Technical Manager Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Technical Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Technical Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 108 112
Rank change year-on-year +12 +4 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 2 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.16% 0.12% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.13% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £424
25th Percentile - - £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £506
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.56%
75th Percentile - - £539
90th Percentile - - £542
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.31% +16.11%

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 1,106 1,489 1,637
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 91.01% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 725 796 1,036
10th Percentile £300 £313 £249
25th Percentile £406 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £663 £690 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £504
% change year-on-year -0.99% +0.15% +0.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 67 60
10th Percentile £14.75 £29.25 £20.75
25th Percentile £17.69 £52.38 £46.93
Median hourly rate £34.80 £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.51% +2.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £67.81 £68.59 £74.06
90th Percentile £87.48 £98.50 £77.27
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £60.46 £51.42
% change year-on-year -58.40% +17.57% +105.68%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Technical Manager job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Technical 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 Technical Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 8 October 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 +32 2 £525 - 6
Technical Manager
South East

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 8 October 2025, Technical 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 Berkshire region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Release Management
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle CX
1 1 (50.00%) 5G
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) 5G
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Release Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle