Knowledge Manager Contracts

Knowledge Manager
UK

The median Knowledge Manager daily rate in the UK is £475 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 572 678 854
Rank change year-on-year +106 +176 -190
Contract jobs requiring a Knowledge Manager 7 22 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.037% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.039% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 3
10th Percentile - £467 £366
25th Percentile £425 £485 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £378
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +30.95% +77.88%
75th Percentile £514 £688 £430
90th Percentile £522 - £456
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £625 -
% change year-on-year -28.00% - -

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%

Knowledge Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Knowledge Manager in the UK

Knowledge Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Knowledge Manager in the UK

Knowledge Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Knowledge Manager in the UK

Knowledge 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 Knowledge 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 +98 6 £475 -4.04% 3
UK excluding London +64 5 £450 -28.00% 1
South West +25 3 £450 -
Work from Home +112 2 £488 -13.33%
London +101 2 £519 +4.80% 2
Scotland +31 1 - -
North of England +27 1 £500 +11.11%
North West - 1 £500 -

Knowledge Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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

1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
1 5 (71.43%) Knowledge Management
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) ITSM
3 3 (42.86%) Service Management
4 2 (28.57%) Remedy
4 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (28.57%) Azure
4 2 (28.57%) Confluence
4 2 (28.57%) Information Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (28.57%) Wiki
4 2 (28.57%) Power BI
4 2 (28.57%) Fintech
4 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Freshdesk
4 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) Change Management

Knowledge 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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
1 5 (71.43%) Knowledge Management
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) ITSM
3 3 (42.86%) Service Management
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Fintech
4 2 (28.57%) Information Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Change Management
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Freshdesk
1 2 (28.57%) Remedy