Engineering Manager Contracts in England

Engineering Manager
UK > England

The median Engineering Manager daily rate in England is £725 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 501 587 702
Rank change year-on-year +86 +115 -103
Contract jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 37 61 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 32 68
10th Percentile £501 £531 £568
25th Percentile £550 £559 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £800 £750 £775
90th Percentile £850 £786 £813
UK median daily rate £713 £650 £700
% change year-on-year +9.62% -7.14% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £52.50 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £62.34 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,178 47,326 67,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,701 33,606 48,311
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,407 1,890
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Engineering Manager in England

Engineering Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Engineering Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Engineering Manager in England

Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Engineering Manager in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Engineering Manager in England

Engineering Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Engineering Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Engineering Manager in England

Engineering Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Engineering Manager in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Engineering Manager in England

Engineering Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Engineering Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
London +95 19 £725 +11.54% 51
South East +19 6 £576 -17.79% 44
East of England +12 6 - - 19
South West +25 5 £800 +23.08% 22
North of England +10 1 £550 - 40
Yorkshire +8 1 £550 - 9
Engineering Manager
UK

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Engineering 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 England region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 12 (32.43%) Agile
2 11 (29.73%) Software Engineering
2 11 (29.73%) Project Management
3 9 (24.32%) Pharmaceutical
3 9 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (21.62%) Finance
4 8 (21.62%) Configuration Management
5 7 (18.92%) Python
5 7 (18.92%) Java
5 7 (18.92%) Risk Management
6 6 (16.22%) Electronics
6 6 (16.22%) Aerospace
6 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
6 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
6 6 (16.22%) AWS
6 6 (16.22%) Earned Value Management
6 6 (16.22%) Compliance Management
6 6 (16.22%) Roadmaps
7 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
7 5 (13.51%) Mentoring
7 5 (13.51%) Azure
7 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
7 5 (13.51%) JavaScript
8 4 (10.81%) C#
8 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
8 4 (10.81%) Performance Management
8 4 (10.81%) DevOps
8 4 (10.81%) Coaching
9 3 (8.11%) User Experience
9 3 (8.11%) Microservices

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) AWS
2 5 (13.51%) Azure
3 2 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Postman
2 1 (2.70%) Git
General
1 9 (24.32%) Pharmaceutical
2 8 (21.62%) Finance
3 6 (16.22%) Aerospace
3 6 (16.22%) Electronics
4 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Military
6 2 (5.41%) Retail
7 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Automotive
7 1 (2.70%) Aviation
7 1 (2.70%) Banking
7 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.70%) Tech for Good
7 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) React
2 2 (5.41%) AngularJS
2 2 (5.41%) Node.js
2 2 (5.41%) Swagger
2 2 (5.41%) Web Services
3 1 (2.70%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (2.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.41%) Social Media
3 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.70%) PMI
3 1 (2.70%) Tandem
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Agile
2 11 (29.73%) Project Management
2 11 (29.73%) Software Engineering
3 9 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (21.62%) Configuration Management
5 7 (18.92%) Risk Management
6 6 (16.22%) Compliance Management
6 6 (16.22%) Earned Value Management
6 6 (16.22%) Roadmaps
7 5 (13.51%) Mentoring
8 4 (10.81%) Coaching
8 4 (10.81%) DevOps
8 4 (10.81%) Performance Management
9 3 (8.11%) Artificial Intelligence
9 3 (8.11%) Change Control
9 3 (8.11%) Data Science
9 3 (8.11%) Machine Learning
9 3 (8.11%) Microservices
9 3 (8.11%) User Experience
10 2 (5.41%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) Java
1 7 (18.92%) Python
2 5 (13.51%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.81%) C#
4 3 (8.11%) Ruby
4 3 (8.11%) TypeScript
5 2 (5.41%) Go
5 2 (5.41%) Kotlin
5 2 (5.41%) SQL
6 1 (2.70%) C
6 1 (2.70%) C++
6 1 (2.70%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.70%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
1 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.41%) Degree
3 1 (2.70%) APMP
3 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) ISO 14001
1 1 (2.70%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.70%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) Salesforce