Senior Manager Contracts in Berkshire

Senior Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Senior Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 97 88
Rank change year-on-year +14 -9 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 10 27 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.85% 1.36% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 1.45% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 17 17
10th Percentile - £481 £418
25th Percentile - £563 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £615 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +17.14% -
75th Percentile - £675 £638
90th Percentile - £840 £728
South East median daily rate £541 £600 £521
% change year-on-year -9.88% +15.27% -11.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
South East median hourly rate - £51.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -21.54% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,085 1,866 1,720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.05% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 992 1,104
10th Percentile £311 £213 £325
25th Percentile £413 £381 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 116 56
10th Percentile £27.46 £18.75 £17.61
25th Percentile £50.06 £41.44 £22.66
Median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%
75th Percentile £76.77 £70.42 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £86.32 £79.72
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in Berkshire

Senior Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Manager in Berkshire

Senior Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Manager in Berkshire

Senior Manager
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +17 6 - - 21
Wokingham -11 1 - - 1
Slough - 1 £650 - 11
Senior Manager
South East

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Berkshire region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) People Management
3 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (20.00%) IFRS
3 2 (20.00%) ACCA
3 2 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) General Ledger
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Intranet
4 1 (10.00%) Benchmarking
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Management
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (10.00%) Information Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Data Governance

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intranet
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) General Ledger
2 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (20.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) People Management
3 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Benchmarking
4 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (10.00%) Business Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ACCA
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) IFRS
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle