Senior Manager Contracts in Bristol

Senior Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Manager daily rate in Bristol is £375, 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 53 66 86
Rank change year-on-year +13 +20 0
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 2 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.37% 0.76% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.80% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 13
10th Percentile - £474 £535
25th Percentile £363 £491 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £555 £650
Median % change year-on-year -32.43% -14.62% +13.04%
75th Percentile £388 £656 £675
90th Percentile - £703 £764
South West median daily rate £602 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +9.45% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £53.75 £46.75
Median hourly rate £80.00 £57.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% +18.56% -
75th Percentile - £63.13 £50.25
90th Percentile - £64.25 -
South West median hourly rate £80.00 £33.07 £48.50
% change year-on-year +141.95% -31.82% -

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%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in Bristol

Senior Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Manager in Bristol

Senior Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Manager in Bristol

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

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

1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Management
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Trello
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD

Senior 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking