IT Manager Contract Job Trends in the East of England

IT Manager
England > East of England

The median IT Manager daily rate in the East of England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 87 83
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 +18
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 13 9 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.00% 0.59% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 0.67% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 22
10th Percentile £406 £439 £450
25th Percentile £413 £450 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £659 -
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -54.55% +86.44%
England median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +114.29% -39.13% -11.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 1,095 1,343 1,666
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.10% 88.30% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 544 990
10th Percentile £186 £200 £200
25th Percentile £361 £300 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £600
90th Percentile £688 £600 £713
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 357 258
10th Percentile £14.53 £14.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.50 £21.37 £17.72
Median hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £36.98
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +28.47% +86.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.88 £69.25 £84.36
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £44.75
% change year-on-year -45.54% +3.20% +71.00%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the East of England

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in the East of England

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the East of England

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in the East of England

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 17 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
Hertfordshire +8 6 £588 +11.90% 5
Cambridgeshire +4 4 £425 - 6
Suffolk +6 2 £550 - 3
Bedfordshire -10 1 £413 -36.54%
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 17 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 East of England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
4 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) Windows
4 3 (23.08%) ERP
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
4 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) PMO
5 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
5 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (7.69%) Technical Architecture

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
4 3 (23.08%) ERP
4 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
5 2 (15.38%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
6 1 (7.69%) Business Continuity
6 1 (7.69%) Change Management
6 1 (7.69%) CRM
6 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (7.69%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
2 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) GxP
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) IFS
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce