Yorkshire Business Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Business Manager role in IT contracts within the Yorkshire 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 Business Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Manager
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Derby Derbyshire Devon Dorset East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Huddersfield Kent Kidlington Lancashire Lancaster Leeds London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Renfrewshire Rochdale Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester York Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	72	130
Rank change on same period last year	+58
Matching contract IT job ads	35	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.055 %	0.015 %
As % of the category below	1.446 %	0.387 %
Daily rates quoted	10	5
Average minimum daily rate	£416	£390
Average daily rate	£442	£390
% change on same period last year	+13.28 %
Average maximum daily rate	£467	£390
UK excluding London average daily rate	£434	£437
% change on same period last year	-0.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.73	-
Average hourly rate	£29.86	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.69	£14.00
% change on same period last year	+83.48 %
Job Titles Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	2420	3615
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.837 %	3.848 %
Daily rates quoted	539	839
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£324
Average daily rate	£357	£339
% change on same period last year	+5.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	277	339
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.71	£21.46
Average hourly rate	£21.03	£22.88
% change on same period last year	-8.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.35	£24.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %
Business 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 Business Manager across the Yorkshire 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 Business Manager across the Yorkshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Manager across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 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 Business Manager across the Yorkshire region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 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
West Yorkshire	+29	28	£426	+21.78 %
South Yorkshire	+24	2	£463	-
North Yorkshire	+13	1	-	-

Business Manager England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Business 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 Business Manager in their job title.

1 19 (38.78 %) NHS 2 13 (26.53 %) Project Management 2 13 (26.53 %) PRINCE2 3 12 (24.49 %) Finance 3 12 (24.49 %) Business Analysis 4 11 (22.45 %) UML 5 10 (20.41 %) Health 6 6 (12.24 %) Marketing 7 5 (10.20 %) Migration 7 5 (10.20 %) Government 8 4 (8.163 %) Retail 8 4 (8.163 %) Billing 8 4 (8.163 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 3 (6.122 %) Statistics 9 3 (6.122 %) Strategic Planning

9 3 (6.122 %) Project Planning 9 3 (6.122 %) MS Project 9 3 (6.122 %) Change Management 9 3 (6.122 %) Telecoms 9 3 (6.122 %) Stakeholder Management 10 2 (4.082 %) Management Information System 10 2 (4.082 %) SAP 10 2 (4.082 %) Business Objects 10 2 (4.082 %) MS Excel 10 2 (4.082 %) Windows 10 2 (4.082 %) MS Visio 10 2 (4.082 %) Microsoft 10 2 (4.082 %) HP 10 2 (4.082 %) BusinessObjects 10 2 (4.082 %) PRINCE2 Certification

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Business 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 Business Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 3 (6.122 %) MS Project 2 2 (4.082 %) MS Excel 2 2 (4.082 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 1 (2.041 %) Academy Housing 1 1 (2.041 %) arcHouse
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (4.082 %) BusinessObjects 2 1 (2.041 %) BusinessObjects XI 2 1 (2.041 %) Datawarehouse	General 1 12 (24.49 %) Finance 2 10 (20.41 %) Health 3 6 (12.24 %) Marketing 4 5 (10.20 %) Government 5 4 (8.163 %) Retail 5 4 (8.163 %) Billing 6 3 (6.122 %) Telecoms 7 1 (2.041 %) Chemicals 7 1 (2.041 %) Education 7 1 (2.041 %) Pensions 7 1 (2.041 %) Retail Banking 7 1 (2.041 %) Banking
Miscellaneous 1 19 (38.78 %) NHS 2 3 (6.122 %) Statistics 3 2 (4.082 %) Management Information System 4 1 (2.041 %) Data Integration 4 1 (2.041 %) NPfIT	Operating Systems 1 2 (4.082 %) Windows 1 2 (4.082 %) Windows Server 2003 1 2 (4.082 %) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (26.53 %) PRINCE2 1 13 (26.53 %) Project Management 2 12 (24.49 %) Business Analysis 3 11 (22.45 %) UML 4 5 (10.20 %) Migration 5 4 (8.163 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 3 (6.122 %) Strategic Planning 6 3 (6.122 %) Project Planning 6 3 (6.122 %) Stakeholder Management 6 3 (6.122 %) Change Management 7 2 (4.082 %) Service Management 7 2 (4.082 %) BPR 7 2 (4.082 %) Business Development 7 2 (4.082 %) Requirements Management 8 1 (2.041 %) Integration Testing 8 1 (2.041 %) Operations Management 8 1 (2.041 %) Problem Management 8 1 (2.041 %) Configuration Management 8 1 (2.041 %) ERP 8 1 (2.041 %) Business Intelligence	Qualifications 1 2 (4.082 %) PRINCE2 Certification 1 2 (4.082 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 1 (2.041 %) CCAB 2 1 (2.041 %) Degree
Vendors 1 2 (4.082 %) Business Objects 1 2 (4.082 %) SAP 1 2 (4.082 %) Microsoft 1 2 (4.082 %) HP 2 1 (2.041 %) Anite 2 1 (2.041 %) Northgate 2 1 (2.041 %) Civica 2 1 (2.041 %) Comino 2 1 (2.041 %) Capita 2 1 (2.041 %) Orchard 2 1 (2.041 %) Oracle