IT Manager Contracts in Gloucestershire

IT Manager
South West > Gloucestershire

The median IT Manager daily rate in Gloucestershire is £763, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 47 49
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 +5
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IT Manager 1 14 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.36% 3.11% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 3.27% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £302 £359
25th Percentile £756 £429 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year +48.78% +13.89% -11.76%
75th Percentile £769 £597 £475
90th Percentile - £704 £528
South West median daily rate £450 £544 £475
% change year-on-year -17.24% +14.47% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
South West median hourly rate - £25.28 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -27.79% -45.74%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 243 428 466
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.73% 95.11% 97.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 217 286
10th Percentile £191 £358 £363
25th Percentile £343 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £725 £749
South West median daily rate £500 £508 £525
% change year-on-year -1.48% -3.33% +1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 51 46
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.75 £31.50
25th Percentile £14.51 £31.50 £50.31
Median hourly rate £35.17 £67.50 £76.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.90% -11.76% +135.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £78.00
90th Percentile £73.50 £73.75 £84.20
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +15.74%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Gloucestershire

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

IT Manager
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 28 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheltenham +19 1 £763 - 1
IT Manager
South West

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, 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 Gloucestershire region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) APMP
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) APMP
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared