IT Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the IT Manager role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Basildon Berkshire Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Darlington Dartford Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Dundee Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Farnborough Glasgow Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hull Ilford Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Scotland Sevenoaks Skelmersdale Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Taunton Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walsall Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville West Midlands West Yorkshire Westminster Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester York Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	293	315
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	315	466
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.443 %	0.471 %
As % of the category below	0.500 %	0.515 %
Daily rates quoted	126	181
Average minimum daily rate	£397	£386
Average daily rate	£423	£409
% change on same period last year	+3.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£449	£431
UK excluding London average daily rate	£388	£387
% change on same period last year	+0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	27
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.91	£25.35
Average hourly rate	£32.97	£27.33
% change on same period last year	+20.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.02	£29.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.49	£23.81
% change on same period last year	+36.47 %
Job Titles UK
Matching contract IT job ads	62938	90413
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	88.61 %	91.37 %
Daily rates quoted	20390	27188
Average minimum daily rate	£371	£388
Average daily rate	£397	£413
% change on same period last year	-3.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£422	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	5734	7929
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.77	£23.81
Average hourly rate	£24.29	£25.37
% change on same period last year	-4.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.81	£26.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£25.22
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IT Manager within the UK 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 IT Manager within the UK.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 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
England	+17	293	£425	+5.49 %
London	+37	134	£482	+6.20 %
South East	+27	66	£357	-8.78 %
North West	+13	22	£441	+17.38 %
City of London	-12	22	£462	-8.67 %
Hampshire	+28	22	£381	+1.89 %
South West	+28	20	£414	+11.38 %
East of England	+4	17	£375	+2.83 %
Scotland	+12	14	£350	-8.67 %
West Midlands	+11	12	£396	+12.52 %
Buckinghamshire	+20	12	£338	+7.48 %
Southampton	+15	10	£319	+67.76 %
East Midlands	-15	10	£322	+5.57 %
Yorkshire	-1	9	£470	+5.28 %
Essex	+4	8	£384	+26.73 %
Glasgow	+21	7	£350	+55.55 %
Kent	+13	7	£225	-22.41 %
Lancashire	+8	7	£482	+48.30 %
West Yorkshire	+3	6	£700	+27.27 %
Berkshire	+17	6	£340	-24.61 %
Surrey	+18	6	£400	+4.91 %
Wiltshire	+4	6	£525	-
Swindon	-	5	£488	-
Milton Keynes	-1	5	£375	+50.00 %
Ilford	-	4	-	-
Portsmouth	-	4	£300	-
Blackpool	+3	4	£575	-
Oxfordshire	-4	4	-	-
Manchester	-9	4	£400	-1.40 %
Bristol	+7	4	£325	-9.30 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Manager in their job title.

1 201 (29.09 %) PRINCE2 2 168 (24.31 %) Project Management 3 138 (19.97 %) Finance 4 87 (12.59 %) ITIL 5 83 (12.01 %) Government 6 61 (8.828 %) Banking 7 60 (8.683 %) Windows 8 57 (8.249 %) Microsoft 9 55 (7.959 %) NHS 10 51 (7.381 %) PRINCE2 Certification 11 44 (6.368 %) Stakeholder Management 12 43 (6.223 %) Security Cleared 13 42 (6.078 %) Service Delivery 14 41 (5.933 %) Investment Banking 15 37 (5.355 %) Windows Server 2003

16 34 (4.920 %) Degree 17 31 (4.486 %) Telecoms 18 29 (4.197 %) Oracle 19 28 (4.052 %) SQL 19 28 (4.052 %) Active Directory 19 28 (4.052 %) WAN 19 28 (4.052 %) Service Management 20 27 (3.907 %) LAN 20 27 (3.907 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 21 25 (3.618 %) Insurance 21 25 (3.618 %) SC Cleared 22 24 (3.473 %) ERP 23 23 (3.329 %) PRINCE 23 23 (3.329 %) MS Exchange 23 23 (3.329 %) Retail

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 17 (2.460 %) .NET 2 12 (1.737 %) J2EE 3 9 (1.302 %) HTML 4 7 (1.013 %) XML 5 5 (0.724 %) WebSphere 6 4 (0.579 %) SOAP 7 2 (0.289 %) XSL 7 2 (0.289 %) ASP 7 2 (0.289 %) Middleware 8 1 (0.145 %) LAMP 8 1 (0.145 %) SAP Basis 8 1 (0.145 %) Application Packaging 8 1 (0.145 %) ASP.NET 8 1 (0.145 %) JSP 8 1 (0.145 %) EDI	Application Platforms 1 23 (3.329 %) MS Exchange 2 14 (2.026 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 12 (1.737 %) Documentum 4 6 (0.868 %) SharePoint 5 5 (0.724 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 4 (0.579 %) Apache 6 4 (0.579 %) IIS 7 2 (0.289 %) Lotus Domino 7 2 (0.289 %) SharePoint Server 2007 8 1 (0.145 %) Tomcat 8 1 (0.145 %) Office Project Server 8 1 (0.145 %) WebSphere Application Server 8 1 (0.145 %) Lotus Notes 8 1 (0.145 %) SAS 8 1 (0.145 %) GroupWise 8 1 (0.145 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 8 1 (0.145 %) CMS 8 1 (0.145 %) LiveLink
Applications 1 21 (3.039 %) MS Office 2 17 (2.460 %) MS Excel 3 15 (2.171 %) MS Project 4 4 (0.579 %) MS Visio 4 4 (0.579 %) AutoCAD 5 3 (0.434 %) 3ds Max 6 2 (0.289 %) MS PowerPoint 6 2 (0.289 %) Open Workbench 7 1 (0.145 %) CA Clarity 7 1 (0.145 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 3 (0.434 %) Oracle ERP 1 3 (0.434 %) Oracle Applications 2 2 (0.289 %) Oracle Financials 2 2 (0.289 %) Oracle 11i 2 2 (0.289 %) MFGPRO 2 2 (0.289 %) MAXIMO 2 2 (0.289 %) Summit 3 1 (0.145 %) Academy Housing 3 1 (0.145 %) arcHouse 3 1 (0.145 %) assyst 3 1 (0.145 %) SAP SRM 3 1 (0.145 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 3 1 (0.145 %) Microsoft CRM 3 1 (0.145 %) Navision 3 1 (0.145 %) SAP R/3 3 1 (0.145 %) HiPortfolio 3 1 (0.145 %) Findur 3 1 (0.145 %) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking 1 28 (4.052 %) WAN 2 27 (3.907 %) LAN 3 15 (2.171 %) Internet 4 12 (1.737 %) SAN 5 9 (1.302 %) Firewall 6 8 (1.158 %) VPN 7 6 (0.868 %) VoIP 8 5 (0.724 %) IP Telephony 8 5 (0.724 %) TCP/IP 9 4 (0.579 %) Wireless 9 4 (0.579 %) DNS 10 3 (0.434 %) DHCP 11 2 (0.289 %) FTP 11 2 (0.289 %) Intranet 11 2 (0.289 %) Intrusion Detection 11 2 (0.289 %) Cisco IPT 12 1 (0.145 %) GGSN 12 1 (0.145 %) Cisco PIX 12 1 (0.145 %) Network Security 12 1 (0.145 %) VLAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (2.026 %) SQL Server 2 9 (1.302 %) Datawarehouse 3 4 (0.579 %) SQL Server 2000 3 4 (0.579 %) MySQL 3 4 (0.579 %) RDBMS 4 2 (0.289 %) Oracle 10g 4 2 (0.289 %) BusinessObjects 4 2 (0.289 %) SQL Server 2005 4 2 (0.289 %) ETL 5 1 (0.145 %) GIS 5 1 (0.145 %) PowerCenter 5 1 (0.145 %) SAP BW 5 1 (0.145 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (0.145 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 1 (0.145 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 2 (0.289 %) Rational Rose 1 2 (0.289 %) Bugzilla 1 2 (0.289 %) Subversion 2 1 (0.145 %) Dreamweaver 2 1 (0.145 %) TestDirector	General 1 138 (19.97 %) Finance 2 83 (12.01 %) Government 3 61 (8.828 %) Banking 4 41 (5.933 %) Investment Banking 5 31 (4.486 %) Telecoms 6 25 (3.618 %) Insurance 7 23 (3.329 %) Retail 8 21 (3.039 %) Health 9 18 (2.605 %) Pensions 10 17 (2.460 %) Construction 11 15 (2.171 %) Law 12 14 (2.026 %) Legal 13 13 (1.881 %) Manufacturing 14 12 (1.737 %) Back Office 14 12 (1.737 %) Marketing 15 9 (1.302 %) Local Government 16 8 (1.158 %) Education 17 6 (0.868 %) Pharmaceutical 18 5 (0.724 %) Financial Institution 18 5 (0.724 %) Billing
Miscellaneous 1 55 (7.959 %) NHS 2 14 (2.026 %) PMI 3 11 (1.592 %) Fixed Income 4 10 (1.447 %) Management Information System 5 6 (0.868 %) AS400 5 6 (0.868 %) Derivative 5 6 (0.868 %) NPfIT 6 5 (0.724 %) Blackberry 7 4 (0.579 %) Mainframe 7 4 (0.579 %) EPoS 7 4 (0.579 %) Credit Risk 8 3 (0.434 %) Portuguese Language 8 3 (0.434 %) Client/Server 9 2 (0.289 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 9 2 (0.289 %) Thin Client 9 2 (0.289 %) Smartcard 9 2 (0.289 %) PKI 9 2 (0.289 %) Russian Language 9 2 (0.289 %) Interest Rate Derivative 9 2 (0.289 %) Fat Client	Operating Systems 1 60 (8.683 %) Windows 2 37 (5.355 %) Windows Server 2003 3 19 (2.750 %) UNIX 4 12 (1.737 %) Linux 4 12 (1.737 %) Windows XP 5 11 (1.592 %) Windows 2000 5 11 (1.592 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 5 (0.724 %) Red Hat Linux 7 3 (0.434 %) Windows Server 2008 8 2 (0.289 %) CentOS 8 2 (0.289 %) Windows Vista 8 2 (0.289 %) Solaris 9 1 (0.145 %) AIX 9 1 (0.145 %) NetWare 9 1 (0.145 %) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies 1 201 (29.09 %) PRINCE2 2 168 (24.31 %) Project Management 3 87 (12.59 %) ITIL 4 44 (6.368 %) Stakeholder Management 5 43 (6.223 %) Security Cleared 6 42 (6.078 %) Service Delivery 7 28 (4.052 %) Service Management 8 25 (3.618 %) SC Cleared 9 24 (3.473 %) ERP 10 23 (3.329 %) PRINCE 11 20 (2.894 %) Change Management 11 20 (2.894 %) Business Analysis 12 18 (2.605 %) Programme Management 13 16 (2.315 %) Risk Management 14 15 (2.171 %) Project Planning 15 14 (2.026 %) Matrix Management 15 14 (2.026 %) Disaster Recovery 16 13 (1.881 %) E-Commerce 16 13 (1.881 %) Migration 16 13 (1.881 %) Supplier Management	Programming Languages 1 28 (4.052 %) SQL 2 15 (2.171 %) Java 3 14 (2.026 %) C 4 7 (1.013 %) C# 5 5 (0.724 %) VB 6 1 (0.145 %) VB.NET 6 1 (0.145 %) Shell Script 6 1 (0.145 %) C++ 6 1 (0.145 %) PHP
Qualifications 1 51 (7.381 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 34 (4.920 %) Degree 3 27 (3.907 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 18 (2.605 %) Microsoft Certification 5 16 (2.315 %) MCSE 6 11 (1.592 %) Cisco Certification 6 11 (1.592 %) PMP 6 11 (1.592 %) PMI Certification 7 10 (1.447 %) CCNA 8 7 (1.013 %) ITIL Certification 9 5 (0.724 %) MCSA 9 5 (0.724 %) CCNP 10 4 (0.579 %) CISSP 10 4 (0.579 %) CISA 11 3 (0.434 %) QiCA 12 2 (0.289 %) CIMA 12 2 (0.289 %) ACCA 13 1 (0.145 %) MBCS 13 1 (0.145 %) RHCE 13 1 (0.145 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 22 (3.184 %) SLA 2 6 (0.868 %) ISO27001 2 6 (0.868 %) QA 3 4 (0.579 %) BS7799 3 4 (0.579 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 2 (0.289 %) Basel II 5 1 (0.145 %) COBIT 5 1 (0.145 %) ISO17799 5 1 (0.145 %) ISO9001 5 1 (0.145 %) HL7 5 1 (0.145 %) JSP 440 5 1 (0.145 %) BS25999 5 1 (0.145 %) PCI DSS
System Software 1 28 (4.052 %) Active Directory 2 3 (0.434 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 2 (0.289 %) NFS 3 2 (0.289 %) Backup Exec 4 1 (0.145 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (0.145 %) Terminal Services 4 1 (0.145 %) ISA Server 4 1 (0.145 %) VMware ESX	Systems Management 1 3 (0.434 %) SCOM 2 2 (0.289 %) Tivoli 2 2 (0.289 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (0.145 %) CONTROL-M 3 1 (0.145 %) ZENworks 3 1 (0.145 %) Norton AntiVirus 3 1 (0.145 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 1 (0.145 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 57 (8.249 %) Microsoft 2 29 (4.197 %) Oracle 3 19 (2.750 %) SAP 3 19 (2.750 %) Cisco 4 10 (1.447 %) Citrix 5 7 (1.013 %) Siebel 6 6 (0.868 %) IBM 6 6 (0.868 %) HP 6 6 (0.868 %) VMware 7 5 (0.724 %) Red Hat 8 4 (0.579 %) Symantec 9 3 (0.434 %) Remedy 9 3 (0.434 %) Ariba 9 3 (0.434 %) Lotus 9 3 (0.434 %) Sun 9 3 (0.434 %) Cognos 10 2 (0.289 %) Business Objects 10 2 (0.289 %) Adobe 10 2 (0.289 %) Avaya 10 2 (0.289 %) EMC