IT Manager Contracts in Manchester

IT Manager
North West > Manchester

The median IT Manager daily rate in Manchester is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 81 102
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 -15
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 10 36 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.65% 1.87% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 1.93% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 32 37
10th Percentile £326 £303 £363
25th Percentile £422 £430 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.78% +1.40% +8.11%
75th Percentile £520 £571 £549
90th Percentile £600 £645 £571
North West median daily rate £488 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +5.41% -2.63% +7.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
North West median hourly rate - - £44.25

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,472 1,866 2,489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.65% 96.78% 97.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,029 1,390 1,986
10th Percentile £313 £313 £213
25th Percentile £400 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £569
90th Percentile £694 £657 £650
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 58 58
10th Percentile £12.02 £14.53 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £25.10 £36.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +107.14% +9.38%
75th Percentile £60.94 £48.44 £20.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £67.20 £34.13
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.64 £20.00
% change year-on-year -13.87% +53.20% +11.73%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Manchester

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in Manchester

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in Manchester

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in Manchester

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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
Wigan - 2 £450 -
Bolton +3 1 £425 - 2
IT Manager
North West

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, 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 Manchester region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Project Planning
2 3 (30.00%) Contract Management
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (20.00%) Hudson
3 2 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (20.00%) CMDB
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) ITSM
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
3 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Windows
4 1 (10.00%) CRM
4 1 (10.00%) SLA
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Firewall
4 1 (10.00%) Wireless
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Hudson
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) CMDB
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Contract Management
2 3 (30.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (20.00%) ITSM
3 2 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (10.00%) CRM
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Line Management
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft