Senior Manager Contract Job Trends in the North East

Senior Manager
England > North East

The median Senior Manager daily rate in the North East is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 4 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 1.38% 2.17% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 2.46% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £430
25th Percentile £425 £713 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £725 £563
Median % change year-on-year -37.93% +28.89% -
75th Percentile £475 £738 £650
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £600 £600 £623
% change year-on-year - -3.61% +3.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 262 244 218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 88.41% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 110 162
10th Percentile £190 £251 £251
25th Percentile £338 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £546 £590 £580
90th Percentile £638 £653 £674
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 27 7
10th Percentile £11.60 £11.03 £14.95
25th Percentile £13.47 £22.25 £16.63
Median hourly rate £19.06 £46.18 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.73% +44.31% +88.24%
75th Percentile £20.63 £48.09 £39.97
90th Percentile £47.20 £70.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in the North East

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the North East

Senior Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the North East region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Tyne and Wear -4 4 £450 -37.93% 4
Senior Manager
England

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Senior 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 North East region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Web Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Infographics
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) Google Docs
2 1 (25.00%) Google Sheets
2 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Google Docs
1 1 (25.00%) Google Sheets
1 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Infographics
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (50.00%) Web Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google