IT Manager Contracts in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager daily rate in England is £530 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 219 180 177
Rank change year-on-year -39 -3 +86
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 410 716 1,168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.12% 1.46% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 1.55% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 558 876
10th Percentile £363 £363 £366
25th Percentile £438 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £524
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +0.29% +13.19%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £691 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £524 £518
% change year-on-year +0.29% +1.16% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 13
10th Percentile - £45.63 £17.88
25th Percentile £23.63 £57.50 £24.69
Median hourly rate £31.84 £62.50 £34.45
Median % change year-on-year -49.06% +81.42% +18.79%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.69 £43.80
90th Percentile £59.70 £73.75 £50.80
UK median hourly rate £33.55 £62.50 £34.45
% change year-on-year -46.32% +81.42% +14.83%

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 34,080 46,338 66,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,599 32,894 47,614
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,444 1,371 1,856
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.30 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.88
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Manager in England

IT 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 IT Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 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 +7 179 £575 +2.22% 80
Midlands -2 60 £525 +5.00% 55
South East -18 56 £525 +1.94% 69
South West +23 53 £519 +7.79% 22
West Midlands -5 50 £525 +5.00% 36
North of England -39 44 £459 -8.25% 84
North West -22 24 £500 +8.11% 38
Yorkshire -26 14 £450 -18.18% 41
East Midlands +15 9 £500 - 19
East of England -12 6 £475 -2.56% 22
North East +20 5 £525 +16.67% 11
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, IT 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 IT Manager in the job title.

1 139 (33.90%) Finance
2 136 (33.17%) Project Management
3 89 (21.71%) Social Skills
4 80 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 74 (18.05%) Agile
6 60 (14.63%) Change Management
7 55 (13.41%) PRINCE2
8 51 (12.44%) Project Delivery
9 50 (12.20%) ITIL
10 45 (10.98%) Banking
11 44 (10.73%) Service Delivery
12 41 (10.00%) Service Management
13 39 (9.51%) Security Cleared
14 35 (8.54%) Decision-Making
15 33 (8.05%) Public Sector
15 33 (8.05%) SC Cleared
15 33 (8.05%) Microsoft
16 32 (7.80%) Migration
17 31 (7.56%) Azure
18 30 (7.32%) Waterfall
18 30 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
19 29 (7.07%) ITSM
20 28 (6.83%) Legal
21 27 (6.59%) Risk Management
22 26 (6.34%) Problem-Solving
23 25 (6.10%) Budget Management
24 24 (5.85%) Degree
24 24 (5.85%) PMI Certification
25 23 (5.61%) PMP
25 23 (5.61%) Microsoft 365

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.46%) Confluence
4 3 (0.73%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Appian
5 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.24%) Moodle
Applications
1 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.24%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 31 (7.56%) Azure
2 23 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.63%) SaaS
4 10 (2.44%) AWS
5 7 (1.71%) WhatsApp
6 6 (1.46%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.49%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.24%) IaaS
9 1 (0.24%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.24%) PaaS
9 1 (0.24%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.24%) Slack
9 1 (0.24%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.98%) LAN
1 4 (0.98%) WAN
2 3 (0.73%) Firewall
3 2 (0.49%) Broadband
3 2 (0.49%) Intranet
3 2 (0.49%) VLAN
3 2 (0.49%) VoIP
3 2 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.49%) Wireless
4 1 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.24%) Internet
4 1 (0.24%) Network Security
4 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.24%) Skype
4 1 (0.24%) SNMP
4 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.22%) Power BI
3 3 (0.73%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.49%) Tableau
5 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.24%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 16 (3.90%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Hudson
General
1 139 (33.90%) Finance
2 89 (21.71%) Social Skills
3 45 (10.98%) Banking
4 33 (8.05%) Public Sector
5 28 (6.83%) Legal
6 15 (3.66%) Law
6 15 (3.66%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.17%) Local Government
8 12 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
10 10 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.44%) Retail
11 9 (2.20%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.46%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.46%) Military
13 5 (1.22%) Automotive
13 5 (1.22%) Marketing
14 4 (0.98%) Back Office
14 4 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.24%) ADO
1 1 (0.24%) Express.js
1 1 (0.24%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.24%) Middleware
1 1 (0.24%) Node.js
1 1 (0.24%) React
1 1 (0.24%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.41%) Data Centre
2 11 (2.68%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 8 (1.95%) FMCG
5 6 (1.46%) NHS
5 6 (1.46%) PMI
6 5 (1.22%) CMDB
7 3 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.73%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.49%) Life Science
8 2 (0.49%) LIMS
9 1 (0.24%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.24%) Contactless
9 1 (0.24%) Derivative
9 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.24%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.24%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.24%) Tandem
9 1 (0.24%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.41%) Windows
2 8 (1.95%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.22%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.73%) Unix
4 3 (0.73%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.24%) Linux
5 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.24%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.24%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.24%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (33.17%) Project Management
2 80 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 74 (18.05%) Agile
4 60 (14.63%) Change Management
5 55 (13.41%) PRINCE2
6 51 (12.44%) Project Delivery
7 50 (12.20%) ITIL
8 44 (10.73%) Service Delivery
9 41 (10.00%) Service Management
10 35 (8.54%) Decision-Making
11 32 (7.80%) Migration
12 30 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (7.32%) Waterfall
13 29 (7.07%) ITSM
14 27 (6.59%) Risk Management
15 26 (6.34%) Problem-Solving
16 25 (6.10%) Budget Management
17 20 (4.88%) ERP
18 19 (4.63%) Budgeting
18 19 (4.63%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.95%) Swift
2 2 (0.49%) SQL
3 1 (0.24%) C#
3 1 (0.24%) Java
3 1 (0.24%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (9.51%) Security Cleared
2 33 (8.05%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.85%) Degree
3 24 (5.85%) PMI Certification
4 23 (5.61%) PMP
5 12 (2.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 8 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.71%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.49%) CCNA
10 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.49%) CISSP
10 2 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.49%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.49%) ISEB
10 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.24%) CRISC
11 1 (0.24%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.93%) PMO
2 11 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.95%) GDPR
3 8 (1.95%) SLA
4 6 (1.46%) NIST
5 5 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.98%) QA
7 3 (0.73%) COBIT
7 3 (0.73%) EMIR
8 2 (0.49%) Basel III
8 2 (0.49%) GxP
8 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.49%) MiFID
8 2 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.24%) GAMP
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.24%) P3O
9 1 (0.24%) PMBOK
System Software
1 4 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.24%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1 (0.24%) Avamar
1 1 (0.24%) Matomo
1 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.24%) SafeCom
1 1 (0.24%) SCCM
1 1 (0.24%) Terraform
1 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (8.05%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.90%) SAP
3 10 (2.44%) Cisco
4 8 (1.95%) Okta
4 8 (1.95%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.71%) Remedy
6 5 (1.22%) Adobe
6 5 (1.22%) VMware
7 4 (0.98%) Citrix
7 4 (0.98%) Oracle
8 3 (0.73%) BMC
8 3 (0.73%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.73%) Siemens
9 2 (0.49%) Aruba
9 2 (0.49%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.49%) Civica
9 2 (0.49%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.49%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.49%) Workday
10 1 (0.24%) Arista