Engagement Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Engagement Manager
England > Midlands

The median Engagement Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £522, 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 89 132 -
Rank change year-on-year +43 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Engagement Manager 22 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.15% 0.036% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 0.039% -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £512 - -
25th Percentile £512 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £519 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.65% - -
75th Percentile £541 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £520 £493 £450
% change year-on-year +5.43% +9.56% -16.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Engagement Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Engagement Manager in the Midlands

Engagement Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Engagement Manager in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Engagement Manager in the Midlands

Engagement Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Engagement Manager within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +35 22 £522 +0.65% 2
Engagement Manager
England

Engagement Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Engagement 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 Midlands region featuring Engagement Manager in the job title.

1 17 (77.27%) Agile
1 17 (77.27%) Project Delivery
2 12 (54.55%) Project Management
3 11 (50.00%) Finance
3 11 (50.00%) JIRA
3 11 (50.00%) Confluence
4 10 (45.45%) Analytics
5 9 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (36.36%) Project Planning
6 8 (36.36%) Agile Project Management
7 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
7 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
8 6 (27.27%) Waterfall
8 6 (27.27%) Big Data
8 6 (27.27%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (27.27%) SAP
8 6 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
8 6 (27.27%) Budget Management
9 5 (22.73%) PMO
10 4 (18.18%) Data Strategy
10 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (13.64%) Web Analytics
11 3 (13.64%) TDD
11 3 (13.64%) Atlassian
11 3 (13.64%) Resource Management
11 3 (13.64%) Commercial Awareness
11 3 (13.64%) Digital Analytics
11 3 (13.64%) Continuous Delivery

Engagement Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.09%) Open Workbench
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) AWS
1 1 (4.55%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Big Data
1 6 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Agile
1 17 (77.27%) Project Delivery
2 12 (54.55%) Project Management
3 10 (45.45%) Analytics
4 9 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (36.36%) Agile Project Management
5 8 (36.36%) Project Planning
6 6 (27.27%) Budget Management
6 6 (27.27%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 6 (27.27%) Waterfall
7 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (18.18%) Data Strategy
8 3 (13.64%) Commercial Awareness
8 3 (13.64%) Continuous Delivery
8 3 (13.64%) Digital Analytics
8 3 (13.64%) Infographics
8 3 (13.64%) Resource Management
8 3 (13.64%) Storytelling
8 3 (13.64%) TDD
8 3 (13.64%) Web Analytics
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
1 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 6 (27.27%) SAP
2 3 (13.64%) Atlassian