Wales Technical Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Technical 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 job ads that have cited Technical Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Barnsley Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Denbighshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Fife Glasgow Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Jersey Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rhyl Rickmansworth Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Solihull South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stirling Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wetherby Wiltshire Windsor York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	58	56
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	7	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.829 %	0.414 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£350	-
Average daily rate	£388	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£425	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£436	£418
% change on same period last year	+4.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.00	£41.63
% change on same period last year	-20.72 %
Job Titles Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	844	725
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.113 %	0.769 %
Daily rates quoted	229	172
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£349
Average daily rate	£392	£376
% change on same period last year	+4.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£425	£404
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	122	64
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.51	£21.50
Average hourly rate	£25.60	£22.38
% change on same period last year	+14.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.69	£23.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
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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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Manager across the Wales region 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 Technical Manager across the Wales region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Technical Manager within the Wales region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
South Wales	-3	5	-	-
North Wales	-	2	£388	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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 7 (63.64 %) Project Management 2 5 (45.45 %) Java 2 5 (45.45 %) PRINCE2 3 4 (36.36 %) .NET 3 4 (36.36 %) ColdFusion 4 3 (27.27 %) Intranet 4 3 (27.27 %) SharePoint 4 3 (27.27 %) Government 4 3 (27.27 %) Morello 5 2 (18.18 %) Content Management 5 2 (18.18 %) CMS 5 2 (18.18 %) Knowledge Management 5 2 (18.18 %) Finance 5 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 1 (9.091 %) VERITAS

6 1 (9.091 %) NHS 6 1 (9.091 %) Thin Client 6 1 (9.091 %) Citrix 6 1 (9.091 %) SQL 6 1 (9.091 %) ABAP 6 1 (9.091 %) Service Management 6 1 (9.091 %) Internet 6 1 (9.091 %) WebLogic Portal 6 1 (9.091 %) MS Exchange 6 1 (9.091 %) SOA 6 1 (9.091 %) Eclipse 6 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft 6 1 (9.091 %) Unix 6 1 (9.091 %) UML 6 1 (9.091 %) OOA/OOD

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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 4 (36.36 %) .NET 2 1 (9.091 %) J2EE 2 1 (9.091 %) EJB 2 1 (9.091 %) JDBC 2 1 (9.091 %) SOAP 2 1 (9.091 %) WebServices 2 1 (9.091 %) XML 2 1 (9.091 %) SAP XI 2 1 (9.091 %) SAP ALE 2 1 (9.091 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 4 (36.36 %) ColdFusion 2 3 (27.27 %) Morello 2 3 (27.27 %) SharePoint 3 2 (18.18 %) CMS 4 1 (9.091 %) WebLogic Portal 4 1 (9.091 %) MS Exchange 4 1 (9.091 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 1 (9.091 %) WebLogic 4 1 (9.091 %) JBoss
Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 3 (27.27 %) Intranet 2 1 (9.091 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (9.091 %) Oracle 8/8i	Development Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) Ant 1 1 (9.091 %) Eclipse
General 1 3 (27.27 %) Government 2 2 (18.18 %) Finance 3 1 (9.091 %) Auditing	Miscellaneous 1 1 (9.091 %) NHS 1 1 (9.091 %) Thin Client 1 1 (9.091 %) Fat Client
Operating Systems 1 1 (9.091 %) Unix	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (63.64 %) Project Management 2 5 (45.45 %) PRINCE2 3 2 (18.18 %) Content Management 3 2 (18.18 %) Knowledge Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Project Planning 4 1 (9.091 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 1 (9.091 %) Stress Testing 4 1 (9.091 %) Test Management 4 1 (9.091 %) CTC Cleared 4 1 (9.091 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (9.091 %) ITIL 4 1 (9.091 %) Information Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Service Management 4 1 (9.091 %) UML 4 1 (9.091 %) OOA/OOD 4 1 (9.091 %) SOA
Programming Languages 1 5 (45.45 %) Java 2 1 (9.091 %) SQL 2 1 (9.091 %) ABAP	Qualifications 1 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (9.091 %) QA	Vendors 1 1 (9.091 %) Oracle 1 1 (9.091 %) SAP 1 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft 1 1 (9.091 %) Citrix 1 1 (9.091 %) VERITAS