Senior Manager Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Senior Manager
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Senior Manager daily rate in Glasgow is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 73 68
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 5 11 8
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.70% 1.35% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 1.47% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 8
10th Percentile £419 £413 £376
25th Percentile £436 £444 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £533 £491
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +8.40% -9.53%
75th Percentile £566 £600 £578
90th Percentile £609 - £591
Scotland median daily rate £550 £533 £545
% change year-on-year +3.29% -2.29% +3.81%

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 674 746 872
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 91.76% 96.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 477 577
10th Percentile £290 £300 £313
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £669 £625 £697
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 10 35
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.60 £11.80
25th Percentile £19.94 £17.46 £15.84
Median hourly rate £28.09 £21.87 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.44% +21.50% -46.67%
75th Percentile £52.50 £26.86 £40.94
90th Percentile £61.84 £44.75 £68.00
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £23.00 £40.94
% change year-on-year +4.74% -43.82% +92.57%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Glasgow over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in Glasgow

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 3 March 2026, Senior 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 Senior Manager in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (20.00%) Cost Control
2 1 (20.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (20.00%) Escalation Management
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) IaaS
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (20.00%) Revenue Recognition
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) IaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cost Control
2 1 (20.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (20.00%) Escalation Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (20.00%) Revenue Recognition
2 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR