IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

IT Manager
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median IT Manager daily rate in Aberdeen is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - 5
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 8.70% - 11.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.53% - 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £475
75th Percentile £500 - £488
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £438 £463
% change year-on-year +14.29% -5.41% -7.04%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Aberdeen

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen with a recognized job title 38 28 27
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.61% 96.55% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 21 19
10th Percentile £201 £173 £256
25th Percentile £353 £281 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.93% -6.32% +150.00%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £581
90th Percentile £580 - £632
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £450
% change year-on-year - +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £19.39 - £28.23
25th Percentile £25.71 - £31.19
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -31.56% +110.42%
75th Percentile £38.75 - £42.69
90th Percentile - - £45.88
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £19.60 £18.13
% change year-on-year +78.59% +8.09% +2.31%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Aberdeen.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Aberdeen

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 13 August 2026, IT Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Aberdeen region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) COBIT
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 31000
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 2 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Power BI
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) COBIT
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 31000
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005