Senior IT Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Senior IT Manager
England > Midlands

The median Senior IT Manager daily rate in the Midlands 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 145 129 148
Rank change year-on-year -16 +19 +52
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 1 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.039% 0.26% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.28% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £675 £540
25th Percentile £613 £800 £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £825 £713
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +15.79% +32.56%
75th Percentile £638 £875 £822
90th Percentile - - £884
England median daily rate £550 £650 £651
% change year-on-year -15.38% -0.08% +13.13%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,282 2,495 2,816
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.46% 92.65% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,490 1,645 1,961
10th Percentile £220 £244 £225
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £554 £598 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 132 103
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.70 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.91 £14.27 £16.75
Median hourly rate £24.58 £19.80 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.17% -7.93% +19.44%
75th Percentile £31.72 £35.00 £42.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £69.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -42.84% +0.32% +68.69%

Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Manager in the Midlands

Senior IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior IT Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Senior IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior IT Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior IT Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Senior IT Manager
DemandTrendContract 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 Senior IT Manager within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -12 1 £625 -24.24% 3
Senior IT Manager
England

Senior IT Manager Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

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

1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Responsibility

Senior IT 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Responsibility
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared