Senior Manager Contracts in Birmingham

Senior Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Senior Manager daily rate in Birmingham is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 June 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
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 57 61
Rank change year-on-year +19 +4 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 13 5 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.62% 0.68% 1.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.95% 0.72% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 12
10th Percentile £513 £565 £284
25th Percentile £541 £588 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £650 £544
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +19.54% -16.35%
75th Percentile £709 £688 £656
90th Percentile £805 £695 £698
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £613 £550
% change year-on-year -10.20% +11.36% -8.33%

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 441 693 868
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.73% 93.78% 96.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 485 571
10th Percentile £160 £250 £263
25th Percentile £368 £338 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £657 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 42 35
10th Percentile - £13.25 £12.20
25th Percentile £12.62 £16.63 £13.10
Median hourly rate £14.00 £28.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.88% +42.50% +15.94%
75th Percentile £22.91 £48.75 £24.94
90th Percentile £33.03 £56.25 £60.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.00 £19.77 £20.00
% change year-on-year +1.16% -1.15% +17.65%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in Birmingham

Senior Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Manager in Birmingham

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in Birmingham

Senior Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Manager in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 4 June 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 Birmingham region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (38.46%) Project Management
4 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
4 4 (30.77%) Migration
4 4 (30.77%) Finance
5 3 (23.08%) Digital Analytics
5 3 (23.08%) PMO
5 3 (23.08%) Data Strategy
5 3 (23.08%) Infographics
5 3 (23.08%) Storytelling
5 3 (23.08%) Web Analytics
5 3 (23.08%) Analytics
6 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
6 2 (15.38%) SAP
6 2 (15.38%) Oracle
6 2 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (15.38%) LDAP
6 2 (15.38%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (15.38%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
6 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
6 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
6 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
6 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (15.38%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (7.69%) Technology Transformation

Senior 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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP HCM
1 1 (7.69%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
1 1 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
4 1 (7.69%) Military
4 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) LDAP
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (38.46%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Migration
3 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
4 3 (23.08%) Analytics
4 3 (23.08%) Data Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) Digital Analytics
4 3 (23.08%) Infographics
4 3 (23.08%) Storytelling
4 3 (23.08%) Web Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
5 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
5 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
6 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (7.69%) Document Management
6 1 (7.69%) ERP
6 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
1 1 (7.69%) PMP
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
1 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Cognos