IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

IT Manager
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median IT Manager daily rate in Liverpool is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 26 24
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 -7
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 1.43% 0.75% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% 0.79% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £481 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -7.14% +23.53%
75th Percentile £541 £494 £538
90th Percentile £546 - -
Merseyside median daily rate £500 £288 £473
% change year-on-year +73.91% -39.15% +11.18%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Liverpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool with a recognized job title 255 126 173
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 94.03% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 81 82
10th Percentile £135 £150 £143
25th Percentile £180 £363 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £438 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -18.92%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £494
90th Percentile £638 £680 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £438 £425 £388
% change year-on-year +2.94% +9.68% -18.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 33
10th Percentile £19.90 - -
25th Percentile £20.87 £12.21 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.37 £18.11
Median % change year-on-year +46.11% -4.09% +3.49%
75th Percentile - £17.44 £34.21
90th Percentile - £19.74 £36.20
Merseyside median hourly rate £25.38 £17.44 £21.43
% change year-on-year +45.53% -18.62% +22.46%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Liverpool

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool

For the 6 months to 10 July 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 Liverpool region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall