The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior 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
Senior Manager
Rank 190 189 196
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 497 561 554
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 1.071% 0.962% 0.908%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.163% 1.040% 0.979%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 344 312
Average daily rate £516 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.25% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £373 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £700 £800
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £525
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
Average hourly rate £51.20 - £30.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.16 - £25.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £56.24 - £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.20 - £30.00
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%

Senior Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Manager Daily Rate Trend

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Senior Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Senior Manager Hourly Rate Histogram

Senior Manager
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 Senior 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 +14 459 £525 +5.00%
London +4 254 £550 -
South East +21 83 £525 +10.52%
City of London -11 68 £550 +4.76%
Berkshire +19 29 £375 -21.05%
Yorkshire -1 25 £495 +4.21%
North West +19 23 £433 -11.28%
Surrey +23 19 £531 +7.86%
West Yorkshire 0 19 £495 +4.76%
Scotland -23 19 £475 +8.57%
West Midlands +14 18 £523 +37.04%
South West +12 17 £475 +2.70%
East Midlands +2 17 £525 +23.52%
Edinburgh +10 16 £475 +2.98%
Leeds -10 12 £425 +6.25%
Manchester +12 10 £413 -21.42%
West Sussex +19 9 £456 -8.75%
Wiltshire +3 9 £463 +32.14%
East of England -2 9 £460 +2.22%
Birmingham +15 8 £525 +29.23%
Wales +12 8 £450 -
Hampshire -15 8 £525 +15.38%
North East - 8 £424 -
South Wales +3 7 £450 -
Slough -5 7 - -
Halifax +13 6 £500 -8.67%
Northamptonshire +9 6 £538 +19.44%
Bristol +7 6 £500 +5.26%
Docklands, London +6 6 £600 -
Buckinghamshire +5 6 £400 +9.96%

Senior Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 361 (39.85%) Finance
2 336 (37.09%) Project Management
3 238 (26.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 207 (22.85%) PRINCE2
5 185 (20.42%) Banking
6 94 (10.38%) Retail
7 87 (9.603%) Change Management
8 73 (8.057%) Migration
9 66 (7.285%) Telecoms
10 64 (7.064%) Risk Management
11 63 (6.954%) Investment Banking
12 61 (6.733%) ITIL
13 60 (6.623%) Programme Management
14 55 (6.071%) Microsoft
15 51 (5.629%) Degree
16 50 (5.519%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 50 (5.519%) PMI Certification
17 48 (5.298%) SAP
18 46 (5.077%) Agile Software Development
19 44 (4.857%) MS Project
19 44 (4.857%) Security Cleared
20 40 (4.415%) Oracle
20 40 (4.415%) MS Excel
20 40 (4.415%) PMP
20 40 (4.415%) Retail Banking
21 38 (4.194%) Project Planning
21 38 (4.194%) Windows
22 36 (3.974%) Marketing
23 35 (3.863%) Supplier Management
24 34 (3.753%) PRINCE2 Practitioner

Senior Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 18 (1.987%) .NET
2 8 (0.883%) Web Services
3 6 (0.662%) Middleware
4 4 (0.442%) J2EE
4 4 (0.442%) WCF
4 4 (0.442%) WPF
4 4 (0.442%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.331%) JRules
5 3 (0.331%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.221%) HTML5
6 2 (0.221%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.221%) COM
6 2 (0.221%) Application Packaging
7 1 (0.110%) Spring
7 1 (0.110%) Velocity
7 1 (0.110%) Spring MVC
7 1 (0.110%) Apache Flex
7 1 (0.110%) XML Schema
7 1 (0.110%) J2SE
7 1 (0.110%) XML
Application Platforms
1 13 (1.435%) SharePoint
1 13 (1.435%) CMS
2 8 (0.883%) Apache
2 8 (0.883%) MS Exchange
3 6 (0.662%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (0.552%) SAS
4 5 (0.552%) Lync
5 3 (0.331%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.221%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.110%) Drupal
7 1 (0.110%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.110%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.110%) FileNet
7 1 (0.110%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.110%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.110%) Windows Azure
7 1 (0.110%) Adobe CQ
7 1 (0.110%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 44 (4.857%) MS Project
2 40 (4.415%) MS Excel
3 18 (1.987%) MS Office
4 12 (1.325%) MS PowerPoint
5 11 (1.214%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.221%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.110%) Fireworks
7 1 (0.110%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.110%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (0.442%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (0.331%) Maximo
2 3 (0.331%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.221%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.221%) Hyperion Planning
3 2 (0.221%) SAP FI-GL
3 2 (0.221%) Google Analytics
3 2 (0.221%) SAP SD
3 2 (0.221%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.221%) Loan IQ
3 2 (0.221%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.221%) SAP CS
3 2 (0.221%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.110%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.110%) VisionPLUS
4 1 (0.110%) HFM
4 1 (0.110%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.110%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.110%) LatentZero
4 1 (0.110%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.656%) Internet
1 15 (1.656%) Broadband
2 12 (1.325%) SAN
3 11 (1.214%) 4G
4 10 (1.104%) LTE
4 10 (1.104%) IP Telephony
5 8 (0.883%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.883%) HTTP
6 7 (0.773%) Cisco IPT
6 7 (0.773%) WAN
7 6 (0.662%) Radio Access Network
7 6 (0.662%) Wireless
7 6 (0.662%) VoIP
8 5 (0.552%) 3G
9 4 (0.442%) Firewall
9 4 (0.442%) LLU
10 3 (0.331%) LAN
10 3 (0.331%) ATM
10 3 (0.331%) 2G
11 2 (0.221%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (1.987%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (1.214%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.662%) SAP BW
4 3 (0.331%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (0.331%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (0.331%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (0.331%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.221%) Big Data
5 2 (0.221%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.221%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.221%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.110%) UniData
6 1 (0.110%) QlikView
6 1 (0.110%) SAP BI
6 1 (0.110%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.110%) Essbase
6 1 (0.110%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.110%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.110%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 9 (0.993%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (0.773%) JIRA
3 5 (0.552%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (0.442%) ClearCase
4 4 (0.442%) LoadRunner
5 3 (0.331%) Maven
5 3 (0.331%) Subversion
5 3 (0.331%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.221%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.221%) Selenium
7 1 (0.110%) SilkPerformer
7 1 (0.110%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.110%) MSI
7 1 (0.110%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.110%) MSBuild
General
1 361 (39.85%) Finance
2 185 (20.42%) Banking
3 94 (10.38%) Retail
4 66 (7.285%) Telecoms
5 63 (6.954%) Investment Banking
6 40 (4.415%) Retail Banking
7 36 (3.974%) Marketing
8 23 (2.539%) Front Office
8 23 (2.539%) Back Office
9 13 (1.435%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.104%) Legal
11 8 (0.883%) Financial Institution
12 7 (0.773%) Publishing
13 6 (0.662%) Billing
14 5 (0.552%) Local Government
14 5 (0.552%) French Language
14 5 (0.552%) Law
14 5 (0.552%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.442%) Games
15 4 (0.442%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 19 (2.097%) PMI
2 18 (1.987%) Credit Risk
3 13 (1.435%) Derivative
4 12 (1.325%) NHS
5 10 (1.104%) Mobile App
5 10 (1.104%) Management Information System
6 9 (0.993%) Mainframe
7 7 (0.773%) Economics
7 7 (0.773%) FMCG
7 7 (0.773%) SaaS
8 6 (0.662%) Equities
9 5 (0.552%) Online Banking
9 5 (0.552%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.552%) SWIFT
9 5 (0.552%) Digital Media
10 4 (0.442%) Open Source
10 4 (0.442%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.442%) Blackberry
10 4 (0.442%) CMDB
11 3 (0.331%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.194%) Windows
2 13 (1.435%) Windows 7
3 10 (1.104%) Linux
4 8 (0.883%) UNIX
5 5 (0.552%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (0.442%) Windows XP
7 3 (0.331%) Solaris
8 1 (0.110%) zOS
8 1 (0.110%) VMS
8 1 (0.110%) AIX
8 1 (0.110%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.110%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (37.09%) Project Management
2 238 (26.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 207 (22.85%) PRINCE2
4 87 (9.603%) Change Management
5 73 (8.057%) Migration
6 64 (7.064%) Risk Management
7 61 (6.733%) ITIL
8 60 (6.623%) Programme Management
9 46 (5.077%) Agile Software Development
10 38 (4.194%) Project Planning
11 35 (3.863%) Supplier Management
12 33 (3.642%) E-Commerce
13 30 (3.311%) PRINCE
14 29 (3.201%) Business Intelligence
14 29 (3.201%) Service Delivery
15 28 (3.091%) Scrum
15 28 (3.091%) ERP
16 27 (2.980%) CRM
17 24 (2.649%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 24 (2.649%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 28 (3.091%) SQL
2 16 (1.766%) Java
3 12 (1.325%) C#
4 8 (0.883%) C
5 3 (0.331%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.331%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.331%) VBScript
6 2 (0.221%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.110%) VBA
7 1 (0.110%) C++
7 1 (0.110%) Perl
7 1 (0.110%) RPG
Qualifications
1 51 (5.629%) Degree
2 50 (5.519%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 50 (5.519%) PMI Certification
3 44 (4.857%) Security Cleared
4 40 (4.415%) PMP
5 34 (3.753%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 31 (3.422%) SC Cleared
7 13 (1.435%) ISEB
8 8 (0.883%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (0.883%) ISTQB
9 7 (0.773%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.662%) ACCA
11 4 (0.442%) BC Cleared
12 3 (0.331%) CISA
13 2 (0.221%) APMP
13 2 (0.221%) CIMA
13 2 (0.221%) QiCA
13 2 (0.221%) MBA
13 2 (0.221%) HNC
13 2 (0.221%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.649%) QA
2 15 (1.656%) Basel III
3 13 (1.435%) SLA
4 5 (0.552%) ISO 9001
4 5 (0.552%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.442%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.442%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.331%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.221%) FATCA
7 2 (0.221%) MiFID
8 1 (0.110%) GxP
8 1 (0.110%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.110%) GAMP
8 1 (0.110%) GMP
8 1 (0.110%) Basel II
8 1 (0.110%) GAAP
8 1 (0.110%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (0.552%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (0.552%) XenApp
2 4 (0.442%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.221%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.110%) NFS
4 1 (0.110%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.110%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.110%) XenServer
4 1 (0.110%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (1.876%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (0.773%) Cisco IPCC
3 2 (0.221%) SCCM
4 1 (0.110%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.110%) AppDNA
4 1 (0.110%) Splunk
4 1 (0.110%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 55 (6.071%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.298%) SAP
3 40 (4.415%) Oracle
4 16 (1.766%) Cisco
5 11 (1.214%) HP
6 8 (0.883%) Salesforce.com
6 8 (0.883%) VMware
7 7 (0.773%) Business Objects
7 7 (0.773%) Citrix
8 5 (0.552%) IBM
8 5 (0.552%) PeopleSoft
9 4 (0.442%) Toshiba
9 4 (0.442%) Apple
9 4 (0.442%) Hyperion
10 3 (0.331%) JD Edwards
10 3 (0.331%) Sybase
10 3 (0.331%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.221%) Twitter
11 2 (0.221%) Veeam
11 2 (0.221%) Polycom
Dartford, South East
An opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager to join a leading bank to work as part of a Complaints/ operations related project; they urgently require a PM...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, South West
You will undertake standard project management duties: Dress rehearsals - command and control the strategy and implement it Good exposure to systems including Access and End User Support Deliver...
Orgtel
Rate: £400 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
You will need to have the ability to link Business transformation targets with technology change; willingness to help generate thoughtful and creative solutions to business problems and work...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
You will need to have the ability to link Business transformation targets with technology change; willingness to help generate thoughtful and creative solutions to business problems and work...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Our Client is looking for a Senior Project Manager to oversee the implantation of a new investment platform. They are looking for someone with extensive experience of delivering...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, South West
One of my clients in a leading bank based in the South West of England is looking for a Senior Manager to join their Finance Business and Design...
Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Senior Project Manager. Our Banking client is offering an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Senior Project Manager- Oracle to join their Edinburgh based team for 6 months...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
The successful candidate will be working on a number of high profile regulatory projects related to Dodd Frank, EMIR, FATCA. Essential Skills:-Project/Programme/Portfolio Manager in investment...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £600 - £700 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Project Manager, Online, Payments, PRINCE 2... You should have a PRINCE 2 qualification and will have worked on complex projects across multiple workstreams ideally with budgets of £8m...
JM
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Surrey
The eCommerce team requires an experienced project manager with proven experience in project deliveries including design and user experience techniques... - Knowledge of Web Design and Technology understanding the...
Fidelity Worldwide Investment
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Essential Experience: - Recent in depth experience of XP Desktop Migration/Transformation/Replacement Projects - Significant experience in IT Project Management, with a strong Infrastructure background. (Mainframe, Unix, Windows, Telephony) -...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 21 May 2013
North West England
I am currently looking for a Senior Project Manager to help support the Head of Informatics... The following skills and experience are required for this job: -* Previous Senior...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
RDF Group are recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to start an exciting project that requires a start in mid-June... Previous experience of the management of PCI...
RDF Resources
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Essential: Recent in depth experience of XP Desktop Migration/Transformation/Replacement Projects Significant experience in IT Project Management, with a strong Infrastructure background. (Mainframe, Unix, Windows, Telephony) Commercial...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 23 May 2013
Surrey, South East
The role will involve CRM implementation, migration and enhancements and a good understanding of the functional modules of CRM is essential.Senior Project Manager Responsibilities:*Manage CRM based...
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Essential: Recent in depth experience of XP Desktop Migration/Transformation/Replacement Projects Significant experience in IT Project Management, with a strong Infrastructure background. (Mainframe, Unix, Windows, Telephony) Commercial...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
My client are looking for a Senior Microsoft Dynamics CRM Project Manager... The ideal candidate would of had previous experience working in a public sector organisation implementing Dynamics...
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £00 - £1 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
A top tier banking client urgently requires a Senior Manager to work in their London Office, on a 6 month rolling contract basis.
Orgtel
Rate: £750 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Skills: -Strong Portfolio/Programme Change Management experience -Ideally some financial services experience -Extensive global business change experience -Experience working on Enterprise Data, and or client data -Senior Stakeholder...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £800 - £1000 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Manage the transmission SLA's... Own the process workflow to manage ordering to delivery... Proficient in the use in Microsoft s software packages. Knowledge of radio principles (2G &...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Our client is looking for a Senior PMO Manager who has extensive experience of working within the Finance & Banking industry and who has proven and demonstrable experience of...
Amoria Bond
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
In addition to excellent leadership skills this role will require outstanding problem solving skills, attention to detail, strong analytical skills and the ability to think creatively about issue...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £700 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The role will involve; Responsible for the delivery of BAT for a portfolio of work estimated c. £25-35m across a multiple of sites. They will be responsible...
Sanderson
Rate: £450 - £470 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
My client is a leading telecommunications provider and is searching for an experienced propostion/product manager. The job purspose is to provide clear mobile strategy and a medium-...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
My client is a leading telecommunications provider and is searching for an experienced propostion/product manager The job purspose is to provide clear mobile strategy and a medium-...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013