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The table below looks at the demand for the Service Manager role in IT contracts within the Wales region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Service Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Services Manager
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6157
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.263 %0.786 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£300£300
Average daily rate£350£425
% change on same period last year-17.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£407£372
% change on same period last year+9.31 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.27£33.94
% change on same period last year-19.64 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Wales
Matching contract IT job ads761763
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.071 %0.771 %
Daily rates quoted233166
Average minimum daily rate£332£367
Average daily rate£351£403
% change on same period last year-13.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted13792
Average minimum hourly rate£26.43£20.60
Average hourly rate£28.26£22.29
% change on same period last year+26.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.09£23.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Service Manager UKService Manager
UK

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.

Service Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Service Manager across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Wales Service Manager Demand Trend

Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Service Manager across the Wales region.

Wales Service Manager Daily Rate Trend

Service Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Service Manager across the Wales region.

Wales Service Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Service Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the Wales region over the 3 months to 10 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.

LocationRank 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
South WalesDown-71£350-
West WalesDown-51--
Service Manager UKService Manager
UK

Service Manager
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited Service 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 Service Manager in their job title.

16 (60.00 %)ITIL
16 (60.00 %)Service Delivery
23 (30.00 %)SLA
23 (30.00 %)Government
23 (30.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
32 (20.00 %)Project Management
41 (10.00 %)Matrix Management
41 (10.00 %)Change Management
41 (10.00 %)ITSM
41 (10.00 %)Finance
41 (10.00 %)Service Management
41 (10.00 %)Broadband
41 (10.00 %)Cisco
41 (10.00 %)NHS
41 (10.00 %)MPLS
41 (10.00 %)Stakeholder Management

Service Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited Service 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 Service Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)Broadband
11 (10.00 %)MPLS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Government
21 (10.00 %)Finance
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)NHS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (60.00 %)Service Delivery
16 (60.00 %)ITIL
23 (30.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
32 (20.00 %)Project Management
41 (10.00 %)Service Management
41 (10.00 %)Change Management
41 (10.00 %)ITSM
41 (10.00 %)Stakeholder Management
41 (10.00 %)Matrix Management
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (30.00 %)SLA
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)Cisco