Technical Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Technical Manager
England > Midlands

The median Technical Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 July 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
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 122 134
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 19 15 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.79% 0.52% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.57% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 8 16
10th Percentile £383 £407 £388
25th Percentile £400 £459 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +2.38% +7.69%
75th Percentile £540 £588 £569
90th Percentile £595 £591 £650
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £28.50 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £34.21 £70.95
% change year-on-year +90.00% -51.78% +15.09%

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 2,158 2,637 3,021
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.28% 92.20% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,386 1,780 2,137
10th Percentile £209 £231 £234
25th Percentile £350 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £548 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 190 103
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.92 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £15.57
Median hourly rate £23.41 £19.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.21% -9.52% +9.09%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £32.54
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.38 £41.27 £44.00
% change year-on-year -33.66% -6.22% +76.00%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in the Midlands

Technical Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Manager in the Midlands

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Manager in the Midlands

Technical Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Manager in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Manager in the Midlands

Technical 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 Technical Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 July 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 +4 13 £445 -22.54% 23
East Midlands +5 5 £506 +62.00% 18
Technical Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 July 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 Midlands region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 12 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 10 (52.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (47.37%) Time Management
3 9 (47.37%) Finance
3 9 (47.37%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (42.11%) Project Management
5 7 (36.84%) Agile
5 7 (36.84%) Conflict Management
6 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (26.32%) JIRA
7 4 (21.05%) Confluence
7 4 (21.05%) Banking
7 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
7 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
8 3 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
8 3 (15.79%) Budget Management
8 3 (15.79%) SAP
8 3 (15.79%) Legal
8 3 (15.79%) Migration
8 3 (15.79%) SDLC
8 3 (15.79%) Agile Project Management
8 3 (15.79%) Data Migration
9 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
9 2 (10.53%) Project Planning
9 2 (10.53%) Change Management
9 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
9 2 (10.53%) ERP
9 2 (10.53%) Objectives and Key Results

Technical 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 4 (21.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.26%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) AWS
1 1 (5.26%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Internet
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) JIRA
General
1 12 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 9 (47.37%) Finance
3 4 (21.05%) Banking
4 3 (15.79%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Law
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Middleware
1 1 (5.26%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.26%) Housing Association
3 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.26%) Smart Meter
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 9 (47.37%) Time Management
3 8 (42.11%) Project Management
4 7 (36.84%) Agile
4 7 (36.84%) Conflict Management
5 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
7 3 (15.79%) Agile Project Management
7 3 (15.79%) Budget Management
7 3 (15.79%) Data Migration
7 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
7 3 (15.79%) Migration
7 3 (15.79%) SDLC
7 3 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (10.53%) Change Management
8 2 (10.53%) ERP
8 2 (10.53%) Project Planning
8 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
8 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
1 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) GDPR
1 1 (5.26%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) SAP
3 1 (5.26%) Infor
3 1 (5.26%) Salesforce