Senior IT Manager Contracts in England

Senior IT Manager
UK > England

The median Senior IT Manager daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 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
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 507 581
Rank change year-on-year +32 +74 +105
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 27 21 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.098% 0.063% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.068% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 21
10th Percentile £146 £519 £488
25th Percentile £388 £525 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £576 £651
Median % change year-on-year -4.56% -11.41% +13.13%
75th Percentile £650 £691 £750
90th Percentile £725 £726 £850
UK median daily rate £513 £576 £650
% change year-on-year -11.06% -11.35% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £68.61
UK median hourly rate - - £68.61
% change year-on-year - - -1.99%

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 25,287 30,790 41,587
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 92.91% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,303 20,185 29,346
10th Percentile £281 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,348 1,752 1,306
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.16 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.48 £21.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +8.43% +61.60%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.08 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +61.60%

Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Manager in England

Senior IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Manager in England

Senior IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Manager in England

Senior IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Manager in England

Senior 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 Senior IT Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 18 August 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 +9 9 £550 -18.52% 18
North of England -16 7 £158 -71.36% 7
South East - 6 - - 11
North West -4 5 £158 -71.36% 5
East of England - 2 £594 - 5
South West +21 1 - -
Yorkshire -8 1 - - 2
Midlands -10 1 £625 +4.17% 3
West Midlands -12 1 £625 +4.17% 3
North East - 1 - -
Senior IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 August 2025, Senior 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 Senior IT Manager in the job title.

1 13 (48.15%) Azure
2 11 (40.74%) Microsoft
3 10 (37.04%) SharePoint
4 9 (33.33%) Finance
5 8 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
6 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (25.93%) Public Sector
7 6 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
7 6 (22.22%) Firewall
7 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (18.52%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
8 5 (18.52%) Network Security
8 5 (18.52%) Power BI
8 5 (18.52%) Case Management
8 5 (18.52%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
8 5 (18.52%) VPN
8 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (18.52%) Internet
8 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (18.52%) Power Platform
8 5 (18.52%) Contract Management
8 5 (18.52%) Security Monitoring
9 4 (14.81%) Antivirus Management
9 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
9 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
9 4 (14.81%) Military

Senior 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 10 (37.04%) SharePoint
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Azure
2 8 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (18.52%) Power Platform
4 4 (14.81%) SaaS
5 3 (11.11%) Asana
5 3 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 3 (11.11%) OneDrive
5 3 (11.11%) Slack
6 1 (3.70%) Google Docs
6 1 (3.70%) Google Sheets
6 1 (3.70%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Firewall
2 5 (18.52%) Internet
2 5 (18.52%) Network Security
2 5 (18.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) Power BI
2 3 (11.11%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 9 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) Public Sector
3 4 (14.81%) Military
3 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Front Office
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.70%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
3 3 (11.11%) Housing Association
4 2 (7.41%) CMDB
4 2 (7.41%) FMCG
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.70%) Credit Risk
5 1 (3.70%) Derivative
5 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.70%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Android
1 3 (11.11%) Apple iOS
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (18.52%) Case Management
3 5 (18.52%) Contract Management
3 5 (18.52%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (18.52%) Security Monitoring
3 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (14.81%) Agile
4 4 (14.81%) Analytics
4 4 (14.81%) Antivirus Management
4 4 (14.81%) Change Management
5 3 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (11.11%) Asset Management
5 3 (11.11%) Identity Management
5 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 3 (11.11%) Project Management
5 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) C#
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Degree
4 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.70%) PMP
4 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) PMO
2 1 (3.70%) Basel III
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Aareon
2 2 (7.41%) Civica
2 2 (7.41%) Northgate
3 1 (3.70%) Google