The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Manager
Rank 271 295 249
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -46
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 308 329 441
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.640% 0.567% 0.708%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.695% 0.613% 0.766%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 200 257
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £315 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £625 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 17 4
Average hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -17.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.70 £22.95 £25.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.89 £45.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £28.96 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+8.78% -13.56%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44347 53663 57608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.47% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 25564 29628 31510
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 2099 2560 2964
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 £11.19 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%

Technical Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Technical Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Technical Manager Daily Rate Trend

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Technical Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Technical Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Technical Manager Hourly Rate Histogram

Technical 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 Technical Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +12 290 £425 - 88
London -1 156 £460 - 30
South East +32 61 £425 +16.83% 23
City of London +15 56 £475 +2.70% 6
Berkshire +31 30 £425 +25.92% 8
North West +25 18 £343 -8.66% 4
South West +33 17 £387 +9.78% 5
East Midlands +7 14 £488 +50.00% 3
Scotland -19 12 £338 -25.00% 4
Hampshire -1 11 £506 +33.22% 3
East of England +10 10 £413 +30.95% 8
West Midlands +11 9 £381 +1.66% 3
Oxfordshire +5 7 £400 -5.88% 4
Slough - 7 £463 - 2
Reading +13 6 £450 - 4
Manchester +9 6 £353 +60.45% 1
Glasgow -17 6 £338 -12.90% 1
Surrey +13 4 £338 -22.85% 7
Cheshire 0 4 £345 -8.00% 2
Essex 0 4 - -
Leicestershire - 4 £475 - 2
Basingstoke - 4 £550 -
Hertfordshire +20 3 £425 +9.67% 5
Milton Keynes +7 3 £325 +6.55% 1
Yorkshire -1 3 £375 +25.00% 8
Buckinghamshire -2 3 £325 +6.55% 1
Edinburgh -5 3 £438 -10.25% 1
Banbury - 3 £400 - 2
Bromley - 3 £450 -
Coventry - 3 £325 -

Technical Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Technical 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 Technical Manager in their job title.

1 254 (39.75%) Project Management
2 145 (22.69%) PRINCE2
3 139 (21.75%) Finance
4 102 (15.96%) Migration
5 94 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 78 (12.21%) Windows
7 77 (12.05%) Banking
8 69 (10.80%) WAN
9 67 (10.49%) SQL
10 63 (9.859%) Microsoft
11 58 (9.077%) LAN
12 53 (8.294%) Agile Software Development
13 52 (8.138%) Oracle
13 52 (8.138%) Change Management
14 48 (7.512%) ITIL
15 46 (7.199%) Java
16 44 (6.886%) Active Directory
17 42 (6.573%) SAP
17 42 (6.573%) Telecoms
17 42 (6.573%) Degree
18 41 (6.416%) Scrum
19 40 (6.260%) .NET
20 39 (6.103%) Security Cleared
21 38 (5.947%) Citrix
22 36 (5.634%) Cisco
23 35 (5.477%) Service Delivery
24 34 (5.321%) Service Management
24 34 (5.321%) MS Excel
24 34 (5.321%) VMware
25 33 (5.164%) MS Office

Technical Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Technical 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 Technical Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (6.260%) .NET
2 20 (3.130%) WebSphere
3 19 (2.973%) Middleware
4 16 (2.504%) J2EE
5 9 (1.408%) WebSphere MQ
6 8 (1.252%) ASP.NET
7 6 (0.939%) Spring
7 6 (0.939%) HTML
7 6 (0.939%) CSS
7 6 (0.939%) Web Services
8 5 (0.782%) XML
8 5 (0.782%) Struts
8 5 (0.782%) Hibernate
9 2 (0.313%) Django
9 2 (0.313%) Apache Flex
9 2 (0.313%) Adobe AIR
9 2 (0.313%) Mason
9 2 (0.313%) ASP
9 2 (0.313%) COM+
9 2 (0.313%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 32 (5.008%) MS Exchange
2 22 (3.443%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.347%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (1.565%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (1.095%) CMS
5 7 (1.095%) SAS
5 7 (1.095%) IIS
6 4 (0.626%) Lync
6 4 (0.626%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (0.626%) Apache
7 2 (0.313%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 2 (0.313%) WordPress
7 2 (0.313%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.313%) Documentum
7 2 (0.313%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.156%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.156%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.156%) FileNet
8 1 (0.156%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.156%) Tomcat
Applications
1 34 (5.321%) MS Excel
2 33 (5.164%) MS Office
3 24 (3.756%) MS Visio
4 19 (2.973%) MS Project
5 10 (1.565%) MS PowerPoint
6 6 (0.939%) Office 365
7 2 (0.313%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.408%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 7 (1.095%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.626%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.626%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.469%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.313%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.313%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.313%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.313%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.156%) Tridion
6 1 (0.156%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.156%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.156%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.156%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.156%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.156%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.156%) AWD
6 1 (0.156%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 69 (10.80%) WAN
2 58 (9.077%) LAN
3 25 (3.912%) Firewall
4 21 (3.286%) TCP/IP
5 18 (2.817%) SAN
6 12 (1.878%) Wireless
7 10 (1.565%) VoIP
7 10 (1.565%) MPLS
8 7 (1.095%) Internet
8 7 (1.095%) HTTP
8 7 (1.095%) VPN
8 7 (1.095%) ADSL
9 6 (0.939%) LTE
9 6 (0.939%) IP Telephony
9 6 (0.939%) LDAP
9 6 (0.939%) WLAN
9 6 (0.939%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.782%) 802.11
10 5 (0.782%) Broadband
10 5 (0.782%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.008%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.443%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.878%) SAP BW
4 11 (1.721%) RDBMS
4 11 (1.721%) Big Data
5 7 (1.095%) SAP HANA
6 5 (0.782%) DataStage
6 5 (0.782%) Oracle 11g
7 4 (0.626%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (0.626%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (0.626%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (0.469%) GIS
8 3 (0.469%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.469%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.313%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.313%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.313%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.313%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.313%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.313%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 10 (1.565%) JIRA
2 3 (0.469%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.156%) AdminStudio
3 1 (0.156%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (0.156%) Selenium
3 1 (0.156%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.156%) GitHub
General
1 139 (21.75%) Finance
2 77 (12.05%) Banking
3 42 (6.573%) Telecoms
4 29 (4.538%) Retail
5 19 (2.973%) Investment Banking
6 13 (2.034%) Games
7 8 (1.252%) Retail Banking
7 8 (1.252%) Publishing
8 7 (1.095%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (1.095%) Electronics
8 7 (1.095%) Front Office
8 7 (1.095%) Financial Institution
9 6 (0.939%) Multimedia
9 6 (0.939%) Back Office
10 5 (0.782%) Manufacturing
10 5 (0.782%) Marketing
11 4 (0.626%) Spanish Language
11 4 (0.626%) Billing
11 4 (0.626%) Law
11 4 (0.626%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 11 (1.721%) Digital Media
2 10 (1.565%) PMI
2 10 (1.565%) NHS
3 9 (1.408%) Mainframe
3 9 (1.408%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (1.408%) Management Information System
3 9 (1.408%) Market Risk
4 8 (1.252%) Enterprise Storage
5 7 (1.095%) Mobile App
6 6 (0.939%) SaaS
6 6 (0.939%) AS400
7 5 (0.782%) Data Integration
7 5 (0.782%) PKI
7 5 (0.782%) New Media
8 4 (0.626%) iSeries
8 4 (0.626%) SWIFT
8 4 (0.626%) Derivative
8 4 (0.626%) Equities
9 3 (0.469%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.469%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 78 (12.21%) Windows
2 25 (3.912%) Linux
3 24 (3.756%) UNIX
4 20 (3.130%) Windows Server 2008
4 20 (3.130%) Windows 7
5 13 (2.034%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.721%) Android
7 7 (1.095%) Solaris
8 5 (0.782%) Windows XP
8 5 (0.782%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.626%) Windows 8
9 4 (0.626%) AIX
10 3 (0.469%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.469%) OpenVMS
10 3 (0.469%) Windows Phone
11 2 (0.313%) Windows Phone 7
12 1 (0.156%) Windows NT
12 1 (0.156%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.156%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.156%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (39.75%) Project Management
2 145 (22.69%) PRINCE2
3 102 (15.96%) Migration
4 94 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (8.294%) Agile Software Development
6 52 (8.138%) Change Management
7 48 (7.512%) ITIL
8 41 (6.416%) Scrum
9 35 (5.477%) Service Delivery
10 34 (5.321%) Service Management
11 33 (5.164%) E-Commerce
12 32 (5.008%) Waterfall
13 26 (4.069%) Project Planning
14 22 (3.443%) Change Control
15 21 (3.286%) Risk Management
16 20 (3.130%) CRM
17 19 (2.973%) Technical Architecture
17 19 (2.973%) Business Analysis
18 17 (2.660%) Data Migration
19 16 (2.504%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (10.49%) SQL
2 46 (7.199%) Java
3 19 (2.973%) C#
4 9 (1.408%) PHP
5 7 (1.095%) C++
5 7 (1.095%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.782%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.782%) RPG
7 4 (0.626%) ABAP
8 3 (0.469%) C
8 3 (0.469%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.313%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.313%) Python
10 1 (0.156%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.156%) Perl
10 1 (0.156%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.156%) XPath
Qualifications
1 42 (6.573%) Degree
2 39 (6.103%) Security Cleared
3 29 (4.538%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 27 (4.225%) SC Cleared
5 21 (3.286%) PMI Certification
6 17 (2.660%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 12 (1.878%) PMP
8 9 (1.408%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.252%) CCNA
10 7 (1.095%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.939%) ISEB
12 5 (0.782%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.782%) CCIE
12 5 (0.782%) CCNP
12 5 (0.782%) MCSE
13 4 (0.626%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.469%) MBA
15 2 (0.313%) APMP
15 2 (0.313%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.313%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.817%) QA
2 10 (1.565%) SLA
3 2 (0.313%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.156%) ISO 9002
4 1 (0.156%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 44 (6.886%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.973%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.504%) XenApp
4 13 (2.034%) XenDesktop
5 12 (1.878%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.565%) vSphere
7 8 (1.252%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.782%) NFS
8 5 (0.782%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.313%) Xen
9 2 (0.313%) VMware ESX
9 2 (0.313%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.156%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.156%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.156%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 7 (1.095%) SCOM
2 5 (0.782%) Backup Exec
3 4 (0.626%) SCCM
4 2 (0.313%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.313%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (0.313%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.313%) WSUS
5 1 (0.156%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.156%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 63 (9.859%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.138%) Oracle
3 42 (6.573%) SAP
4 38 (5.947%) Citrix
5 36 (5.634%) Cisco
6 34 (5.321%) VMware
7 14 (2.191%) NetApp
8 11 (1.721%) IBM
9 10 (1.565%) Teradata
10 9 (1.408%) Salesforce.com
11 7 (1.095%) TIBCO
12 6 (0.939%) HP
12 6 (0.939%) Informatica
13 5 (0.782%) Juniper
13 5 (0.782%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.782%) Adobe
13 5 (0.782%) AccuRev
14 4 (0.626%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.626%) Riverbed
14 4 (0.626%) Avaya
London
Technical Project Manager - Digital Agency - London - Web/PHP/JAVA - Agency background. A large digital agency based in the city are looking for a technical PM. Candidates must have...
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Scottish Borders, Scotland
Contract Technical PM (Desktop Refresh Project, Windows 7), 6 months, ScotlandHarvey Nash's client currently seeks a Technical Project Manager that ideally has previously managed a Desktop refresh...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Rate: market rate
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
Must have previous experience of implementing new software packages and delivering infrastructure change as part of a significant strategic initiative implementing a new target operating model. The candidate...
Fusion Experience
Rate: Unspecified
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
The post holder is responsible for delivering the work packages defined in the Service Delivery Project Plan... Quality assurance and overall integrity of the programme - focusing inwardly on...
Experis IT
Posted: 14 June 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
The key accountabilities of this position will include: *Budget and resource management *Risk management and issue resolution *Management of change requests *Delivery of work on time, to budget...
Reed Technology
Rate: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
LA International
Rate: £345 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Sand Resources
Rate: £280 - £340 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Creation Recruitment
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
Banbury, South East
People Source Consulting
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Banbury, Oxfordshire
People Source Consulting
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £400 - £435 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Teesside
Gem Partnership
Rate: From £250 to £500 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
West Yorkshire
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Middlesbrough, Cleveland
MINT Recruitment
Rate: Highly Negotiable
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
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