Category Manager
UK
The median Category Manager daily rate in the UK is £619 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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 24 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 559 | 688 | 840 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +129 | +152 | -168 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Category Manager | 23 | 24 | 15 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.053% | 0.040% | 0.017% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.057% | 0.042% | 0.018% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 18 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £450 | £393 | £354 |
| 25th Percentile | £517 | £450 | £396 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £619 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.55% | +4.76% | +2.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £681 | £625 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £690 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £613 | £575 | £408 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.52% | +40.90% | -13.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £31.92 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
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 | 40,476 | 56,906 | 85,219 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.58% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,420 | 39,710 | 59,771 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £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 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £493 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.40% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,641 | 1,614 | 2,118 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.36 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.50 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.11% | +95.65% | +1.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.92 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.63% |
Category Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Category Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Category Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Category Manager.
Category Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Category Manager over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.
Category Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Category Manager.
Category Manager
Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Category Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +58 | 15 | £613 | +6.52% | 23 |
| England | +115 | 14 | £600 | +9.09% | 31 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 8 | £607 | +18.34% | 19 |
| Scotland | +36 | 6 | £619 | +30.32% | 2 |
| South East | +16 | 6 | £600 | +39.13% | 6 |
| London | +99 | 5 | £700 | +55.56% | 9 |
| East of England | +15 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| South West | +17 | 1 | £450 | -28.00% | 5 |
Category Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Category 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 Category Manager in the job title.
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Category 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: