IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Essex

IT Manager
East of England > Essex

The median IT Manager daily rate in Essex is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.91% - 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% - 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £480 - £469
25th Percentile £488 - £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £556
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.14%
75th Percentile £528 - £623
90th Percentile £529 - £658
East of England median daily rate £500 £594 £600
% change year-on-year -15.79% -1.04% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 307 100 125
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 88.50% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 50 58
10th Percentile £274 £195 £205
25th Percentile £350 £248 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £545 £488 £542
90th Percentile £600 £526 £591
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -12.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 21 36
10th Percentile £15.99 £13.25 £16.65
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.84 £28.31
Median hourly rate £17.73 £37.50 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.73% -36.97% +17.67%
75th Percentile £28.75 £75.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £120.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -6.98% -9.47% +42.99%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Essex

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Essex

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Essex

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 10 August 2026. 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
Thurrock - 1 £500 -
Brentwood - 1 £530 -
Basildon - 1 £500 - 1
IT Manager
East of England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 10 August 2026, IT Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Essex region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) SQL

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL