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 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 178 176
Rank change year-on-year -27 -2 +100
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 427 735 1,178
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.15% 1.45% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.53% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 563 884
10th Percentile £363 £363 £372
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% +15.56%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £598
90th Percentile £680 £675 £668
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £513
% change year-on-year +1.94% +0.49% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 18
10th Percentile - £58.25 £18.84
25th Percentile £23.63 £61.25 £26.99
Median hourly rate £30.12 £62.50 £34.83
Median % change year-on-year -51.81% +79.47% +26.80%
75th Percentile £40.44 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £57.00 £75.50 £56.98
UK median hourly rate £31.84 £62.50 £34.83
% change year-on-year -49.06% +79.47% +21.60%

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 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £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 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +18 191 £575 +4.55% 86
Midlands +5 63 £525 +5.00% 44
South East -16 56 £525 +2.94% 64
West Midlands +10 52 £525 +5.00% 29
North of England -45 49 £453 -9.50% 74
South West +22 47 £513 +9.74% 27
North West -26 26 £488 +2.63% 37
Yorkshire -25 18 £450 -18.18% 28
East Midlands +15 10 £500 - 15
East of England -12 9 £475 - 17
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 26 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.

1 147 (34.43%) Project Management
2 144 (33.72%) Finance
3 95 (22.25%) Social Skills
4 89 (20.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 79 (18.50%) Agile
6 65 (15.22%) Change Management
7 59 (13.82%) Project Delivery
8 56 (13.11%) PRINCE2
9 49 (11.48%) Banking
10 45 (10.54%) ITIL
11 40 (9.37%) Security Cleared
12 38 (8.90%) Microsoft
12 38 (8.90%) Service Management
13 37 (8.67%) Azure
13 37 (8.67%) Public Sector
14 36 (8.43%) Decision-Making
15 34 (7.96%) Service Delivery
16 32 (7.49%) SC Cleared
17 31 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
17 31 (7.26%) Migration
17 31 (7.26%) Risk Management
18 29 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
18 29 (6.79%) Waterfall
19 28 (6.56%) Problem-Solving
20 27 (6.32%) Legal
21 26 (6.09%) Budget Management
22 25 (5.85%) Degree
22 25 (5.85%) PMI Certification
23 24 (5.62%) PMP
23 24 (5.62%) 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 19 (4.45%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.41%) Confluence
4 3 (0.70%) CMS
5 1 (0.23%) Appian
5 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.23%) Moodle
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.70%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.23%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 37 (8.67%) Azure
2 29 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.45%) SaaS
4 13 (3.04%) AWS
5 7 (1.64%) Power Platform
5 7 (1.64%) WhatsApp
6 6 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.47%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.47%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.23%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.23%) IaaS
8 1 (0.23%) PaaS
8 1 (0.23%) Slack
8 1 (0.23%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.94%) VoIP
1 4 (0.94%) WAN
1 4 (0.94%) Wireless
2 3 (0.70%) Firewall
2 3 (0.70%) LAN
3 2 (0.47%) Intranet
4 1 (0.23%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) Internet
4 1 (0.23%) Network Security
4 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.23%) Skype
4 1 (0.23%) SMTP
4 1 (0.23%) SNMP
4 1 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.23%) VLAN
4 1 (0.23%) VPN
4 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.17%) Power BI
3 4 (0.94%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.47%) Tableau
5 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.23%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.23%) MS Access
5 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (3.75%) JIRA
2 2 (0.47%) Hudson
3 1 (0.23%) GitLab
3 1 (0.23%) Subversion
General
1 144 (33.72%) Finance
2 95 (22.25%) Social Skills
3 49 (11.48%) Banking
4 37 (8.67%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.32%) Legal
6 16 (3.75%) Law
7 15 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.28%) Local Government
9 12 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.58%) Analytical Skills
11 10 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.11%) Retail
13 7 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.41%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.41%) Automotive
14 6 (1.41%) Military
15 5 (1.17%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.17%) Marketing
15 5 (1.17%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.94%) Dutch Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.23%) ADO
1 1 (0.23%) Express.js
1 1 (0.23%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.23%) Middleware
1 1 (0.23%) Node.js
1 1 (0.23%) React
1 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.51%) Data Centre
1 15 (3.51%) Management Information System
2 9 (2.11%) Onboarding
3 8 (1.87%) FMCG
4 6 (1.41%) NHS
4 6 (1.41%) PMI
5 5 (1.17%) CMDB
6 4 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.70%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.47%) Derivative
8 2 (0.47%) Life Science
8 2 (0.47%) LIMS
8 2 (0.47%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.47%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.23%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.23%) Contactless
9 1 (0.23%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.98%) Windows
2 8 (1.87%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.64%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.94%) Unix
4 4 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.23%) Linux
6 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (34.43%) Project Management
2 89 (20.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 79 (18.50%) Agile
4 65 (15.22%) Change Management
5 59 (13.82%) Project Delivery
6 56 (13.11%) PRINCE2
7 45 (10.54%) ITIL
8 38 (8.90%) Service Management
9 36 (8.43%) Decision-Making
10 34 (7.96%) Service Delivery
11 31 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (7.26%) Migration
11 31 (7.26%) Risk Management
12 29 (6.79%) Waterfall
13 28 (6.56%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (6.09%) Budget Management
15 24 (5.62%) ITSM
16 21 (4.92%) ERP
17 20 (4.68%) Budgeting
17 20 (4.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.87%) Swift
2 2 (0.47%) Java
2 2 (0.47%) SQL
3 1 (0.23%) C#
3 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (9.37%) Security Cleared
2 32 (7.49%) SC Cleared
3 25 (5.85%) Degree
3 25 (5.85%) PMI Certification
4 24 (5.62%) PMP
5 10 (2.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 9 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.70%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.70%) ISEB
11 2 (0.47%) CCNA
11 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.47%) CISSP
11 2 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.23%) CISA
12 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (2.58%) PMO
2 8 (1.87%) GDPR
2 8 (1.87%) SLA
3 6 (1.41%) COBIT
4 5 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.17%) NIST
5 3 (0.70%) EMIR
6 2 (0.47%) Basel III
6 2 (0.47%) GxP
6 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.47%) MiFID
6 2 (0.47%) QA
6 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.23%) GAMP
7 1 (0.23%) GMP
7 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.23%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (1.17%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.23%) vCloud
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.23%) Avamar
2 1 (0.23%) Matomo
2 1 (0.23%) SCCM
2 1 (0.23%) Terraform
2 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (8.90%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.51%) SAP
3 9 (2.11%) Cisco
4 8 (1.87%) Okta
4 8 (1.87%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.64%) Remedy
6 5 (1.17%) Adobe
6 5 (1.17%) Oracle
6 5 (1.17%) VMware
7 4 (0.94%) Citrix
8 3 (0.70%) BMC
8 3 (0.70%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.70%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.70%) 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