IT Manager Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the IT 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 IT Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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.

IT Manager
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012		Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank556561506
Rank change year-on-year
Up+5Down-55
Matching contract IT job ads232030
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.039 %0.033 %0.054 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.042 %0.035 %0.059 %
Number of daily rates quoted11812
Average daily rate£300£353£355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.89 %-0.77 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£339£171
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£561£595
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£350£339
% change year-on-year
-21.42 %+3.32 %
Number of hourly rates quoted012
Average hourly rate-£24.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--31.42 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£24.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
--31.42 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		547785688250613
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK92.55 %92.70 %91.92 %
Number of daily rates quoted302013092924313
Average daily rate£400£425£410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88 %+3.65 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£240£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted259529252766
Average hourly rate£18.75£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25 %+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£10.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+11.11 %

IT Manager
Demand Trend

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

IT Manager Demand Trend

IT Manager
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.

IT Manager Daily Rate Trend

IT Manager
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 16 May 2012.

IT Manager Daily Rate Histogram

IT Manager
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.

IT Manager Hourly Rate Trend

IT Manager
Top 29 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 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+1320£325-8.45 %
LondonUp+245£500+20.48 %
South EastUp+34--
West MidlandsDown-114£350-
ScotlandUp+13£275-
East of EnglandDown-33£575+76.92 %
BirminghamNew entry-3£350-
East MidlandsDown-22£220-
GlasgowNew entry-2£275-
LeicesterNew entry-2£220-
LeicestershireNew entry-2£220-
MidlandsUp+61--
West LothianNo change01--
North WestDown-41£175-50.00 %
StaffordshireNew entry-1£200-
SurreyNew entry-1--
BedfordNew entry-1£575-
GuildfordNew entry-1--
BrightonNew entry-1--
CambridgeNew entry-1--
ManchesterNew entry-1£175-
Stoke-on-TrentNew entry-1£200-
SwanleyNew entry-1--
BedfordshireNew entry-1£575-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1--
CambridgeshireNew entry-1--
East SussexNew entry-1--
HertfordshireNew entry-1--
KentNew entry-1--

IT Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

115 (26.79 %)Windows
214 (25.00 %)Microsoft
312 (21.43 %)Finance
411 (19.64 %)Project Management
411 (19.64 %)WAN
510 (17.86 %)MS Exchange
510 (17.86 %)VMware
69 (16.07 %)ITIL
77 (12.50 %)Active Directory
77 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2008
86 (10.71 %)Windows 7
86 (10.71 %)Exchange Server 2010
86 (10.71 %)Exchange Server 2007
86 (10.71 %)ERP
86 (10.71 %)SQL
86 (10.71 %)SQL Server
86 (10.71 %)Windows Server 2003
95 (8.929 %)Disaster Recovery
95 (8.929 %)Firewall
95 (8.929 %)SAP
95 (8.929 %)PRINCE2
95 (8.929 %)MCSE
95 (8.929 %)Microsoft Certification
95 (8.929 %)LAN
95 (8.929 %)SLA
95 (8.929 %)Cisco
104 (7.143 %)Windows XP
104 (7.143 %)MS Excel
104 (7.143 %)CRM
104 (7.143 %)MS Office

IT Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (1.786 %)Web Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
110 (17.86 %)MS Exchange
26 (10.71 %)Exchange Server 2010
26 (10.71 %)Exchange Server 2007
32 (3.571 %)Apache
32 (3.571 %)CMS
32 (3.571 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
32 (3.571 %)Sitecore CMS
41 (1.786 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (1.786 %)Office Project Server
41 (1.786 %)SharePoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (7.143 %)MS Excel
14 (7.143 %)MS Office
23 (5.357 %)MS Project
31 (1.786 %)Google Apps
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (7.143 %)Dynamics NAV
14 (7.143 %)Sage 200
23 (5.357 %)Sage 1000
31 (1.786 %)Epicor Vantage
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (19.64 %)WAN
25 (8.929 %)Firewall
25 (8.929 %)LAN
33 (5.357 %)Intranet
33 (5.357 %)Wireless
42 (3.571 %)TCP/IP
51 (1.786 %)Network Security
51 (1.786 %)SAN
51 (1.786 %)Internet
51 (1.786 %)DNS
51 (1.786 %)DHCP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (10.71 %)SQL Server
21 (1.786 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (21.43 %)Finance
23 (5.357 %)Telecoms
32 (3.571 %)Law
32 (3.571 %)Retail
41 (1.786 %)Banking
41 (1.786 %)Legal
41 (1.786 %)Advertising
41 (1.786 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (5.357 %)FMCG
22 (3.571 %)Management Information System
22 (3.571 %)Blackberry
31 (1.786 %)Social Media
31 (1.786 %)Hedge funds
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
115 (26.79 %)Windows
27 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2008
36 (10.71 %)Windows 7
36 (10.71 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (7.143 %)Windows XP
52 (3.571 %)Windows Vista
61 (1.786 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (1.786 %)UNIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (19.64 %)Project Management
29 (16.07 %)ITIL
36 (10.71 %)ERP
45 (8.929 %)Disaster Recovery
45 (8.929 %)PRINCE2
54 (7.143 %)CRM
54 (7.143 %)Service Delivery
54 (7.143 %)Asset Management
63 (5.357 %)Information Management
63 (5.357 %)Quality Management
72 (3.571 %)Service Management
72 (3.571 %)Content Management
72 (3.571 %)Business Analysis
72 (3.571 %)Performance Management
72 (3.571 %)Data Protection
72 (3.571 %)Capacity Management
72 (3.571 %)Capacity Planning
81 (1.786 %)Data Management
81 (1.786 %)Supplier Management
81 (1.786 %)Knowledge Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (10.71 %)SQL
22 (3.571 %)PHP
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (8.929 %)MCSE
15 (8.929 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (7.143 %)Degree
33 (5.357 %)MCITP
33 (5.357 %)PMP
33 (5.357 %)PMI Certification
33 (5.357 %)Cisco Certification
33 (5.357 %)CCNA
42 (3.571 %)ITIL Certification
51 (1.786 %)MCTS
51 (1.786 %)MCSA
51 (1.786 %)A+ Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (8.929 %)SLA
21 (1.786 %)COBIT
21 (1.786 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (12.50 %)Active Directory
23 (5.357 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (5.357 %)VMware ESX
31 (1.786 %)vSphere
31 (1.786 %)Hyper-V
31 (1.786 %)NDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (3.571 %)Backup Exec
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
114 (25.00 %)Microsoft
210 (17.86 %)VMware
35 (8.929 %)SAP
35 (8.929 %)Cisco
44 (7.143 %)Sage
53 (5.357 %)Oracle
53 (5.357 %)Citrix
62 (3.571 %)Novell
62 (3.571 %)Symantec
62 (3.571 %)Sitecore
71 (1.786 %)Mitel
71 (1.786 %)Google
71 (1.786 %)WatchGuard
71 (1.786 %)Epicor
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