IT Manager Contracts in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager daily rate in England is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 181 181
Rank change year-on-year -25 0 +95
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 422 736 1,175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.14% 1.46% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 1.54% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 566 882
10th Percentile £363 £363 £370
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% +15.56%
75th Percentile £614 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £513
% change year-on-year +0.96% +1.46% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 16
10th Percentile - £58.25 £18.45
25th Percentile £23.63 £61.25 £26.42
Median hourly rate £30.12 £62.50 £34.83
Median % change year-on-year -51.81% +79.47% +30.68%
75th Percentile £40.44 £65.00 £46.25
90th Percentile £57.00 £75.50 £51.13
UK median hourly rate £31.84 £62.50 £34.83
% change year-on-year -49.06% +79.47% +20.09%

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 34,279 47,758 67,889
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.62% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,753 33,910 48,235
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,414 1,409 1,903
10th Percentile £12.94 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.60 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Manager in England

IT 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 IT Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +17 188 £575 +4.55% 92
Midlands +5 63 £525 +5.00% 51
South East -21 55 £525 +2.94% 65
West Midlands +10 52 £525 +5.00% 35
North of England -41 49 £453 -9.50% 75
South West +14 46 £519 +11.08% 26
North West -23 26 £488 +4.00% 36
Yorkshire -24 18 £450 -18.18% 30
East Midlands +12 10 £500 - 16
East of England -16 9 £475 - 16
North East +24 4 £525 +16.67% 11
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 144 (34.12%) Project Management
2 143 (33.89%) Finance
3 96 (22.75%) Social Skills
4 87 (20.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 77 (18.25%) Agile
6 63 (14.93%) Change Management
7 58 (13.74%) Project Delivery
8 56 (13.27%) PRINCE2
9 48 (11.37%) Banking
10 43 (10.19%) ITIL
11 40 (9.48%) Security Cleared
12 38 (9.00%) Microsoft
13 37 (8.77%) Azure
13 37 (8.77%) Public Sector
14 36 (8.53%) Service Management
15 35 (8.29%) Decision-Making
16 34 (8.06%) Service Delivery
17 32 (7.58%) SC Cleared
18 31 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
19 30 (7.11%) Migration
19 30 (7.11%) Risk Management
20 29 (6.87%) Problem-Solving
21 28 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
21 28 (6.64%) Waterfall
22 27 (6.40%) Legal
23 26 (6.16%) PMI Certification
24 25 (5.92%) Degree
24 25 (5.92%) PMP
24 25 (5.92%) Budget Management
25 22 (5.21%) ITSM

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.42%) Confluence
4 3 (0.71%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Appian
5 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.24%) Moodle
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.24%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.24%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 37 (8.77%) Azure
2 28 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.50%) SaaS
4 13 (3.08%) AWS
5 7 (1.66%) Power Platform
5 7 (1.66%) WhatsApp
6 6 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.47%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.24%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.24%) IaaS
8 1 (0.24%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.24%) PaaS
8 1 (0.24%) Slack
8 1 (0.24%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.95%) VoIP
1 4 (0.95%) WAN
1 4 (0.95%) Wireless
2 3 (0.71%) Firewall
2 3 (0.71%) LAN
3 2 (0.47%) Intranet
4 1 (0.24%) HTTP
4 1 (0.24%) Internet
4 1 (0.24%) Network Security
4 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.24%) Skype
4 1 (0.24%) SMTP
4 1 (0.24%) SNMP
4 1 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.24%) VLAN
4 1 (0.24%) VPN
4 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.18%) Power BI
3 4 (0.95%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.47%) Tableau
5 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.24%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.24%) MS Access
5 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (3.79%) JIRA
2 2 (0.47%) Hudson
3 1 (0.24%) GitLab
3 1 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 143 (33.89%) Finance
2 96 (22.75%) Social Skills
3 48 (11.37%) Banking
4 37 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.40%) Legal
6 16 (3.79%) Law
7 15 (3.55%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.32%) Local Government
9 12 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.13%) Retail
12 7 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.42%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.42%) Automotive
13 6 (1.42%) Military
14 5 (1.18%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.18%) Marketing
14 5 (1.18%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.95%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.24%) ADO
1 1 (0.24%) Express.js
1 1 (0.24%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.24%) Middleware
1 1 (0.24%) Node.js
1 1 (0.24%) React
1 1 (0.24%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.55%) Data Centre
2 14 (3.32%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 8 (1.90%) FMCG
5 6 (1.42%) PMI
6 5 (1.18%) CMDB
6 5 (1.18%) NHS
7 4 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.71%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.47%) Derivative
9 2 (0.47%) Life Science
9 2 (0.47%) LIMS
9 2 (0.47%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.47%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.24%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.24%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.24%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.24%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.03%) Windows
2 8 (1.90%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.66%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.95%) Unix
4 4 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.24%) Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.24%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (34.12%) Project Management
2 87 (20.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 77 (18.25%) Agile
4 63 (14.93%) Change Management
5 58 (13.74%) Project Delivery
6 56 (13.27%) PRINCE2
7 43 (10.19%) ITIL
8 36 (8.53%) Service Management
9 35 (8.29%) Decision-Making
10 34 (8.06%) Service Delivery
11 31 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (7.11%) Migration
12 30 (7.11%) Risk Management
13 29 (6.87%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (6.64%) Waterfall
15 25 (5.92%) Budget Management
16 22 (5.21%) ITSM
17 21 (4.98%) ERP
18 20 (4.74%) Budgeting
19 19 (4.50%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.90%) Swift
2 2 (0.47%) Java
2 2 (0.47%) SQL
3 1 (0.24%) C#
3 1 (0.24%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (9.48%) Security Cleared
2 32 (7.58%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.16%) PMI Certification
4 25 (5.92%) Degree
4 25 (5.92%) PMP
5 11 (2.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 9 (2.13%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.71%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.47%) CCNA
10 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.47%) CISSP
10 2 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.47%) ISEB
11 1 (0.24%) CISA
11 1 (0.24%) MCSE
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (2.61%) PMO
2 8 (1.90%) GDPR
2 8 (1.90%) SLA
3 5 (1.18%) COBIT
3 5 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.18%) NIST
4 3 (0.71%) EMIR
5 2 (0.47%) Basel III
5 2 (0.47%) GxP
5 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.47%) MiFID
5 2 (0.47%) QA
5 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.24%) GAMP
6 1 (0.24%) GMP
6 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.24%) P3O
6 1 (0.24%) PMBOK
System Software
1 5 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.24%) vCloud
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.24%) Avamar
2 1 (0.24%) Matomo
2 1 (0.24%) SCCM
2 1 (0.24%) Terraform
2 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (9.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.55%) SAP
3 9 (2.13%) Cisco
4 8 (1.90%) Okta
4 8 (1.90%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.66%) Remedy
6 5 (1.18%) Adobe
6 5 (1.18%) Oracle
6 5 (1.18%) VMware
7 4 (0.95%) Citrix
8 3 (0.71%) BMC
8 3 (0.71%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.71%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.71%) Siemens
9 2 (0.47%) Aruba
9 2 (0.47%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.47%) Civica
9 2 (0.47%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.47%) Sage
9 2 (0.47%) Workday