Senior Category Manager Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Senior Category Manager
South East > Hampshire

The median Senior Category Manager daily rate in Hampshire is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 - 97
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Category Manager 15 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.77% - 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £666
25th Percentile £725 - £672
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £688
75th Percentile £775 - £697
90th Percentile - - £699
South East median daily rate £750 - £688

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,807 900 1,415
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.34% 92.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,053 634 898
10th Percentile £375 £213 £360
25th Percentile £475 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £603 £650
90th Percentile £750 £660 £713
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 57 135
10th Percentile £15.70 £19.00 £21.89
25th Percentile £25.19 £25.15 £48.66
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year - -17.18% +9.24%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £70.43
90th Percentile £68.55 £75.00 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £53.90 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +114.31% -56.15% +14.70%

Senior Category Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Senior Category Manager job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Senior Category Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Category Manager job vacancies in Hampshire

Senior Category 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 Senior Category Manager within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Farnborough - 15 £750 - 3
Senior Category Manager
South East

Senior Category Manager Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 8 August 2026, Senior Category 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 Senior Category Manager in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Ariba
1 15 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 15 (100.00%) Degree
1 15 (100.00%) Oracle
1 15 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 15 (100.00%) SAP
1 15 (100.00%) Source to Pay
1 15 (100.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
2 12 (80.00%) Business Case
2 12 (80.00%) Information Security
3 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared

Senior Category 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:

General
1 15 (100.00%) Finance
1 15 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 15 (100.00%) Source to Pay
1 15 (100.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
2 12 (80.00%) Business Case
2 12 (80.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Ariba
1 15 (100.00%) Oracle
1 15 (100.00%) SAP