Senior Manager Contract Job Trends in Derby

Senior Manager
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Senior Manager daily rate in Derby is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 2.55% - 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.28% - 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £500
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £650 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 122 83 139
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 77.71% 93.26% 93.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 40 91
10th Percentile £263 £173 £150
25th Percentile £406 £269 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £388 £275
Median % change year-on-year +20.26% +40.91% -38.89%
75th Percentile £556 £497 £450
90th Percentile £619 £584 £650
Derbyshire median daily rate £467 £388 £255
% change year-on-year +20.52% +51.96% -43.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 23
10th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.58 £18.65 £16.98
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -26.10% +36.46% +14.32%
75th Percentile £25.58 - £20.00
90th Percentile £51.25 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £17.87 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -26.10% +36.46% +14.32%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in Derby

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Derby.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Derby

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, Senior Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Derby region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Dependency Management
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) COBIT
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) SIAM
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Dependency Management
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) SIAM
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft