IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Bristol

IT Manager
South West > Bristol

The median IT Manager daily rate in Bristol is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 49 67
Rank change year-on-year -7 +18 +19
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 12 18 12
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.49% 2.41% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% 2.52% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 11
10th Percentile - £469 £425
25th Percentile - £501 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile - £564 £588
90th Percentile - £650 £613
South West median daily rate £450 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -12.20% +7.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile £67.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 - £45.00

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 751 715 987
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 95.72% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 398 616
10th Percentile £233 £212 £275
25th Percentile £400 £375 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £729 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 94 124
10th Percentile £15.00 £35.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £21.06 £60.75 £58.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.44
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year -48.46% +14.22% -12.45%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Bristol

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Bristol

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Bristol

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 8 December 2025, IT 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 Bristol region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) ITIL
4 3 (25.00%) ITSM
4 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Service Design
4 3 (25.00%) Service Management
5 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Analytics
6 1 (8.33%) Azure
6 1 (8.33%) Budget Management
6 1 (8.33%) Cloud Operations
6 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics
6 1 (8.33%) Data Migration
6 1 (8.33%) Degree
6 1 (8.33%) IaaS
6 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
6 1 (8.33%) IT Strategy
6 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (8.33%) Line Management
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (8.33%) Migration
6 1 (8.33%) NIST

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) IaaS
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Aviation
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) ITIL
3 3 (25.00%) ITSM
3 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Service Design
3 3 (25.00%) Service Management
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Budget Management
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics
5 1 (8.33%) Data Migration
5 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
5 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (8.33%) Project Governance
5 1 (8.33%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune