The first table below looks at the demand for the Contracts Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Contracts Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 advertised for the West Midlands region.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Contract Manager
Rank 95 109 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Contract jobs requiring a Contracts Manager 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.239% 0.044% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.258% 0.047% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year
-58.82% -
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1548 2117 1704
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.31% 92.65% 92.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 702 962 776
Average daily rate £325 £325 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £218 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £457 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 165 145
Average hourly rate £19.50 £15.56 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.32% -14.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Contracts Manager
England

Contracts Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Contracts Manager across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Contracts Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Contracts Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Contracts Manager across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Contracts Manager Daily Rate Trend

Contracts Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Contracts Manager across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Contracts Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Contracts Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Contracts Manager within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Warwickshire - 1 £420 -
Contracts Manager
England

Contracts Manager
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Contracts 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 Contracts Manager in their job title.

1 2 (28.57%) NHS
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) SAP FI
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
2 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement

Contracts Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Contracts 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 Contracts Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
2 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP