Technical Manager Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Technical Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Technical Manager daily rate in Manchester is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 78 89
Rank change year-on-year +2 +11 +48
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 9 4 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.89% 0.34% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.36% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 12
10th Percentile £385 - £466
25th Percentile £425 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -10.38% -7.02%
75th Percentile £481 £491 £591
90th Percentile £500 £496 £660
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £510
% change year-on-year -5.26% -6.86% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £75.00 - -

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 942 1,124 1,576
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 94.30% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 600 688 1,137
10th Percentile £302 £329 £285
25th Percentile £392 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £594
90th Percentile £657 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 36 60
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.56 £15.72
25th Percentile £16.53 £19.19 £16.85
Median hourly rate £22.32 £33.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.38% +71.43% +10.00%
75th Percentile £32.81 £62.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £69.50 £83.75 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% +5.71% +50.21%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in Manchester

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Manager in Manchester

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Manager within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Bolton - 1 - - 2
Technical Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Technical 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 Technical Manager in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) JIRA
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (33.33%) Business Case
4 3 (33.33%) Confluence
4 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) Tech Ops
5 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 2 (22.22%) Google Sheets
5 2 (22.22%) PMP
5 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (22.22%) SAP
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (22.22%) Change Management
5 2 (22.22%) Google
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills

Technical 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Google Sheets
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
2 1 (11.11%) Slack
2 1 (11.11%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Hudson
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Business Case
3 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
4 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (22.22%) Tech Ops
5 1 (11.11%) API Management
5 1 (11.11%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 1 (11.11%) Data Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Generative AI
5 1 (11.11%) Kanban
5 1 (11.11%) LLM
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
2 2 (22.22%) PMP
3 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Google
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle