IT Manager Contracts in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager daily rate in England is £539, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 212 204 180
Rank change year-on-year -8 -24 0
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 308 426 738
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.26% 1.15% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 1.24% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 317 567
10th Percentile £366 £363 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% - +0.96%
75th Percentile £613 £615 £600
90th Percentile £686 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 5
10th Percentile £32.76 - £58.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £23.63 £61.25
Median hourly rate £62.00 £30.12 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +105.84% -51.81% +79.47%
75th Percentile £75.00 £40.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £57.00 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £31.84 £62.50
% change year-on-year +33.50% -49.06% +79.47%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
London -13 130 £550 -4.30% 188
North of England +23 53 £500 +10.50% 73
South East +42 51 £540 +2.86% 104
Midlands -2 40 £475 -9.52% 60
West Midlands -10 29 £475 -9.52% 46
North West +17 26 £525 +7.69% 49
Yorkshire +15 25 £475 +5.56% 20
South West +15 17 £520 +0.24% 26
East of England +33 12 £675 +42.11% 27
East Midlands +11 11 £488 -2.50% 12
North East -2 2 £488 -7.14% 4
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 118 (38.31%) Finance
2 108 (35.06%) Social Skills
3 105 (34.09%) Project Management
4 83 (26.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 62 (20.13%) Risk Management
6 57 (18.51%) Agile
7 52 (16.88%) Microsoft
8 49 (15.91%) Azure
9 47 (15.26%) ITIL
10 39 (12.66%) Project Delivery
11 36 (11.69%) Change Management
12 35 (11.36%) Retail
13 34 (11.04%) Migration
14 33 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
15 30 (9.74%) PRINCE2
15 30 (9.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 29 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
16 29 (9.42%) Service Management
17 27 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
17 27 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
17 27 (8.77%) Budget Management
18 26 (8.44%) Banking
19 25 (8.12%) JIRA
19 25 (8.12%) Degree
19 25 (8.12%) Windows
19 25 (8.12%) Public Sector
20 24 (7.79%) Active Directory
21 23 (7.47%) Problem-Solving
22 22 (7.14%) ServiceNow
22 22 (7.14%) Security Cleared

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 20 (6.49%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.90%) Confluence
2 12 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.97%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.97%) Trello
6 2 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.65%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.97%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.65%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 49 (15.91%) Azure
2 29 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (5.84%) SaaS
4 17 (5.52%) Power Platform
5 16 (5.19%) Entra ID
6 14 (4.55%) AWS
7 7 (2.27%) Asana
8 5 (1.62%) Slack
9 4 (1.30%) GCP
9 4 (1.30%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.97%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.97%) IaaS
10 3 (0.97%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.97%) PaaS
10 3 (0.97%) Veeva
11 2 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.65%) Yammer
12 1 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.32%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.52%) Firewall
2 11 (3.57%) VPN
3 8 (2.60%) Internet
4 7 (2.27%) Network Security
4 7 (2.27%) WAN
5 5 (1.62%) DNS
5 5 (1.62%) LAN
6 4 (1.30%) Intranet
6 4 (1.30%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.65%) VLAN
9 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.32%) MPLS
9 1 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.52%) Power BI
2 4 (1.30%) Data Lake
2 4 (1.30%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 25 (8.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 118 (38.31%) Finance
2 108 (35.06%) Social Skills
3 35 (11.36%) Retail
4 33 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (8.44%) Banking
6 25 (8.12%) Public Sector
7 21 (6.82%) Legal
8 19 (6.17%) Telecoms
9 14 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (3.90%) Manufacturing
11 11 (3.57%) Local Government
12 10 (3.25%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (2.92%) Billing
13 9 (2.92%) Marketing
14 7 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.95%) Retail Banking
16 5 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.62%) Law
16 5 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (1.30%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.65%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.32%) .NET
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.87%) Management Information System
2 14 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.60%) iPhone
3 8 (2.60%) Smartphone
4 7 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (1.95%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.95%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.62%) Housing Association
6 5 (1.62%) NHS
6 5 (1.62%) PMI
6 5 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.30%) FMCG
8 3 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.65%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.65%) Replication
9 2 (0.65%) Social Media
10 1 (0.32%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.12%) Windows
2 11 (3.57%) Mac OS
3 5 (1.62%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.62%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.97%) Android
4 3 (0.97%) Linux
4 3 (0.97%) Unix
4 3 (0.97%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (34.09%) Project Management
2 83 (26.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 62 (20.13%) Risk Management
4 57 (18.51%) Agile
5 47 (15.26%) ITIL
6 39 (12.66%) Project Delivery
7 36 (11.69%) Change Management
8 34 (11.04%) Migration
9 30 (9.74%) PRINCE2
9 30 (9.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (9.42%) Service Management
11 27 (8.77%) Budget Management
11 27 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (7.47%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (6.82%) ITSM
13 21 (6.82%) Service Delivery
14 20 (6.49%) Contract Management
15 19 (6.17%) Waterfall
16 18 (5.84%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.27%) SQL
2 6 (1.95%) Python
3 1 (0.32%) C#
Qualifications
1 25 (8.12%) Degree
2 22 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.84%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.55%) CISA
5 13 (4.22%) PMI Certification
6 11 (3.57%) CISSP
7 10 (3.25%) CISM
7 10 (3.25%) CRISC
7 10 (3.25%) PMP
8 7 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.65%) APMP
10 2 (0.65%) ISEB
10 2 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.32%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.32%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.57%) PMO
2 10 (3.25%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.27%) NIST
4 6 (1.95%) QA
4 6 (1.95%) SLA
5 5 (1.62%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.62%) GDPR
5 5 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.30%) COBIT
6 4 (1.30%) GRC
6 4 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.97%) COSO
8 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.65%) GxP
8 2 (0.65%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.65%) ISO 31000
8 2 (0.65%) ITGC
8 2 (0.65%) SOX 404
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (7.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (5.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.60%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (1.62%) SCCM
4 1 (0.32%) Ansible
4 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.32%) Nessus
4 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 52 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 14 (4.55%) SAP
4 11 (3.57%) Splunk
5 9 (2.92%) Oracle
6 8 (2.60%) Apple
6 8 (2.60%) Dynatrace
7 7 (2.27%) Cisco
8 4 (1.30%) BMC
8 4 (1.30%) Remedy
8 4 (1.30%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.97%) Google
9 3 (0.97%) Planview
9 3 (0.97%) Siemens
10 2 (0.65%) Adobe
10 2 (0.65%) Citrix
10 2 (0.65%) Civica
10 2 (0.65%) Meraki
10 2 (0.65%) Northgate
10 2 (0.65%) VMware