Engagement Manager Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Engagement Manager
England > Midlands

The median Engagement Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 138 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Engagement Manager 24 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.87% 0.11% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 0.12% -
Number of daily rates quoted 19 3 0
10th Percentile £490 - -
25th Percentile £496 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £519 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% - -
75th Percentile £530 - -
90th Percentile £541 - -
England median daily rate £513 £500 £431
% change year-on-year +2.56% +15.94% -25.00%

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 2,470 2,472 2,728
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 93.07% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,627 1,533 1,900
10th Percentile £225 £225 £213
25th Percentile £360 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £594
90th Percentile £661 £688 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 98 115
10th Percentile £13.62 £12.58 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.83 £15.03 £16.58
Median hourly rate £24.67 £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.64% +12.50% +13.90%
75th Percentile £31.00 £34.73 £38.38
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.08 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

Engagement Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Engagement Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Engagement Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engagement Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engagement Manager job vacancies 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 14 October 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 +3 24 £513 -1.19% 3
Engagement Manager
England

Engagement Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Engagement 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 Midlands region featuring Engagement Manager in the job title.

1 15 (62.50%) Agile
2 13 (54.17%) Finance
2 13 (54.17%) Project Delivery
3 11 (45.83%) Project Management
4 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
5 9 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (37.50%) SC Cleared
6 8 (33.33%) Budget Management
6 8 (33.33%) Migration
6 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 7 (29.17%) SAP
7 7 (29.17%) Project Planning
7 7 (29.17%) Waterfall
7 7 (29.17%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 7 (29.17%) DevOps
8 6 (25.00%) Analytics
8 6 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
8 6 (25.00%) Change Management
9 5 (20.83%) Resource Management
10 4 (16.67%) QA
10 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (16.67%) Performance Management
10 4 (16.67%) Data Management
10 4 (16.67%) AI
10 4 (16.67%) Azure
10 4 (16.67%) AWS
10 4 (16.67%) Confluence
10 4 (16.67%) JIRA
10 4 (16.67%) Onboarding

Engagement Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) AWS
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
1 4 (16.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Big Data
1 3 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 13 (54.17%) Finance
2 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) PDA
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Agile
2 13 (54.17%) Project Delivery
3 11 (45.83%) Project Management
4 8 (33.33%) Budget Management
4 8 (33.33%) Migration
4 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (29.17%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 7 (29.17%) DevOps
5 7 (29.17%) Project Planning
5 7 (29.17%) Waterfall
6 6 (25.00%) Analytics
6 6 (25.00%) Change Management
6 6 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
7 5 (20.83%) Resource Management
8 4 (16.67%) AI
8 4 (16.67%) Data Management
8 4 (16.67%) Performance Management
8 4 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
8 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 9 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) QA
2 3 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) SAP
3 4 (16.67%) ServiceNow