West Midlands Contracts Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Contracts Manager role in IT contracts within the West Midlands 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 Contracts Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Channel Islands City of London County Antrim Crawley East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Jersey Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Pontypool Portsmouth Reading Redditch Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staines Suffolk Surrey Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walsall Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	111	124
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	11	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.015 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.371 %	0.127 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£450
Average daily rate	£321	£495
% change on same period last year	-35.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£342	£540
UK excluding London average daily rate	£408	£401
% change on same period last year	+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£45.00	-
Average hourly rate	£46.25	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£47.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£40.00	£35.50
% change on same period last year	+12.67 %
Job Titles West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	2961	3153
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.941 %	3.196 %
Daily rates quoted	722	681
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£328
Average daily rate	£346	£345
% change on same period last year	+0.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£352
% change on same period last year	+1.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	272	429
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.61	£22.58
Average hourly rate	£21.13	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-13.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.66	£26.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.50	£25.85
% change on same period last year	-9.09 %
Contracts Manager England

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 Contracts Manager across the West Midlands 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 Contracts Manager across the West Midlands region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Contracts Manager across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Contracts Manager across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section 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 24 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
Worcestershire	+6	7	-	-
Herefordshire	-	2	£294	-
Birmingham	+12	1	£375	-24.24 %
Walsall	-	1	-	-

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, 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 13 (59.09 %) Telecoms 2 6 (27.27 %) Legal 2 6 (27.27 %) MPLS 3 4 (18.18 %) DSL 3 4 (18.18 %) ISDN 3 4 (18.18 %) PSTN 3 4 (18.18 %) Supplier Management 4 2 (9.091 %) Degree 4 2 (9.091 %) WAN 4 2 (9.091 %) LAN 5 1 (4.545 %) Finance 5 1 (4.545 %) Health 5 1 (4.545 %) Validation

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, 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.

Communications & Networking 1 6 (27.27 %) MPLS 2 4 (18.18 %) DSL 2 4 (18.18 %) ISDN 2 4 (18.18 %) PSTN 3 2 (9.091 %) WAN 3 2 (9.091 %) LAN	General 1 13 (59.09 %) Telecoms 2 6 (27.27 %) Legal 3 1 (4.545 %) Finance 3 1 (4.545 %) Health
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (18.18 %) Supplier Management 2 1 (4.545 %) Validation	Qualifications 1 2 (9.091 %) Degree