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 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 571 674 824
Rank change year-on-year +103 +150 -140
Contract jobs requiring an Account Manager 15 19 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.033% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.035% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 9
10th Percentile £250 £141 £271
25th Percentile £250 £161 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £273 £345
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -21.01% -1.43%
75th Percentile £300 £338 £388
90th Percentile £353 £500 £415
UK excluding London median daily rate £250 £180 £355
% change year-on-year +38.89% -49.30% +20.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £32.45 - £30.45
25th Percentile £35.75 - £34.88
Median hourly rate £42.50 - £43.50
75th Percentile £44.25 - £44.88
90th Percentile £44.55 - £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 39,991 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,011 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

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 8 May 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 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
England +87 15 £270 -0.92% 382
London +102 13 £285 -2.15% 114
Work from Home +118 6 £285 +75.38% 151
UK excluding London +66 2 £250 +38.89% 281
South East +5 1 - - 71
East of England - 1 £250 - 28

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 9 (60.00%) Marketing
2 7 (46.67%) Finance
3 6 (40.00%) Advertising
3 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (40.00%) Project Management
3 6 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (26.67%) Retail
4 4 (26.67%) SLA
4 4 (26.67%) ATL
4 4 (26.67%) Workflow
5 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (20.00%) Apple
5 3 (20.00%) Automotive
5 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (13.33%) Escalation Management
6 2 (13.33%) AWS
6 2 (13.33%) Integrated Marketing
6 2 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
6 2 (13.33%) Budget Management
6 2 (13.33%) Legal
6 2 (13.33%) Billing
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (6.67%) Google
7 1 (6.67%) Degree
7 1 (6.67%) Resource Management
7 1 (6.67%) Copywriting
7 1 (6.67%) Email Marketing
7 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing

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:

Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) SMS
General
1 9 (60.00%) Marketing
2 7 (46.67%) Finance
3 6 (40.00%) Advertising
4 4 (26.67%) Retail
5 3 (20.00%) Automotive
6 2 (13.33%) Billing
6 2 (13.33%) Legal
6 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
7 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (6.67%) Publishing
7 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Media
3 1 (6.67%) Social Media
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Project Management
2 4 (26.67%) Workflow
3 2 (13.33%) Budget Management
3 2 (13.33%) Escalation Management
3 2 (13.33%) Integrated Marketing
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.67%) B2B
4 1 (6.67%) Business Strategy
4 1 (6.67%) Copywriting
4 1 (6.67%) Customer Experience
4 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Media Management
4 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce
4 1 (6.67%) Global Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Post-Campaign Analysis
4 1 (6.67%) Resource Management
4 1 (6.67%) SEO
4 1 (6.67%) Storytelling
4 1 (6.67%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Apple
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (6.67%) Google