IT Manager Contracts in Merseyside

IT Manager
North West > Merseyside

The median IT Manager daily rate in Merseyside is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 27 31
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 +9
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IT Manager 5 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.73% 1.45% 2.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.79% 1.52% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile - £420 £340
25th Percentile £190 £436 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £473 £425
Median % change year-on-year +32.28% +11.18% -15.00%
75th Percentile £888 £511 £438
90th Percentile - £527 £486
North West median daily rate £502 £453 £520
% change year-on-year +10.94% -12.98% +4.00%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Merseyside with a recognized job title 179 198 229
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.81% 95.65% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 105 147
10th Percentile £129 £165 £225
25th Percentile £200 £213 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £538
90th Percentile £686 £600 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 18 13
10th Percentile - £16.12 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £18.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £21.80 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.98% +8.98% +13.90%
75th Percentile - £33.05 £29.00
90th Percentile £21.22 £44.20 £46.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £32.90 £30.65
% change year-on-year -23.54% +7.33% +34.71%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Merseyside

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Merseyside over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in Merseyside

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Merseyside.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Merseyside

IT Manager
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Liverpool -1 2 £750 +42.86% 5
St Helens - 2 £200 -
IT Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, 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 Merseyside region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) API Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Presales
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (40.00%) PMP
2 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (40.00%) EPoS
2 2 (40.00%) Fintech
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) PMO
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Azure

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

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) API Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Fintech
2 2 (40.00%) Presales
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (40.00%) PMP
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) PMO