The first table below looks at the demand for the Knowledge 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 Knowledge 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
Knowledge Manager
Rank 524 572 576
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Knowledge Manager 6 6 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.013% 0.010% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.011% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 3
Average daily rate £425 £313 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.00% -19.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £313 £390
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -19.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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%

Knowledge Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knowledge Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Knowledge Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Knowledge Manager Daily Rate Trend

Knowledge Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Knowledge Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Knowledge Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Knowledge Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Knowledge Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Knowledge 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 +48 6 £425 +36.00%
London +23 5 £425 +13.33%
City of London +14 3 £425 -
South East +24 1 £400 -
Middlesex - 1 £400 -

Knowledge Manager
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (50.00%) SAP
2 3 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 2 (33.33%) Content Management
3 2 (33.33%) CMDB
3 2 (33.33%) Investment Management
3 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (33.33%) Hedge funds
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 2 (33.33%) XML
3 2 (33.33%) XSL
3 2 (33.33%) C#
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 2 (33.33%) Remedy
3 2 (33.33%) Back Office
3 2 (33.33%) MVC
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (16.67%) QA
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint

Knowledge Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) XML
1 2 (33.33%) XSL
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 2 (33.33%) Financial Institution
1 2 (33.33%) Back Office
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) CMDB
1 2 (33.33%) Hedge funds
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (33.33%) Investment Management
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (33.33%) Content Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) Remedy
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft