IT Manager Contracts in the Midlands

IT Manager
England > Midlands

The median IT Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 80 92
Rank change year-on-year +13 +12 -3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 63 92 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.31% 2.65% 2.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.51% 2.81% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 76 103
10th Percentile £375 £363 £321
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £544
90th Percentile £600 £609 £627
England median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +15.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,509 3,279 4,924
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.47% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,697 2,308 3,602
10th Percentile £208 £223 £205
25th Percentile £325 £363 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £459
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +3.49% +14.75%
75th Percentile £588 £582 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 133 179
10th Percentile £11.95 £12.00 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.25 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.16%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.50 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £59.50 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the Midlands

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the Midlands

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the Midlands

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the Midlands

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
West Midlands +13 52 £525 +5.00% 23
East Midlands +13 10 £500 - 16
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 Midlands region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 27 (42.86%) Finance
2 15 (23.81%) Decision-Making
3 14 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (20.63%) Service Management
4 13 (20.63%) Project Management
5 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
5 12 (19.05%) Service Delivery
5 12 (19.05%) Change Management
5 12 (19.05%) Migration
6 11 (17.46%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (17.46%) Social Skills
6 11 (17.46%) People Management
7 10 (15.87%) Cost Reduction
7 10 (15.87%) Legal
7 10 (15.87%) Information Security
7 10 (15.87%) Azure
7 10 (15.87%) Business Analysis
8 9 (14.29%) AWS
8 9 (14.29%) ITSM
8 9 (14.29%) Law
8 9 (14.29%) PRINCE2
8 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (14.29%) Service Delivery Management
9 8 (12.70%) Performance Metrics
9 8 (12.70%) Swift
9 8 (12.70%) Data Centre
9 8 (12.70%) Okta
9 8 (12.70%) Budgeting
9 8 (12.70%) ERP
9 8 (12.70%) SaaS

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.59%) Moodle
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.59%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.59%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (15.87%) Azure
3 9 (14.29%) AWS
4 8 (12.70%) SaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) HTTP
1 1 (1.59%) Internet
1 1 (1.59%) Intranet
1 1 (1.59%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.59%) SMTP
1 1 (1.59%) VoIP
1 1 (1.59%) VPN
1 1 (1.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) MS Access
1 1 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 27 (42.86%) Finance
2 11 (17.46%) Social Skills
3 10 (15.87%) Legal
4 9 (14.29%) Law
5 6 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (6.35%) Automotive
7 3 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.76%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.17%) Billing
8 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Local Government
9 1 (1.59%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.59%) FMCG
2 1 (1.59%) Housing Association
2 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.59%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.70%) Apple iOS
2 5 (7.94%) Windows
3 4 (6.35%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.17%) Unix
5 1 (1.59%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.81%) Decision-Making
2 14 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (20.63%) Project Management
3 13 (20.63%) Service Management
4 12 (19.05%) Change Management
4 12 (19.05%) Migration
4 12 (19.05%) Service Delivery
5 11 (17.46%) People Management
6 10 (15.87%) Business Analysis
6 10 (15.87%) Cost Reduction
6 10 (15.87%) Information Security
7 9 (14.29%) ITSM
7 9 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (14.29%) Service Delivery Management
8 8 (12.70%) Budgeting
8 8 (12.70%) ERP
8 8 (12.70%) IT Governance
8 8 (12.70%) Performance Metrics
8 8 (12.70%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.70%) Swift
2 1 (1.59%) Java
2 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (6.35%) Degree
3 3 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) SLA
2 1 (1.59%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.70%) Okta
3 3 (4.76%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.17%) SAP
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco
5 1 (1.59%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle
5 1 (1.59%) Sage
5 1 (1.59%) Salesforce