Senior Manager Contracts in the South East

Senior Manager
England > South East

The median Senior Manager daily rate in the South East is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 113 131
Rank change year-on-year -19 +18 +41
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 60 108 141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.09% 1.90% 1.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 2.00% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 90 107
10th Percentile £464 £402 £432
25th Percentile £516 £456 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £513 £593
Median % change year-on-year +17.07% -13.50% +20.92%
75th Percentile £653 £601 £669
90th Percentile £736 £701 £738
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.50 - -
Median hourly rate £51.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% - -
75th Percentile £54.50 - -
90th Percentile £56.30 - -
England median hourly rate £44.74 £44.00 £49.53
% change year-on-year +1.68% -11.16% -16.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,080 5,391 7,307
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 94.76% 95.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,059 3,768 4,947
10th Percentile £213 £224 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year - +1.94% +9.00%
75th Percentile £619 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 239 321
10th Percentile £12.78 £16.45 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.44 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.21% +140.40% -17.13%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.95
90th Percentile £77.45 £75.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.55
% change year-on-year -17.38% +99.60% +2.48%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in the South East

Senior Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Senior Manager in the South East

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in the South East

Senior Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Manager in the South East

Senior Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Thames Valley -31 37 £600 +20.00% 35
Berkshire +1 30 £615 +15.49% 21
Hampshire -5 14 £615 +8.37% 13
Surrey +24 5 £675 -30.41% 8
Oxfordshire +4 4 £494 -10.23% 6
East Sussex +8 3 £410 -36.92% 5
West Sussex +8 3 £475 -30.91%
Buckinghamshire -17 3 £550 +17.65% 8
Kent +3 2 £575 -34.29% 5
Senior Manager
England

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Senior 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 South East region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 23 (38.33%) Agile
2 22 (36.67%) Project Management
3 18 (30.00%) Finance
4 15 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 13 (21.67%) Project Delivery
6 12 (20.00%) Security Cleared
7 11 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (16.67%) Migration
8 10 (16.67%) Public Sector
9 8 (13.33%) Scrum
9 8 (13.33%) DV Cleared
9 8 (13.33%) Waterfall
9 8 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (11.67%) Business Case
11 6 (10.00%) Project Governance
11 6 (10.00%) Analytics
11 6 (10.00%) Risk Management
12 5 (8.33%) ERP
12 5 (8.33%) Change Control
12 5 (8.33%) QA
12 5 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
13 4 (6.67%) Matrix Organization
13 4 (6.67%) Stakeholder Identification
13 4 (6.67%) Contingency Planning
13 4 (6.67%) Budgeting
13 4 (6.67%) Business Strategy
13 4 (6.67%) SAP
13 4 (6.67%) Management Information System

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Primavera
2 1 (1.67%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.00%) Azure
1 3 (5.00%) SaaS
1 3 (5.00%) WhatsApp
2 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) Data Lake
1 2 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle Database
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle Database 11g
1 2 (3.33%) Power BI
2 1 (1.67%) IDMS
2 1 (1.67%) Oracle Database 12c
2 1 (1.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) JIRA
General
1 18 (30.00%) Finance
2 15 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Legal
6 1 (1.67%) Marketing
6 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Retail
6 1 (1.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.33%) NHS
3 2 (3.33%) Replication
4 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.67%) FMCG
4 1 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.00%) Windows
2 1 (1.67%) Android
2 1 (1.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.33%) Agile
2 22 (36.67%) Project Management
3 13 (21.67%) Project Delivery
4 11 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (16.67%) Migration
6 8 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (13.33%) Scrum
6 8 (13.33%) Waterfall
7 7 (11.67%) Business Case
8 6 (10.00%) Analytics
8 6 (10.00%) Project Governance
8 6 (10.00%) Risk Management
9 5 (8.33%) Change Control
9 5 (8.33%) ERP
9 5 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (6.67%) Budgeting
10 4 (6.67%) Business Strategy
10 4 (6.67%) Contingency Planning
10 4 (6.67%) Matrix Organization
10 4 (6.67%) Stakeholder Identification
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.33%) SQL
2 1 (1.67%) Java
2 1 (1.67%) Python
2 1 (1.67%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (13.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.33%) PMP
3 2 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.67%) Degree
4 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (1.67%) GRC
2 1 (1.67%) NIST
2 1 (1.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (6.67%) SAP
2 3 (5.00%) Oracle
3 2 (3.33%) Fujitsu
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.67%) PeopleSoft