Account Manager Contracts

Account Manager
UK

The median Account Manager daily rate in the UK is £270 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 681 833
Rank change year-on-year +117 +152 -176
Contract jobs requiring an Account Manager 15 19 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.032% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.033% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 11
10th Percentile £250 £141 £159
25th Percentile £250 £161 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £273 £338
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -19.26% +16.38%
75th Percentile £339 £338 £375
90th Percentile £385 £500 £388
UK excluding London median daily rate £245 £180 £355
% change year-on-year +36.11% -49.30% +20.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £31.45 - £30.45
25th Percentile £33.25 - £34.88
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £43.50
75th Percentile £41.75 - £44.88
90th Percentile £43.55 - £44.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £30.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Account Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Account Manager.

Daily rate trend for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Account Manager over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Account Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Account Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +110 15 £270 -0.92% 360
London +111 12 £300 +9.59% 109
Work from Home +119 5 £270 +66.15% 140
UK excluding London +65 3 £245 +36.11% 270
South East +21 2 £240 +40.15% 72
East of England - 1 £250 - 20

Account Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Account 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 featuring Account Manager in the job title.

1 7 (46.67%) Marketing
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (26.67%) Advertising
4 4 (26.67%) Project Management
4 4 (26.67%) Workflow
4 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
5 3 (20.00%) ATL
5 3 (20.00%) SLA
5 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (20.00%) Retail
6 2 (13.33%) Time Management
6 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) AWS
6 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (13.33%) Integrated Marketing
6 2 (13.33%) SEO
6 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
6 2 (13.33%) Apple
6 2 (13.33%) Automotive
6 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
6 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
6 2 (13.33%) Budget Management
6 2 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (13.33%) Escalation Management
6 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
7 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery

Account Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (6.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) SMS
General
1 7 (46.67%) Marketing
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) Advertising
3 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Retail
5 2 (13.33%) Automotive
5 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Billing
6 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Dutch Language
6 1 (6.67%) Italian Language
6 1 (6.67%) Legal
6 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Media
3 1 (6.67%) FMCG
3 1 (6.67%) Social Media
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Project Management
1 4 (26.67%) Workflow
2 2 (13.33%) Budget Management
2 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
2 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (13.33%) Escalation Management
2 2 (13.33%) Integrated Marketing
2 2 (13.33%) SEO
2 2 (13.33%) Time Management
3 1 (6.67%) Business Strategy
3 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.67%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
3 1 (6.67%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (6.67%) Data Science
3 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Media Management
3 1 (6.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (6.67%) Post-Campaign Analysis
3 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Apple
3 1 (6.67%) Adobe
3 1 (6.67%) Salesforce