The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. 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 18 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 advertised for the West Yorkshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Manager
Rank 93 86 70
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 2 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.144% 0.528% 0.341%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.153% 0.556% 0.364%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £375 £300 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -25.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £28.96 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+8.78% -9.51%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1308 1618 1099
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.44% 95.01% 93.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 676 908 528
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £181 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 68 85
Average hourly rate £12.75 £15.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.30 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.15 £34.25 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Manager
Yorkshire

Technical Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Technical Manager Daily Rate Trend

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Technical Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Manager
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
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Job
Vacancies
Leeds -4 2 £375 +25.00% 1
Wakefield - - - -
Bradford - - - -
Halifax - - - -
Keighley - - - -
Technical Manager
Yorkshire

Technical Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Oracle
2 5 (62.50%) PRINCE2
3 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (50.00%) SQL
3 4 (50.00%) .NET
3 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
4 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
4 3 (37.50%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Retail
5 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
6 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (12.50%) CRM
6 1 (12.50%) UNIX
6 1 (12.50%) Windows
6 1 (12.50%) Linux
6 1 (12.50%) C#
6 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
6 1 (12.50%) ITIL
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
6 1 (12.50%) MS Office
6 1 (12.50%) PRINCE
6 1 (12.50%) Internet
6 1 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (12.50%) ITIL V3
6 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management

Technical Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 (50.00%) .NET
1 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) UNIX
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE
4 1 (12.50%) CRM
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
2 1 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
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