IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

IT Manager
Scotland > Glasgow

The median IT Manager daily rate in Glasgow is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 69 74
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 -9
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 2 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.29% 0.93% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 1.02% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 8
10th Percentile - £360 £451
25th Percentile £413 £361 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £538
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -30.23% +7.50%
75th Percentile £438 £434 £611
90th Percentile - £503 £626
Scotland median daily rate £525 £423 £513
% change year-on-year +24.26% -17.56% +5.13%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 643 686 857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 90.86% 96.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 424 569
10th Percentile £275 £278 £313
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £600
90th Percentile £650 £625 £700
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +0.89% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 23
10th Percentile £16.17 £11.78 £11.50
25th Percentile £22.39 £15.99 £15.42
Median hourly rate £26.09 £19.59 £16.70
Median % change year-on-year +33.18% +17.31% -0.30%
75th Percentile £49.15 £25.97 £19.50
90th Percentile £61.71 £39.30 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £22.88 £22.88 £45.00
% change year-on-year - -49.17% +153.95%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Glasgow

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 29 January 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 Glasgow region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality