Senior Manager Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Senior Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Manager daily rate in Manchester is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 77 104
Rank change year-on-year -7 +27 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 10 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.82% 0.47% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.50% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £425 £515 £383
25th Percentile £453 £519 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -3.38%
75th Percentile £644 £688 £600
90th Percentile £664 £755 -
North West median daily rate £500 £538 £400
% change year-on-year -6.98% +34.38% -23.81%

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 1,115 1,001 1,461
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 93.81% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 734 599 1,058
10th Percentile £311 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -6.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £676 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 37 65
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.96 £14.30
25th Percentile £19.75 £21.25 £17.11
Median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +62.50% -42.86%
75th Percentile £55.00 £33.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.50 £65.00 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £31.50 £27.13 £35.25
% change year-on-year +16.13% -23.05% +67.46%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in Manchester

Senior Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, Senior 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 Manchester region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) Agile
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Programme Delivery
2 3 (30.00%) Project Planning
2 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Boomi
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) ERP
3 2 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) OCI
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Product Management
3 2 (20.00%) Product Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (10.00%) Business Case
4 1 (10.00%) Coaching
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (20.00%) Boomi
1 2 (20.00%) OCI
2 1 (10.00%) IaaS
General
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Retail
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Agile
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Programme Delivery
2 3 (30.00%) Project Planning
2 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) ERP
3 2 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Product Management
3 2 (20.00%) Product Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle