IT Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500 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 159 136 117
Rank change year-on-year -23 -19 +66
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 265 463 672
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.29% 1.97% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 2.09% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 363 526
10th Percentile £363 £357 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.65%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile £626 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 9
10th Percentile £23.18 £38.00 £15.60
25th Percentile £23.63 £42.50 £19.41
Median hourly rate £25.28 £50.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.45% +85.19% -17.20%
75th Percentile £36.75 £57.50 £35.20
90th Percentile £51.60 £62.00 £48.55
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,985 22,167 29,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,554 15,534 20,562
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £399 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,145 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.03 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.55 £65.00 £42.57
90th Percentile £73.80 £75.00 £60.00
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
Midlands +2 61 £525 +5.00% 51
South East -28 56 £525 +0.96% 68
South West +24 53 £519 +7.79% 25
West Midlands -1 51 £525 +5.00% 33
North of England -45 44 £455 -9.00% 87
Scotland +25 38 £475 -5.00% 23
North West -23 24 £500 +5.26% 42
Yorkshire -19 15 £450 -18.18% 39
East Midlands +12 9 £500 - 18
East of England -20 8 £463 -2.63% 25
Wales +21 5 £475 +46.15% 12
North East +19 4 £525 +16.67% 11
IT Manager
UK

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 91 (34.34%) Project Management
2 72 (27.17%) Social Skills
3 61 (23.02%) Finance
4 58 (21.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (20.00%) Agile
6 45 (16.98%) ITIL
7 42 (15.85%) Change Management
8 40 (15.09%) PRINCE2
9 39 (14.72%) Project Delivery
10 37 (13.96%) Service Management
11 35 (13.21%) Service Delivery
12 30 (11.32%) Waterfall
13 29 (10.94%) Public Sector
14 27 (10.19%) ITSM
15 25 (9.43%) Legal
16 24 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
16 24 (9.06%) Decision-Making
17 23 (8.68%) Security Cleared
17 23 (8.68%) Microsoft
18 21 (7.92%) Migration
18 21 (7.92%) Problem-Solving
19 19 (7.17%) People Management
19 19 (7.17%) SC Cleared
20 18 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
20 18 (6.79%) Risk Management
20 18 (6.79%) Budget Management
21 16 (6.04%) Azure
21 16 (6.04%) Project Planning
21 16 (6.04%) Degree
22 15 (5.66%) IT Governance

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.89%) Confluence
3 1 (0.38%) Moodle
Applications
1 6 (2.26%) Photoshop
2 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 18 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (6.04%) Azure
3 14 (5.28%) SaaS
4 10 (3.77%) AWS
5 7 (2.64%) Slack
6 6 (2.26%) Canva
7 3 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.13%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.75%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.38%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.77%) Intranet
2 3 (1.13%) WAN
3 2 (0.75%) Firewall
3 2 (0.75%) LAN
3 2 (0.75%) VoIP
4 1 (0.38%) Internet
4 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.38%) SNMP
4 1 (0.38%) VLAN
4 1 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.75%) Power BI
2 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.64%) JIRA
2 2 (0.75%) Hudson
General
1 72 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 61 (23.02%) Finance
3 29 (10.94%) Public Sector
4 25 (9.43%) Legal
5 14 (5.28%) Manufacturing
6 12 (4.53%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.77%) Law
8 10 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (3.40%) Retail
10 7 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.64%) Local Government
10 7 (2.64%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.89%) Automotive
12 3 (1.13%) Billing
12 3 (1.13%) Police
12 3 (1.13%) Publishing
13 2 (0.75%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.75%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.38%) Middleware
1 1 (0.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.53%) Data Centre
2 8 (3.02%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (2.26%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.26%) Video Editing
4 5 (1.89%) FMCG
5 4 (1.51%) NHS
5 4 (1.51%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.13%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.13%) PMI
7 2 (0.75%) CMDB
8 1 (0.38%) Contactless
8 1 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.38%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.38%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.38%) Life Science
8 1 (0.38%) LIMS
8 1 (0.38%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.38%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.38%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.40%) Windows
2 8 (3.02%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.13%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.75%) Unix
4 2 (0.75%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (34.34%) Project Management
2 58 (21.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 53 (20.00%) Agile
4 45 (16.98%) ITIL
5 42 (15.85%) Change Management
6 40 (15.09%) PRINCE2
7 39 (14.72%) Project Delivery
8 37 (13.96%) Service Management
9 35 (13.21%) Service Delivery
10 30 (11.32%) Waterfall
11 27 (10.19%) ITSM
12 24 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (9.06%) Decision-Making
13 21 (7.92%) Migration
13 21 (7.92%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (7.17%) People Management
15 18 (6.79%) Budget Management
15 18 (6.79%) Risk Management
16 16 (6.04%) Project Planning
17 15 (5.66%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.02%) Swift
2 1 (0.38%) Java
2 1 (0.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (8.68%) Security Cleared
2 19 (7.17%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.04%) Degree
4 13 (4.91%) PMI Certification
5 11 (4.15%) PMP
6 10 (3.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 8 (3.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (1.51%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.13%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.75%) ISEB
11 1 (0.38%) CAPM
11 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.15%) PMO
2 5 (1.89%) GDPR
3 4 (1.51%) COBIT
3 4 (1.51%) QA
4 3 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.13%) SLA
5 2 (0.75%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.38%) GAMP
6 1 (0.38%) GMP
6 1 (0.38%) GxP
6 1 (0.38%) P3O
6 1 (0.38%) PMBOK
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 23 (8.68%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.40%) Oracle
3 8 (3.02%) Okta
3 8 (3.02%) SAP
4 5 (1.89%) Remedy
5 4 (1.51%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.13%) BMC
6 3 (1.13%) Cisco
6 3 (1.13%) Citrix
6 3 (1.13%) Siemens
7 1 (0.38%) Ariba
7 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.38%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.38%) Cadence
7 1 (0.38%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.38%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.38%) IFS
7 1 (0.38%) Kronos
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.38%) VMware