IT Manager Contracts in Bristol

IT Manager
South West > Bristol

The median IT Manager daily rate in Bristol is £523, 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 45 63 82
Rank change year-on-year +18 +19 -4
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 10 11 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.86% 1.04% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.95% 1.10% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 15
10th Percentile £339 £424 £413
25th Percentile £391 £472 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.79% +7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £531 £609 £526
90th Percentile £580 £616 £588
South West median daily rate £520 £519 £467
% change year-on-year +0.24% +11.08% -6.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 512 1,004 1,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 94.99% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 541 805
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £564 £613 £630
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 218 142
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £30.97
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +55.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £86.23
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Bristol

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in Bristol

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in Bristol

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Bristol region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (30.00%) SaaS
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Business Case
4 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Ansible
4 1 (10.00%) GitLab
4 1 (10.00%) Software Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Power BI
4 1 (10.00%) Terraform
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (10.00%) ITSM
4 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Electronics

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
1 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Electronics
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (10.00%) Business Case
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (10.00%) ITSM
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Software Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Ansible
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (10.00%) SAP