IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

IT Manager
South East > Hampshire

The median IT Manager daily rate in Hampshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 61 89
Rank change year-on-year -20 +28 +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 10 13 8
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.76% 1.43% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 1.52% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 6
10th Percentile £460 £516 £488
25th Percentile £513 £520 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £638
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -15.29% +21.43%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £713
90th Percentile £565 £718 £725
South East median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +7.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,185 857 1,171
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 94.59% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 777 597 648
10th Percentile £313 £313 £282
25th Percentile £450 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £715 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £507
% change year-on-year -1.96% +0.69% +1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 45 73
10th Percentile £16.17 £22.40 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.59 £30.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £23.89 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.56% +10.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £48.75 £70.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £58.35 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £53.50
% change year-on-year -41.09% -20.21% +52.86%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Hampshire

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Southampton +8 5 £450 -21.74% 2
Havant -7 3 £525 +5.00% 1
Portsmouth -8 1 - - 2
Fareham - 1 £550 - 1
IT Manager
South East

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, 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 Hampshire region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 3 (30.00%) IT Asset Management
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (30.00%) Snow
2 3 (30.00%) Software Licensing
3 2 (20.00%) IBM
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (10.00%) Business Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Cost Management
4 1 (10.00%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) IaaS
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (10.00%) PMP
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) IaaS
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (30.00%) IT Asset Management
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Software Licensing
3 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (10.00%) Business Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Cost Management
3 1 (10.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Software Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (10.00%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 19770
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (30.00%) Snow
2 2 (20.00%) IBM
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle