Senior IT Manager Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Senior IT Manager
England > East of England

The median Senior IT Manager daily rate in the East of England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 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
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 - 121
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.076% - 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% - 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
England median daily rate £550 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -21.43% +7.65% +13.09%

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 1,107 1,352 1,671
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.12% 89.30% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 540 990
10th Percentile £190 £200 £195
25th Percentile £363 £300 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £625 £704
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 331 268
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.84 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.50 £21.37 £17.72
Median hourly rate £36.75 £43.90 £42.40
Median % change year-on-year -16.29% +3.54% +114.03%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £84.55
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% - +73.08%

Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Manager in the East of England

Senior IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Senior 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 Senior IT Manager within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 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
Suffolk - 1 £550 -
Senior IT Manager
England

Senior IT Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 27 September 2025, Senior 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 Senior IT Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Senior 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO