IT Manager Contracts in Birmingham

IT Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Manager daily rate in Birmingham is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 53 59
Rank change year-on-year +17 +6 +1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 20 13 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.56% 1.90% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.98% 2.00% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 13
10th Percentile £410 - -
25th Percentile £444 £413 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year +21.18% -29.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £609 £500 £738
90th Percentile £688 £535 £748
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £531
% change year-on-year -5.00% -5.88% +1.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 503 651 825
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.50% 95.31% 95.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 459 570
10th Percentile £164 £231 £263
25th Percentile £313 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £494
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -1.27% +3.95%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £715 £713
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 20 27
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.22
25th Percentile £12.62 £17.88 £15.94
Median hourly rate £14.00 £31.81 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.99% +55.18% +13.89%
75th Percentile £23.33 £49.06 £28.46
90th Percentile £30.86 £56.25 £78.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.83 £21.50 £20.97
% change year-on-year +15.49% +2.53% +16.50%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Birmingham

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in Birmingham

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in Birmingham

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in Birmingham

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, IT 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 Birmingham region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (40.00%) ITIL
3 7 (35.00%) Service Management
4 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (30.00%) Change Management
5 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 5 (25.00%) ITSM
5 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 4 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (20.00%) Finance
6 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 4 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 4 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (20.00%) Supplier Management
7 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (15.00%) SLA
7 3 (15.00%) Legal
7 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (15.00%) ServiceNow
7 3 (15.00%) Project Governance
7 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
8 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
8 2 (10.00%) Change Advisory Board
8 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (10.00%) Service Design
8 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
8 2 (10.00%) Validation
8 2 (10.00%) Risk Management

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Legal
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Military
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) ITIL
2 7 (35.00%) Service Management
3 6 (30.00%) Change Management
3 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (25.00%) ITSM
4 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Supplier Management
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.00%) Project Governance
7 2 (10.00%) Change Advisory Board
7 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
7 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
7 2 (10.00%) Release Management
7 2 (10.00%) Service Design
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (5.00%) CPIM
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) SLA
2 1 (5.00%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.00%) BMC
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) Remedy
3 1 (5.00%) Snow