ICT Manager Contracts

ICT Manager
UK

The median ICT Manager daily rate in the UK is £325 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 565 703 831
Rank change year-on-year +138 +128 -166
Contract jobs requiring an ICT Manager 17 9 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.015% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.016% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 23
10th Percentile - £438 £237
25th Percentile £176 £475 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +17.65% +22.21%
75th Percentile £368 - £531
90th Percentile £439 £515 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £500 £375
% change year-on-year -35.00% +33.33% +18.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £28.13 £35.11 -
25th Percentile £29.44 £37.05 -
Median hourly rate £31.76 £41.16 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.84% - -
75th Percentile £33.94 £46.14 -
90th Percentile £35.18 £48.61 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.52 £48.50 -
% change year-on-year -43.27% - -

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%

ICT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ICT Manager in the UK

ICT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ICT Manager in the UK

ICT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ICT Manager over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ICT Manager in the UK

ICT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ICT Manager in the UK

ICT Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ICT 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
England +128 12 £355 -28.95% 2
UK excluding London +60 10 £325 -35.00% 2
Work from Home +124 5 £380 -17.78% 1
South West +21 4 £325 -
London +104 3 £432 -13.51%
South East +15 3 £371 -25.80%
Midlands +35 1 £350 -30.00% 2
Scotland +31 1 £178 -58.24%
North West - 1 £225 -
West Midlands - 1 £350 - 1
North of England - 1 £225 -

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, ICT 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 ICT Manager in the job title.

1 5 (29.41%) Project Management
1 5 (29.41%) Local Government
2 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
2 3 (17.65%) Budget Management
3 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
3 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.76%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (11.76%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
3 2 (11.76%) WAN
3 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
3 2 (11.76%) Performance Management
4 1 (5.88%) Agile
4 1 (5.88%) Supplier Management
4 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (5.88%) Project Planning
4 1 (5.88%) Migration
4 1 (5.88%) Wireless
4 1 (5.88%) BT
4 1 (5.88%) TOWER Software
4 1 (5.88%) Active Directory

ICT 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 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) WAN
2 1 (5.88%) LAN
2 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 5 (29.41%) Local Government
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Project Management
2 3 (17.65%) Budget Management
2 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (11.76%) Performance Management
3 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
3 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
3 2 (11.76%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (5.88%) Application Security
4 1 (5.88%) Business Case
4 1 (5.88%) Business Strategy
4 1 (5.88%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (5.88%) Customer Experience
4 1 (5.88%) Line Management
4 1 (5.88%) SDLC
4 1 (5.88%) SIAM
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) BT
2 1 (5.88%) TOWER Software