11.48% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £57.50 £95.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.47% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 £95.00 -
% change year-on-year
-39.47% -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

Bid Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Bid Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bid Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Bid Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Bid Manager within the UK.

Bid Manager Daily Rate Trend

Bid Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Bid Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bid Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Bid Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Bid Manager within the UK.

Bid Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Bid Manager
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bid Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +51 16 £375 -6.25%
London +26 8 £318 -50.19%
West Midlands +11 5 £475 +58.33%
Worcestershire - 5 £475 -
Redditch - 3 £486 -
Chiswick - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £258 -
Leeds - 2 £258 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £258 -
South East +19 1 - -
City of London +12 1 £400 -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Brentford - 1 - -

Bid Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Bid 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 Bid Manager in their job title.

1 13 (43.33%) Finance
2 12 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 7 (23.33%) Project Management
3 7 (23.33%) Degree
4 5 (16.67%) Legal
5 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2
5 4 (13.33%) MS Excel
5 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 4 (13.33%) Change Control
6 3 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
6 3 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
6 3 (10.00%) SLA
7 2 (6.667%) Service Delivery
7 2 (6.667%) Change Management
7 2 (6.667%) Management Information System
7 2 (6.667%) Programme Management
7 2 (6.667%) ITIL
7 2 (6.667%) SOA
7 2 (6.667%) HP
7 2 (6.667%) Fujitsu
7 2 (6.667%) Economics
7 2 (6.667%) Project Planning
7 2 (6.667%) SC Cleared
7 2 (6.667%) DV Cleared
8 1 (3.333%) Business Development
8 1 (3.333%) Competitor Analysis
8 1 (3.333%) Marketing
8 1 (3.333%) Logistics
8 1 (3.333%) Mathematics
8 1 (3.333%) User Acceptance Testing

Bid Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Bid 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 Bid Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (13.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.333%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.333%) WAN
1 1 (3.333%) Unified Communications
General
1 13 (43.33%) Finance
2 12 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (16.67%) Legal
4 1 (3.333%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.333%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.667%) Management Information System
1 2 (6.667%) Economics
2 1 (3.333%) Mathematics
2 1 (3.333%) SaaS
2 1 (3.333%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Project Management
2 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2
2 4 (13.33%) Change Control
3 3 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (6.667%) Project Planning
4 2 (6.667%) Programme Management
4 2 (6.667%) SOA
4 2 (6.667%) Service Delivery
4 2 (6.667%) Change Management
4 2 (6.667%) ITIL
5 1 (3.333%) Risk Management
5 1 (3.333%) Workflow
5 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.333%) B2B
5 1 (3.333%) Benchmarking
5 1 (3.333%) ERP
5 1 (3.333%) Logistics
5 1 (3.333%) Competitor Analysis
5 1 (3.333%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.667%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.667%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.333%) PMP
4 1 (3.333%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.333%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (6.667%) HP
1 2 (6.667%) Fujitsu
2 1 (3.333%) CA
2 1 (3.333%) Ericsson
2 1 (3.333%) IBM
2 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
Redditch, Worcestershire
Overall responsibility for SOA compliance... The profile for Executive Deal Lead is determined at the following criteria University Degree, technical, or business 3+ years experience in an international...
Canary Wharf and City
Rate: From £475 to £520 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
West Midlands
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Bid Manager to have the chance to join an NHS organisation based in the West Midlands for a period of...
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Worcestershire, West Midlands
Our client is a leading global telecommunications consultancy and they are looking for an Executive Bid Lead to work with one of their major clients.You will act...
Volt
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013