Technical Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

Technical Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Technical Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 118 149
Rank change year-on-year +20 +31 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 12 12 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.62% 0.51% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.53% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 17
10th Percentile £443 £363 £250
25th Percentile £450 £413 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +27.78% +28.57%
75th Percentile £513 £650 £538
90th Percentile £561 £666 £575
England median daily rate £540 £530 £575
% change year-on-year +1.89% -7.79% +14.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.25 - -
Median hourly rate £28.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.21 £70.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year -51.13% +35.92% +87.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,774 2,248 3,419
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.26% 94.97% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,199 1,543 2,501
10th Percentile £259 £250 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £708 £694 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 66 81
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.02 £14.32
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +12.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £41.44 £26.82 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £55.63 £22.25
England median hourly rate £36.34 £44.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.83% +98.96% +0.36%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in the West Midlands

Technical Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Manager in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Technical Manager in the West Midlands

Technical Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Manager in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Manager in the West Midlands

Technical Manager
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Staffordshire +14 6 £500 -23.08% 4
Birmingham +13 4 £475 -26.92% 18
Warwickshire -1 1 - - 3
Herefordshire - 1 £575 - 1
Technical Manager
England

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Technical 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) Digital Forensics
1 5 (41.67%) Digital Media
1 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 5 (41.67%) ISO17020
1 5 (41.67%) Data Collection
2 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) QA
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) Validation
3 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (25.00%) SAP
3 3 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (16.67%) Internal Audit
4 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Skype
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (16.67%) ERP
4 2 (16.67%) Broadband
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (16.67%) Quality Management
4 2 (16.67%) CAFM
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (16.67%) Facilities Management

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) SAP ERP
1 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Broadband
1 2 (16.67%) Skype
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.33%) VPN
2 1 (8.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Digital Media
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Data Collection
1 5 (41.67%) Digital Forensics
2 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 3 (25.00%) Validation
4 2 (16.67%) CAFM
4 2 (16.67%) ERP
4 2 (16.67%) Facilities Management
4 2 (16.67%) Internal Audit
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Quality Management
4 2 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (8.33%) Change Management
5 1 (8.33%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Project Planning
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (8.33%) CCNA
3 1 (8.33%) CCNP
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (8.33%) PMP
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 5 (41.67%) ISO17020
2 4 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (8.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) SAP