Resource Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Resource 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 Resource Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bristol Buckinghamshire City of London Dorking East Midlands East of England England Hammersmith Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Somerset South East South West Surrey Taunton UK Watford West Midlands Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	533	624
Rank change on same period last year	+91
Matching contract IT job ads	38	48
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.053 %	0.048 %
As % of the category below	0.060 %	0.053 %
Daily rates quoted	19	12
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£320
Average daily rate	£352	£344
% change on same period last year	+2.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£344
% change on same period last year	-2.65 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.00	£17.00
Average hourly rate	£22.67	£19.50
% change on same period last year	+16.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.33	£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.67	£19.50
% change on same period last year	+16.23 %
Job Titles UK
Matching contract IT job ads	63500	91029
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	88.71 %	91.46 %
Daily rates quoted	20586	27389
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£388
Average daily rate	£398	£413
% change on same period last year	-3.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£424	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£353
% change on same period last year	+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	5664	7945
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.67	£23.82
Average hourly rate	£24.20	£25.38
% change on same period last year	-4.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.74	£26.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.74	£25.24
% change on same period last year	-5.93 %

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 Resource 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 Resource 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 Resource Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 6 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 Resource 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 Resource Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 6 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 Resource Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 6 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	+82	38	£352	+2.46 %
London	+68	10	£382	-
South East	+41	7	£124	-64.57 %
City of London	-4	7	£338	-
South West	+21	5	-	-
East of England	+15	5	£442	+17.77 %
Hertfordshire	-	5	£442	-
Buckinghamshire	+21	4	-	-
Milton Keynes	+7	4	-	-
Manchester	-	3	£475	-
West Midlands	+17	3	£300	-
Midlands	-	3	£342	-
North West	+17	3	£475	-
East Midlands	-	2	£320	-
Bristol	+5	2	-	-
Somerset	-	2	-	-
Taunton	-	2	-	-
Dorking	-	1	£113	-
North Yorkshire	-	1	-	-
Northamptonshire	-	1	£400	-
Hemel Hempstead	-	1	-	-
Watford	-	1	-	-
York	-	1	-	-
Herefordshire	-	1	-	-
Surrey	-	1	£113	-
Wiltshire	-4	1	-	-
Middlesex	-	1	-	-
Oxfordshire	-	1	£135	-
Hammersmith	-	1	£400	-
Yorkshire	+14	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 29 (39.73 %) Resource Management 2 26 (35.62 %) Project Management 3 22 (30.14 %) Finance 4 10 (13.70 %) Oracle 4 10 (13.70 %) PRINCE2 5 8 (10.96 %) ERP 6 6 (8.219 %) Windows 6 6 (8.219 %) NHS 6 6 (8.219 %) Matrix Management 7 5 (6.849 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 5 (6.849 %) Security Cleared 7 5 (6.849 %) Mainframe 7 5 (6.849 %) Linux 7 5 (6.849 %) UNIX 7 5 (6.849 %) SAP

7 5 (6.849 %) Business Development 8 4 (5.479 %) Government 8 4 (5.479 %) Health 8 4 (5.479 %) Oracle ERP 8 4 (5.479 %) Telecoms 8 4 (5.479 %) ITIL 8 4 (5.479 %) MS Project 8 4 (5.479 %) C 8 4 (5.479 %) SC Cleared 8 4 (5.479 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 9 3 (4.110 %) Service Management 9 3 (4.110 %) Oracle EBS 9 3 (4.110 %) MS Excel 9 3 (4.110 %) MS Visio 9 3 (4.110 %) Microsoft

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications 1 4 (5.479 %) MS Project 2 3 (4.110 %) MS Excel 2 3 (4.110 %) MS Visio 3 2 (2.740 %) Photoshop 4 1 (1.370 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 4 (5.479 %) Oracle ERP 2 3 (4.110 %) Oracle EBS 3 1 (1.370 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.370 %) IP Telephony 1 1 (1.370 %) Cisco IPT	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.370 %) Oracle 8/8i
General 1 22 (30.14 %) Finance 2 4 (5.479 %) Government 2 4 (5.479 %) Health 2 4 (5.479 %) Telecoms 3 2 (2.740 %) Financial Institution 4 1 (1.370 %) Retail	Miscellaneous 1 6 (8.219 %) NHS 2 5 (6.849 %) Mainframe 3 3 (4.110 %) Interactive TV 4 2 (2.740 %) Data Integration 4 2 (2.740 %) NPfIT 5 1 (1.370 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 6 (8.219 %) Windows 2 5 (6.849 %) Linux 2 5 (6.849 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 29 (39.73 %) Resource Management 2 26 (35.62 %) Project Management 3 10 (13.70 %) PRINCE2 4 8 (10.96 %) ERP 5 6 (8.219 %) Matrix Management 6 5 (6.849 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 5 (6.849 %) Business Development 6 5 (6.849 %) Security Cleared 7 4 (5.479 %) SC Cleared 7 4 (5.479 %) ITIL 8 3 (4.110 %) Stakeholder Management 8 3 (4.110 %) Programme Management 8 3 (4.110 %) Service Management 9 2 (2.740 %) Change Management 10 1 (1.370 %) Practice Management 10 1 (1.370 %) Migration 10 1 (1.370 %) Service Delivery 10 1 (1.370 %) Six Sigma 10 1 (1.370 %) Configuration Management 10 1 (1.370 %) Asset Management
Programming Languages 1 4 (5.479 %) C	Qualifications 1 4 (5.479 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 1 (1.370 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 1 (1.370 %) ITIL Certification 2 1 (1.370 %) Degree
Vendors 1 10 (13.70 %) Oracle 2 5 (6.849 %) SAP 3 3 (4.110 %) Microsoft 4 2 (2.740 %) IBM 5 1 (1.370 %) Amdocs 5 1 (1.370 %) Fujitsu 5 1 (1.370 %) Cisco