IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

IT Manager
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median IT Manager daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £425, 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 40 45 51
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 +12
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 4 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.12% 0.46% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 0.60% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -22.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £444 £438 -
90th Percentile £448 - -
East of England median daily rate £475 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +17.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.00 -
East of England median hourly rate - £32.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - -40.91% +86.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 301 332 404
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.31% 75.80% 78.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 128 205
10th Percentile £216 £224 £200
25th Percentile £379 £332 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £442 £465
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -4.95% -2.11%
75th Percentile £618 £556 £550
90th Percentile £700 £629 £598
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 74 102
10th Percentile £13.98 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.84 £14.88 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%
75th Percentile £30.58 £28.44 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £53.75 £33.12
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £43.90 £40.38
% change year-on-year -14.58% +8.73% +103.81%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Cambridgeshire

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 26 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge -2 3 £438 +2.94% 4
IT Manager
East of England

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

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 Cambridgeshire region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft