The first table below looks at the demand for the Managed Services 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 Managed Services Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Managed Services Manager
Rank 525 583 -
Rank change year-on-year
+58 -
Contract jobs requiring a Managed Services Manager 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.002% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.002% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £450 £600 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
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
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
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 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
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 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Managed Services Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Managed Services Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Managed Services Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Managed Services Manager Daily Rate Trend

Managed Services Manager
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Managed Services Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +49 4 £450 -25.00%
London +41 4 £450 -25.00%
City of London +15 1 £450 -25.00%

Managed Services Manager
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Managed Services 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 Managed Services Manager in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco UCCE
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco UCCX
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (20.00%) MS Project
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL

Managed Services Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Managed Services 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 Managed Services Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project
General
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco UCCE
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco