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 £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 48 62
Rank change year-on-year -17 +14 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 15 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.66% 1.05% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 1.15% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 1
10th Percentile £413 £517 -
25th Percentile £506 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -15.90%
75th Percentile - £725 £525
90th Percentile £680 - -
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +1.69%

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.

Contract vacancies in the East Midlands with a recognized job title 828 524 681
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 91.93% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 316 476
10th Percentile £186 £205 £183
25th Percentile £350 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £525 £525 £550
90th Percentile £625 £601 £665
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 25 49
10th Percentile £16.17 £15.10 £12.93
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.64 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -12.71% +26.98% +3.47%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £23.75
90th Percentile £26.50 £32.95 £54.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -22.22% +28.57%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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
Northamptonshire -15 6 £550 -13.73% 8
Nottinghamshire -8 4 £650 -7.14% 9
Leicestershire -5 3 £425 -22.73% 7
Derbyshire 0 2 - - 10
Senior Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 January 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.

1 9 (60.00%) Logistics
2 6 (40.00%) AI
3 5 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (26.67%) Change Management
4 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
4 4 (26.67%) Project Management
5 3 (20.00%) DevOps
5 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (20.00%) ITIL
5 3 (20.00%) Operational Stability
5 3 (20.00%) Problem Management
5 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (20.00%) Service Management
6 2 (13.33%) Change Control
6 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (13.33%) Dependency Management
6 2 (13.33%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (13.33%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
6 2 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (13.33%) SaaS
6 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
7 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
7 1 (6.67%) Analytical Thinking
7 1 (6.67%) Budget Management
7 1 (6.67%) Budgeting
7 1 (6.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (6.67%) GRC

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) SaaS
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) Automotive
4 3 (20.00%) Retail
5 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Robotics
2 4 (26.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Logistics
2 6 (40.00%) AI
3 5 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (26.67%) Change Management
4 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
4 4 (26.67%) Project Management
5 3 (20.00%) DevOps
5 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (20.00%) ITIL
5 3 (20.00%) Operational Stability
5 3 (20.00%) Problem Management
5 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (20.00%) Service Management
6 2 (13.33%) Change Control
6 2 (13.33%) Dependency Management
6 2 (13.33%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (13.33%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
6 2 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GRC
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory