IT Manager Contracts

IT Manager
UK

The median IT Manager daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 181 182
Rank change year-on-year -33 +1 +77
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 474 848 1,421
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 1.46% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 1.54% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 647 1,051
10th Percentile £363 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% +15.56%
75th Percentile £614 £613 £595
90th Percentile £688 £688 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 15
10th Percentile - £47.75 £18.26
25th Percentile £23.63 £58.75 £23.72
Median hourly rate £33.55 £62.50 £34.45
Median % change year-on-year -46.32% +81.42% +8.32%
75th Percentile £53.75 £73.75 £44.40
90th Percentile £59.40 £84.50 £56.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.28 £65.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -61.12% +140.74% -17.20%

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 39,893 55,060 83,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,957 38,445 58,715
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 2,673 1,534 2,047
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 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 -34 410 £530 +0.95% 342
UK excluding London -35 262 £525 +5.00% 277
Work from Home +4 196 £550 +7.58% 130
London +1 179 £575 - 82
Midlands 0 60 £525 +5.00% 55
South East -20 56 £525 +1.94% 70
South West +18 53 £519 +7.79% 22
West Midlands -7 50 £525 +5.00% 36
North of England -50 44 £459 -8.25% 89
Scotland +23 38 £475 -5.00% 21
North West -19 24 £500 +6.67% 40
Yorkshire -26 14 £450 -18.18% 42
East Midlands +15 9 £500 - 19
East of England -18 6 £475 -2.56% 20
Wales +22 5 £475 +46.15% 11
North East +19 5 £525 +16.67% 13

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 163 (34.39%) Project Management
2 144 (30.38%) Finance
3 113 (23.84%) Social Skills
4 101 (21.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 95 (20.04%) Agile
6 73 (15.40%) Change Management
7 60 (12.66%) PRINCE2
8 59 (12.45%) Project Delivery
9 55 (11.60%) ITIL
10 46 (9.70%) Banking
11 44 (9.28%) Service Delivery
11 44 (9.28%) Waterfall
12 43 (9.07%) Service Management
13 41 (8.65%) Public Sector
14 40 (8.44%) Security Cleared
15 38 (8.02%) Microsoft
16 37 (7.81%) Migration
16 37 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
17 36 (7.59%) Azure
18 35 (7.38%) Decision-Making
19 34 (7.17%) SC Cleared
19 34 (7.17%) Risk Management
20 33 (6.96%) Microsoft 365
21 32 (6.75%) Continuous Improvement
21 32 (6.75%) Legal
21 32 (6.75%) Degree
22 30 (6.33%) ITSM
23 27 (5.70%) Budget Management
24 26 (5.49%) PMI Certification
24 26 (5.49%) ERP

IT 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 21 (4.43%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.48%) Confluence
2 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.63%) CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Appian
4 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.21%) Moodle
Applications
1 9 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.27%) Photoshop
4 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.21%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.21%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 36 (7.59%) Azure
2 33 (6.96%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (4.64%) SaaS
4 10 (2.11%) AWS
5 8 (1.69%) WhatsApp
6 7 (1.48%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.48%) Slack
7 6 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.27%) Canva
8 2 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.42%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.42%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.21%) IaaS
9 1 (0.21%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.21%) PaaS
9 1 (0.21%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.32%) Intranet
2 6 (1.27%) WAN
3 5 (1.05%) Firewall
3 5 (1.05%) LAN
4 3 (0.63%) Wireless
5 2 (0.42%) Broadband
5 2 (0.42%) VLAN
5 2 (0.42%) VoIP
5 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.21%) Internet
6 1 (0.21%) Network Security
6 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.21%) Skype
6 1 (0.21%) SNMP
6 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (1.27%) Power BI
2 3 (0.63%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.42%) Tableau
4 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.21%) Mixpanel
4 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (3.59%) JIRA
2 2 (0.42%) Hudson
General
1 144 (30.38%) Finance
2 113 (23.84%) Social Skills
3 46 (9.70%) Banking
4 41 (8.65%) Public Sector
5 32 (6.75%) Legal
6 20 (4.22%) Manufacturing
7 16 (3.38%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (3.16%) Law
9 14 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.74%) Local Government
11 12 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (2.32%) Retail
13 10 (2.11%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.27%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.27%) Military
15 5 (1.05%) Automotive
15 5 (1.05%) Marketing
15 5 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.21%) ADO
1 1 (0.21%) Express.js
1 1 (0.21%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.21%) Middleware
1 1 (0.21%) Node.js
1 1 (0.21%) React
1 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.59%) Data Centre
2 12 (2.53%) Management Information System
2 12 (2.53%) Onboarding
3 9 (1.90%) FMCG
4 7 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (1.48%) PMI
4 7 (1.48%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.27%) NHS
5 6 (1.27%) Video Editing
6 5 (1.05%) CMDB
7 4 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.63%) e-Learning
8 3 (0.63%) Life Science
8 3 (0.63%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.42%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (0.42%) LIMS
9 2 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.21%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.21%) Tandem
10 1 (0.21%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.16%) Windows
2 8 (1.69%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.63%) Unix
4 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.21%) Linux
5 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.21%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.21%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (34.39%) Project Management
2 101 (21.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 95 (20.04%) Agile
4 73 (15.40%) Change Management
5 60 (12.66%) PRINCE2
6 59 (12.45%) Project Delivery
7 55 (11.60%) ITIL
8 44 (9.28%) Service Delivery
8 44 (9.28%) Waterfall
9 43 (9.07%) Service Management
10 37 (7.81%) Migration
10 37 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
11 35 (7.38%) Decision-Making
12 34 (7.17%) Risk Management
13 32 (6.75%) Continuous Improvement
14 30 (6.33%) ITSM
15 27 (5.70%) Budget Management
16 26 (5.49%) ERP
17 21 (4.43%) People Management
18 20 (4.22%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.69%) Swift
2 2 (0.42%) SQL
3 1 (0.21%) C#
3 1 (0.21%) Java
3 1 (0.21%) Python
Qualifications
1 40 (8.44%) Security Cleared
2 34 (7.17%) SC Cleared
3 32 (6.75%) Degree
4 26 (5.49%) PMI Certification
5 25 (5.27%) PMP
6 12 (2.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 8 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (1.48%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.42%) CCNA
10 2 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.42%) CISSP
10 2 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.42%) ISEB
10 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.21%) CAPM
11 1 (0.21%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.16%) PMO
2 11 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.32%) SLA
3 8 (1.69%) GDPR
4 6 (1.27%) NIST
5 5 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.05%) QA
6 4 (0.84%) COBIT
7 3 (0.63%) EMIR
7 3 (0.63%) GxP
7 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.42%) Basel III
8 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.42%) GRC
8 2 (0.42%) MiFID
8 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.21%) GAMP
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 4 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.21%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1 (0.21%) Avamar
1 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.21%) Matomo
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.21%) SafeCom
1 1 (0.21%) SCCM
1 1 (0.21%) Terraform
1 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (8.02%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.22%) SAP
3 12 (2.53%) Cisco
4 10 (2.11%) Oracle
4 10 (2.11%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.69%) Okta
6 7 (1.48%) Remedy
7 5 (1.05%) Adobe
7 5 (1.05%) VMware
8 4 (0.84%) Citrix
9 3 (0.63%) BMC
9 3 (0.63%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.63%) Siemens
10 2 (0.42%) Ariba
10 2 (0.42%) Aruba
10 2 (0.42%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.42%) Cadence
10 2 (0.42%) Civica
10 2 (0.42%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.42%) Salesforce