The first table below looks at the demand for the Bid Manager role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Bid Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bid Manager
Rank 785 866 841
Rank change year-on-year
+81 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Bid Manager 74 30 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.067% 0.025% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.027% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 52 20 44
Average salary £55,000 £53,750 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.32% +29.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,100 £30,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £70,000 £61,750
UK excluding London average salary £52,750 £48,750 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+8.20% +17.46%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
104260 112424 121400
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.39% 94.97% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 86734 96496 103078
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%

Bid Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Bid Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bid Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Bid Manager
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Bid Manager within the UK.

Bid Manager Salary Trend

Bid Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Bid Manager over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 within the UK.

Bid Manager Salary Histogram

Bid Manager
Top 27 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bid Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +56 69 £55,000 +2.32% 5
South East +47 43 £55,000 -8.33% 2
London +26 18 £62,500 -10.71% 1
Berkshire +8 18 £55,000 -8.33%
Reading +11 13 £55,000 +2.32%
Surrey +21 11 £65,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 8 £30,000 -
Hampshire - 6 £45,000 - 2
Milton Keynes - 6 - -
Guildford - 6 £65,000 -
Weybridge - 5 £30,000 -
East of England +12 2 £59,000 +93.44% 1
Tyne and Wear - 2 £37,500 - 1
North East - 2 £37,500 - 1
East Midlands - 2 £39,000 -
High Wycombe - 2 £30,000 -
Basingstoke - 2 £67,500 - 2
Bracknell - 2 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 £37,500 - 1
Nottingham - 2 £39,000 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £39,000 -
Essex - 2 £59,000 -
West Midlands -22 1 £45,000 +5.88%
Midlands - 1 £50,000 -
Warwick - 1 £45,000 -
Warwickshire - 1 £45,000 -
Feltham - 1 £62,500 -

Bid Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Bid 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 IT job ads sampled with Bid Manager in their job title.

1 30 (29.70%) Telecoms
2 29 (28.71%) Finance
3 27 (26.73%) Security Cleared
4 16 (15.84%) SC Cleared
4 16 (15.84%) MS Office
4 16 (15.84%) CGI
5 14 (13.86%) QA
5 14 (13.86%) Aerospace
5 14 (13.86%) Project Management
5 14 (13.86%) Subversion
5 14 (13.86%) Rational DOORS
6 13 (12.87%) Legal
7 11 (10.89%) Degree
8 7 (6.931%) Resource Management
9 6 (5.941%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (5.941%) Business Development
9 6 (5.941%) Information Security
9 6 (5.941%) NHS
9 6 (5.941%) RMADS
9 6 (5.941%) Information Assurance
10 5 (4.950%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (4.950%) Microsoft
10 5 (4.950%) MS PowerPoint
10 5 (4.950%) DV Cleared
11 4 (3.960%) Logistics
11 4 (3.960%) Risk Management
11 4 (3.960%) APMP
12 3 (2.970%) Product Management
12 3 (2.970%) Electronics
12 3 (2.970%) Service Delivery

Bid Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Bid 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 IT job ads sampled with Bid Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (15.84%) CGI
2 1 (0.990%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.990%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (15.84%) MS Office
2 5 (4.950%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (2.970%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.970%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.990%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.990%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.990%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.990%) PeopleSoft Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.990%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.990%) MPLS
1 1 (0.990%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.970%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.990%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 14 (13.86%) Subversion
1 14 (13.86%) Rational DOORS
General
1 30 (29.70%) Telecoms
2 29 (28.71%) Finance
3 14 (13.86%) Aerospace
4 13 (12.87%) Legal
5 3 (2.970%) Electronics
6 2 (1.980%) Publishing
6 2 (1.980%) Banking
6 2 (1.980%) Retail
6 2 (1.980%) Marketing
7 1 (0.990%) Local Government
7 1 (0.990%) German Language
7 1 (0.990%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.941%) NHS
1 6 (5.941%) RMADS
2 1 (0.990%) Open Source
2 1 (0.990%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (0.990%) Statistics
2 1 (0.990%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (13.86%) Project Management
2 7 (6.931%) Resource Management
3 6 (5.941%) Business Development
3 6 (5.941%) Information Security
3 6 (5.941%) Information Assurance
4 5 (4.950%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (3.960%) Logistics
5 4 (3.960%) Risk Management
6 3 (2.970%) Product Management
6 3 (2.970%) Service Delivery
6 3 (2.970%) PRINCE2
6 3 (2.970%) Programme Management
7 2 (1.980%) WFM
7 2 (1.980%) Knowledge Management
7 2 (1.980%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (1.980%) Financial Modelling
7 2 (1.980%) Financial Analysis
8 1 (0.990%) Analytics
8 1 (0.990%) Transition Management
8 1 (0.990%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.990%) Java
Qualifications
1 27 (26.73%) Security Cleared
2 16 (15.84%) SC Cleared
3 11 (10.89%) Degree
4 5 (4.950%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.960%) APMP
6 1 (0.990%) CIMA
6 1 (0.990%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.86%) QA
2 6 (5.941%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (4.950%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.980%) Oracle
3 1 (0.990%) Adobe
3 1 (0.990%) Informatica
3 1 (0.990%) JD Edwards
3 1 (0.990%) Cisco
3 1 (0.990%) IBM
3 1 (0.990%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (0.990%) Siebel
3 1 (0.990%) Teradata
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
High level of computer literacy (Microsoft Office) ?Commercial awareness; ?Strong communication skills; Working within a professional environment, it is essential that you are professional, informative, approachable and personable.
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + + Corporate benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Skills required of the successful Bid Managers are as follows: - Current DV clearance. - Project/Programme management principles, tools, techniques and methodologies... - Prince 2 Methodology. - Public sector industry project...
EXCELerate
Salary: £65k & Bonus & Corporate Benefits Package incl. Health, Pension, Life
Posted: 18 June 2013
St. Neots, Cambridgeshire
APMP certification would be useful... In particular, excellent written and verbal English skills and experience of writing proposals; - Strong commercial awareness, including formulating costs and pricing on fixed...
DMS Computer Recruitment
Salary: +health +pension
Posted: 13 June 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
You'll also be expected to conduct regular opportunity searching to identify potential opportunities whilst providing support to the business development team whilst contributing to the written proposal,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
The Team Manager is responsible for the leadership and management of a team of professionals responsible for leading bids increasing the probability of winning profitable business for the...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013