Senior Manager Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Senior Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Senior Manager daily rate in the East Midlands is £688, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 68 61
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 17 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.22% 0.94% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.03% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 4
10th Percentile £521 £411 £512
25th Percentile £609 £483 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £838 £585 £688
90th Percentile £851 £697 £710
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in the East Midlands with a recognized job title 1,184 777 716
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.30% 91.63% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 533 423
10th Percentile £250 £200 £250
25th Percentile £400 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year +15.88% -3.00% -10.47%
75th Percentile £575 £519 £530
90th Percentile £675 £629 £612
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 69 41
10th Percentile £12.76 £16.17 £12.70
25th Percentile £13.66 £17.87 £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.31 £21.25 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -13.84% -12.12% +34.75%
75th Percentile £26.20 £25.15 £50.00
90th Percentile £38.62 £25.42 £55.00
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% -6.89%

Senior Manager Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Senior Manager Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Senior Manager Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in the East Midlands

Senior Manager Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Senior Manager Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 October 2026. 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
Derbyshire - 8 £825 - 1
Northamptonshire +18 3 £588 +6.82% 3
Nottinghamshire -12 3 £625 -7.41% 14
Leicestershire -10 2 £700 +67.16% 3
Lincolnshire - 1 £825 - 1
Senior Manager
England

Senior Manager Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 October 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 East Midlands region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Stakeholder Management70.6%12
2AI23.5%4
2Analytics23.5%4
2Migration23.5%4
2Programme Governance23.5%4
2Project Delivery23.5%4
2SAP23.5%4
8Agile17.6%3
8Digital Innovation17.6%3
8Problem-Solving17.6%3
8Programme Management17.6%3
8Project Management17.6%3
8SAP S/4HANA17.6%3
14Business Strategy11.8%2
14Concur11.8%2
14Contingency Planning11.8%2
14Cutover Planning11.8%2
14Data Architecture11.8%2
14Data Governance11.8%2
14Data Integration11.8%2
14Data Migration11.8%2
14Digital Twin11.8%2
14ERP11.8%2
14Logistics11.8%2
14PMI Certification11.8%2
14PMP11.8%2
14PRINCE211.8%2
14Programme Delivery11.8%2
14Roadmaps11.8%2
14Stakeholder Engagement11.8%2

Senior Manager Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior IT Manager35.3%6
1Senior Programme Manager35.3%6
1Senior Project Manager35.3%6
4SAP Manager17.6%3
4Senior IT Programme Manager17.6%3
6SAP Cutover Manager11.8%2
6Senior IT Project Manager11.8%2
8Business Project Manager5.9%1
8Data Manager5.9%1
8Delivery Project Manager5.9%1
8Dynamics 365 Project Manager5.9%1
8Logistics Project Manager5.9%1
8Oracle Project Manager5.9%1
8Senior Business Manager5.9%1
8Senior Finance Project Manager5.9%1
8Senior PMO Manager5.9%1
8Senior Portfolio Manager5.9%1
8Senior Quality Manager5.9%1
8Senior Supply Chain Manager5.9%1
8Senior Technical Manager5.9%1
27 Senior Manager jobs in the East Midlands