Category Manager Contracts in England

Category Manager
UK > England

The median Category Manager daily rate in England is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 622 766
Rank change year-on-year +88 +144 -121
Contract jobs requiring a Category Manager 17 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.046% 0.032% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.033% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 8
10th Percentile £442 £306 £366
25th Percentile £500 £414 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +7.32% -2.38%
75th Percentile £700 £644 £575
90th Percentile £718 £684 -
UK median daily rate £619 £550 £493
% change year-on-year +12.55% +11.68% -6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £31.92 -
UK median hourly rate - £31.92 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,226 44,888 67,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,546 31,942 48,134
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,576 1,314 1,782
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.51
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.57 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Category Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Category Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Category Manager in England

Category Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Category Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Category Manager in England

Category Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Category Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Category Manager in England

Category Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Category Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Category Manager in England

Category Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Category Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +96 8 £600 +11.63% 19
South East +12 5 £700 +124.00% 10
East of England +6 2 - - 4
North of England +22 1 - - 8
South West +5 1 £450 -28.00% 4
Yorkshire - 1 - - 3
Category Manager
UK

Category Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Category Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Category Manager in the job title.

1 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (23.53%) Marketing
5 3 (17.65%) Degree
5 3 (17.65%) FMCG
5 3 (17.65%) E-Commerce
5 3 (17.65%) Contract Negotiation
5 3 (17.65%) People Management
6 2 (11.76%) Contract Management
6 2 (11.76%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
6 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (11.76%) NEC
6 2 (11.76%) Supplier Management
7 1 (5.88%) Competitor Analysis
7 1 (5.88%) Strategic Planning
7 1 (5.88%) Facilities Management
7 1 (5.88%) Agile
7 1 (5.88%) Banking
7 1 (5.88%) SaaS
7 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
7 1 (5.88%) Demand Management
7 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (5.88%) Time Management
7 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
7 1 (5.88%) Risk Management

Category Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) SaaS
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Marketing
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) FMCG
2 2 (11.76%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (17.65%) Contract Negotiation
2 3 (17.65%) E-Commerce
2 3 (17.65%) People Management
3 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
3 2 (11.76%) Contract Management
3 2 (11.76%) Supplier Management
4 1 (5.88%) Agile
4 1 (5.88%) Benchmarking
4 1 (5.88%) Competitor Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.88%) Demand Management
4 1 (5.88%) Facilities Management
4 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) Project Management
4 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
4 1 (5.88%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (5.88%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) NEC
2 1 (5.88%) IBM
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) SAP