IT Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

IT Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 96 102
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +6
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 29 52 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.09% 1.77% 1.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.88% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 45 40
10th Percentile £413 £401 £411
25th Percentile £454 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% +2.00% +12.68%
75th Percentile £589 £575 £564
90th Percentile £641 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £525 £510 £496
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.93% +18.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate £27.00 - £76.50
75th Percentile - - £81.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £43.50 - £76.50
% change year-on-year - - +225.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,498 2,771 3,346
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 94.32% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,423 1,920 2,280
10th Percentile £207 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 101
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.31 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the Thames Valley

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the Thames Valley

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the Thames Valley

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the Thames Valley

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire -10 14 £551 +7.52% 8
Buckinghamshire +13 11 £465 -8.82% 9
Oxfordshire 0 4 £425 -19.05% 3
IT Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 15 (51.72%) Project Management
2 9 (31.03%) Project Delivery
3 7 (24.14%) ITIL
4 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2
4 6 (20.69%) Finance
5 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing
5 5 (17.24%) Agile
5 5 (17.24%) Logistics
5 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
5 5 (17.24%) Budget Management
6 4 (13.79%) Risk Register
6 4 (13.79%) Service Design
6 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
7 3 (10.34%) Siemens
7 3 (10.34%) Service Management
7 3 (10.34%) IT Governance
7 3 (10.34%) Programme Governance
7 3 (10.34%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
7 3 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (6.90%) Information Governance
8 2 (6.90%) Line Management
8 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
8 2 (6.90%) DV Cleared
8 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
8 2 (6.90%) FMCG
8 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Azure
1 1 (3.45%) SaaS
1 1 (3.45%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) WAN
1 1 (3.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
2 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing
2 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Automotive
4 2 (6.90%) Legal
4 2 (6.90%) Local Government
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.45%) Military
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) FMCG
2 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Project Management
2 9 (31.03%) Project Delivery
3 7 (24.14%) ITIL
4 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2
5 5 (17.24%) Agile
5 5 (17.24%) Budget Management
5 5 (17.24%) Logistics
6 4 (13.79%) Risk Register
6 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
6 4 (13.79%) Service Design
6 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.34%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
7 3 (10.34%) IT Governance
7 3 (10.34%) Programme Governance
7 3 (10.34%) Service Management
8 2 (6.90%) Business Case
8 2 (6.90%) Information Governance
8 2 (6.90%) Line Management
8 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (6.90%) DV Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (3.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) P3O
2 1 (3.45%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Siemens
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Citrix
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow