IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

IT Manager
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median IT Manager daily rate in Cambridge is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 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
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 27 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 1.61% 1.05% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 1.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £416 - -
25th Percentile £422 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% - -
75th Percentile £447 £438 -
90th Percentile £449 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £425 £425 £550
% change year-on-year - -22.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.00 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - £25.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 163 174 201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.63% 91.10% 93.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 82 118
10th Percentile £250 £225 £180
25th Percentile £413 £332 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £547 £538
90th Percentile £700 £638 £579
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £501 £442 £465
% change year-on-year +13.40% -4.95% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 20
10th Percentile £34.53 £22.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £55.16 £25.32 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +196.28% -59.73%
75th Percentile £73.13 £59.06 £61.56
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £77.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
% change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Cambridge

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

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

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

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

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 26 September 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 Cambridge region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft