Technical Manager Contracts in Bristol

Technical Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Technical Manager daily rate in Bristol is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 64 78
Rank change year-on-year -3 +14 +18
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 5 9 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.72% 0.96% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.01% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £355 - £408
25th Percentile £400 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -26.09% +35.29%
75th Percentile £475 - £647
90th Percentile - £574 £664
South West median daily rate £506 £450 £531
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.29% -1.16%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 645 887 1,034
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 94.76% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 494 708
10th Percentile £246 £257 £317
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £494 £515
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -4.13% +3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £638
90th Percentile £656 £700 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 195 119
10th Percentile £12.82 £28.00 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.51 £48.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £80.00
90th Percentile £73.43 £80.00 £84.72
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £66.26 £61.50
% change year-on-year -62.04% +7.74% +22.06%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in Bristol

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, Technical 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 Technical Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Google
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Tech Ops
2 2 (40.00%) Google Sheets
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Business Case
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (20.00%) PKI
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) AWS

Technical 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Google Sheets
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Business Case
1 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (40.00%) Tech Ops
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Google
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce