IT Manager Contracts in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager daily rate in England is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 173 176
Rank change year-on-year -39 +3 +88
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 415 725 1,166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.13% 1.48% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 1.56% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 565 878
10th Percentile £363 £363 £368
25th Percentile £431 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% +12.43%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +13.89%
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 34,147 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,648 32,994 47,972
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 £644 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +15 181 £575 +2.22% 81
Midlands +2 61 £525 +5.00% 48
South East -28 56 £525 +0.96% 66
South West +24 53 £519 +7.79% 25
West Midlands -1 51 £525 +5.00% 33
North of England -45 44 £455 -9.00% 86
North West -23 24 £500 +5.26% 41
Yorkshire -19 15 £450 -18.18% 39
East Midlands +12 9 £500 - 15
East of England -20 8 £463 -2.63% 25
North East +19 4 £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 8 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.

1 142 (34.22%) Finance
2 140 (33.73%) Project Management
3 91 (21.93%) Social Skills
4 81 (19.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 76 (18.31%) Agile
6 62 (14.94%) Change Management
7 56 (13.49%) PRINCE2
8 54 (13.01%) Project Delivery
9 52 (12.53%) ITIL
10 46 (11.08%) Banking
11 44 (10.60%) Service Delivery
12 42 (10.12%) Service Management
13 39 (9.40%) Security Cleared
14 34 (8.19%) Public Sector
14 34 (8.19%) Decision-Making
15 33 (7.95%) SC Cleared
16 32 (7.71%) Azure
16 32 (7.71%) Migration
16 32 (7.71%) Microsoft
17 30 (7.23%) ITSM
17 30 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
18 28 (6.75%) Waterfall
18 28 (6.75%) Risk Management
19 27 (6.51%) Legal
19 27 (6.51%) Problem-Solving
20 26 (6.27%) PMI Certification
21 25 (6.02%) PMP
21 25 (6.02%) Budget Management
22 24 (5.78%) Degree
23 23 (5.54%) 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 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.45%) Confluence
4 3 (0.72%) 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 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.72%) 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 32 (7.71%) Azure
2 23 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (4.34%) SaaS
4 11 (2.65%) AWS
5 7 (1.69%) WhatsApp
6 6 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.45%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.24%) IaaS
8 1 (0.24%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.24%) PaaS
8 1 (0.24%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.24%) Slack
8 1 (0.24%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.72%) LAN
1 3 (0.72%) WAN
2 2 (0.48%) Broadband
2 2 (0.48%) Firewall
2 2 (0.48%) Intranet
2 2 (0.48%) VoIP
2 2 (0.48%) Wireless
3 1 (0.24%) Internet
3 1 (0.24%) Network Security
3 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.24%) Skype
3 1 (0.24%) SNMP
3 1 (0.24%) VLAN
3 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.20%) Power BI
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.48%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.48%) Tableau
4 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.24%) Mixpanel
4 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 16 (3.86%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Hudson
General
1 142 (34.22%) Finance
2 91 (21.93%) Social Skills
3 46 (11.08%) Banking
4 34 (8.19%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.51%) Legal
6 15 (3.61%) Law
6 15 (3.61%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.13%) Local Government
8 12 (2.89%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.41%) Retail
10 9 (2.17%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.45%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.45%) Military
13 5 (1.20%) Automotive
13 5 (1.20%) Marketing
14 4 (0.96%) Billing
14 4 (0.96%) Dutch Language
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 15 (3.61%) Data Centre
2 12 (2.89%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.41%) Onboarding
4 8 (1.93%) FMCG
5 6 (1.45%) PMI
6 5 (1.20%) CMDB
6 5 (1.20%) NHS
7 4 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.72%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.48%) Life Science
9 2 (0.48%) LIMS
9 2 (0.48%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.24%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.24%) Contactless
10 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.24%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.24%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.24%) Smart Meter
10 1 (0.24%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.13%) Windows
2 8 (1.93%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.72%) Unix
4 3 (0.72%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.24%) Linux
5 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.24%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (33.73%) Project Management
2 81 (19.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 76 (18.31%) Agile
4 62 (14.94%) Change Management
5 56 (13.49%) PRINCE2
6 54 (13.01%) Project Delivery
7 52 (12.53%) ITIL
8 44 (10.60%) Service Delivery
9 42 (10.12%) Service Management
10 34 (8.19%) Decision-Making
11 32 (7.71%) Migration
12 30 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (7.23%) ITSM
13 28 (6.75%) Risk Management
13 28 (6.75%) Waterfall
14 27 (6.51%) Problem-Solving
15 25 (6.02%) Budget Management
16 20 (4.82%) ERP
17 19 (4.58%) Budgeting
18 18 (4.34%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.93%) Swift
2 1 (0.24%) C#
2 1 (0.24%) Java
2 1 (0.24%) Python
2 1 (0.24%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (9.40%) Security Cleared
2 33 (7.95%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.27%) PMI Certification
4 25 (6.02%) PMP
5 24 (5.78%) Degree
6 11 (2.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 8 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.69%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.48%) CCNA
10 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.48%) CISSP
10 2 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.48%) ISEB
11 1 (0.24%) CRISC
11 1 (0.24%) MCSE
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.89%) PMO
2 11 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.93%) GDPR
3 8 (1.93%) SLA
4 6 (1.45%) NIST
5 5 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.96%) COBIT
6 4 (0.96%) QA
7 3 (0.72%) EMIR
8 2 (0.48%) Basel III
8 2 (0.48%) GxP
8 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.48%) MiFID
8 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.24%) GAMP
9 1 (0.24%) GMP
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.24%) P3O
9 1 (0.24%) PMBOK
System Software
1 4 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) vCloud
2 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
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 32 (7.71%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.86%) SAP
3 9 (2.17%) Cisco
4 8 (1.93%) Okta
4 8 (1.93%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.69%) Remedy
6 5 (1.20%) Adobe
6 5 (1.20%) VMware
7 4 (0.96%) Citrix
7 4 (0.96%) Oracle
8 3 (0.72%) BMC
8 3 (0.72%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.72%) Siemens
9 2 (0.48%) Aruba
9 2 (0.48%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.48%) Civica
9 2 (0.48%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.48%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.48%) Workday
10 1 (0.24%) Pega