IT Manager Contracts in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 216 212 180
Rank change year-on-year -4 -32 -3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 301 431 676
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.22% 1.15% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 1.24% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 304 537
10th Percentile £351 £363 £363
25th Percentile £447 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% +1.90%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £699 £681 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 9
10th Percentile £50.96 £23.51 £33.25
25th Percentile £62.00 £23.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £31.84 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +119.88% -49.06% +100.96%
75th Percentile £76.25 £43.22 £68.69
90th Percentile £78.00 £60.50 £83.50
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £27.70 £62.50
% change year-on-year +152.73% -55.68% +77.56%

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 22,842 34,786 44,421
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 92.84% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,017 22,675 31,547
10th Percentile £293 £288 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £635 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,019 2,675 1,318
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.58 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.31% -12.11% +85.22%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.83 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.40 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.93% -16.67% +80.00%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +11 139 £550 - 654
North of England +14 56 £500 - 566
Midlands -18 37 £481 -5.64% 414
South East +7 33 £525 - 558
West Midlands -10 33 £475 -8.65% 242
North West +19 27 £500 -4.76% 279
Yorkshire +15 26 £500 +11.11% 246
South West -2 15 £520 +0.24% 268
East of England +35 13 £638 +10.87% 309
East Midlands +1 4 £488 +21.88% 168
North East -3 3 £475 -9.52% 41
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 June 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.

1 108 (35.88%) Social Skills
2 103 (34.22%) Finance
3 92 (30.56%) Project Management
4 82 (27.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 57 (18.94%) Agile
6 56 (18.60%) ITIL
7 53 (17.61%) Risk Management
8 48 (15.95%) Microsoft
9 46 (15.28%) Change Management
10 40 (13.29%) Project Delivery
11 39 (12.96%) Service Management
12 35 (11.63%) PRINCE2
13 33 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 32 (10.63%) Azure
14 32 (10.63%) Security Cleared
14 32 (10.63%) ServiceNow
15 31 (10.30%) Cybersecurity
15 31 (10.30%) Microsoft 365
15 31 (10.30%) Degree
15 31 (10.30%) Public Sector
15 31 (10.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 30 (9.97%) Banking
16 30 (9.97%) ITSM
17 27 (8.97%) Migration
17 27 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
17 27 (8.97%) SC Cleared
18 26 (8.64%) Active Directory
18 26 (8.64%) Retail
18 26 (8.64%) Budget Management
19 25 (8.31%) Service Delivery

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 16 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.99%) Confluence
3 7 (2.33%) CMS
3 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.65%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.33%) Trello
5 2 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.66%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.00%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.66%) SAP PLM
3 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.33%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.33%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 32 (10.63%) Azure
2 31 (10.30%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (6.31%) Entra ID
4 18 (5.98%) SaaS
5 10 (3.32%) AWS
5 10 (3.32%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.66%) Slack
7 4 (1.33%) Asana
7 4 (1.33%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.33%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.00%) Veeva
9 2 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.66%) Yammer
10 1 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.33%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.33%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.33%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.64%) Firewall
2 13 (4.32%) VPN
3 8 (2.66%) Internet
4 7 (2.33%) Network Security
5 5 (1.66%) DNS
6 4 (1.33%) WAN
6 4 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.00%) Intranet
7 3 (1.00%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.66%) DHCP
8 2 (0.66%) LAN
9 1 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.33%) MPLS
9 1 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.32%) Power BI
2 4 (1.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.33%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 21 (6.98%) JIRA
General
1 108 (35.88%) Social Skills
2 103 (34.22%) Finance
3 31 (10.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 31 (10.30%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.97%) Banking
5 26 (8.64%) Retail
6 23 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (7.31%) Legal
8 12 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.32%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (2.66%) Marketing
12 7 (2.33%) Local Government
12 7 (2.33%) Military
12 7 (2.33%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.99%) Law
13 6 (1.99%) Retail Banking
14 5 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.33%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.00%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.33%) .NET
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.32%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.99%) iPhone
2 12 (3.99%) Smartphone
3 10 (3.32%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.99%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.66%) FMCG
7 5 (1.66%) Housing Association
7 5 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.66%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.33%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.00%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.00%) Market Risk
9 3 (1.00%) NHS
9 3 (1.00%) PMI
10 2 (0.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.64%) Windows
2 14 (4.65%) Mac OS
3 5 (1.66%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.66%) Linux
4 4 (1.33%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.00%) Android
6 2 (0.66%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.33%) Unix
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (30.56%) Project Management
2 82 (27.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 57 (18.94%) Agile
4 56 (18.60%) ITIL
5 53 (17.61%) Risk Management
6 46 (15.28%) Change Management
7 40 (13.29%) Project Delivery
8 39 (12.96%) Service Management
9 35 (11.63%) PRINCE2
10 33 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 31 (10.30%) Cybersecurity
12 30 (9.97%) ITSM
13 27 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (8.97%) Migration
14 26 (8.64%) Budget Management
15 25 (8.31%) Service Delivery
16 22 (7.31%) Problem-Solving
17 21 (6.98%) Incident Management
18 20 (6.64%) Contract Management
18 20 (6.64%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.00%) SQL
2 2 (0.66%) Python
3 1 (0.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 32 (10.63%) Security Cleared
2 31 (10.30%) Degree
3 27 (8.97%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.98%) PMI Certification
5 14 (4.65%) PMP
6 9 (2.99%) CISA
6 9 (2.99%) CRISC
6 9 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (2.66%) CISSP
7 8 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.33%) CISM
9 5 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.66%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.66%) APMP
11 2 (0.66%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.66%) ISEB
12 1 (0.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 1 (0.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.65%) PMO
2 10 (3.32%) SLA
3 6 (1.99%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.66%) NIST
4 5 (1.66%) QA
5 4 (1.33%) GDPR
5 4 (1.33%) GRC
6 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.66%) GxP
6 2 (0.66%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.66%) ISO 31000
6 2 (0.66%) ITGC
6 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.66%) SOX 404
7 1 (0.33%) Basel III
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.33%) PSD2
7 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (8.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) Docker
3 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.33%) XenApp
3 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.99%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.00%) SCCM
4 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 48 (15.95%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.63%) ServiceNow
3 13 (4.32%) SAP
4 12 (3.99%) Apple
5 5 (1.66%) BMC
5 5 (1.66%) Cisco
5 5 (1.66%) Oracle
5 5 (1.66%) Remedy
6 4 (1.33%) Google
6 4 (1.33%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.00%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.00%) Infoblox
7 3 (1.00%) Siemens
8 2 (0.66%) Aareon
8 2 (0.66%) Adobe
8 2 (0.66%) Arista
8 2 (0.66%) Civica
8 2 (0.66%) Infor
8 2 (0.66%) Northgate
8 2 (0.66%) VMware