IT Services Manager Contracts in Manchester

IT Service Manager
North West > Manchester

The median IT Service Manager daily rate in Manchester is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £550 £525 £440
% change year-on-year +4.76% +19.32% +0.47%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Services Manager in Manchester

IT Services Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for IT Services Manager in Manchester

IT Services 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 Services Manager within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Salford - 1 £550 -
IT Services Manager
North West

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Services 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 Services Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
1 2 (66.67%) Service Continuity Management
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 22301
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 31000
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Business Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management

IT Services 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Continuity Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 22301
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 31000
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow