Senior Manager Contracts in Bristol

Senior Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Manager daily rate in Bristol is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 65 71
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 6 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.88% 0.83% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.88% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 13
10th Percentile £395 £256 £485
25th Percentile £444 £531 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £650
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% -9.23% +15.56%
75th Percentile £631 £630 £725
90th Percentile £665 £683 £775
South West median daily rate £550 £590 £650
% change year-on-year -6.78% -9.23% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £56.38 -
25th Percentile - £60.31 £46.75
Median hourly rate - £68.75 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year - +41.75% -47.28%
75th Percentile - £75.31 £50.25
90th Percentile - £78.13 -
South West median hourly rate - £45.28 £48.50
% change year-on-year - -6.63% -47.28%

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 634 909 1,028
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 94.49% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 502 711
10th Percentile £240 £242 £313
25th Percentile £360 £388 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £638
90th Percentile £644 £688 £710
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 220 115
10th Percentile £12.82 £31.97 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.51 £45.00 £51.88
Median hourly rate £35.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.25 £72.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.43 £80.00 £84.50
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +3.17% +29.22%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Bristol over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 3 August 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 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Military
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Benchmarking
4 1 (16.67%) React
4 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
4 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (16.67%) PMO
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Campaign Management
4 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 1 (16.67%) Trello
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Line Management
4 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation

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 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (16.67%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Billing
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Next.js
1 1 (16.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Benchmarking
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (16.67%) Observability
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO