IT Manager Contracts in the North of England

IT Manager
England > North of England

The median IT Manager daily rate in the North of England is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 93 109
Rank change year-on-year -46 +16 +21
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 48 137 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.02% 2.36% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 2.48% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 104 111
10th Percentile £370 £363 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £487
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.77% +21.63%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £538
90th Percentile £599 £625 £588
England median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £14.65
25th Percentile £40.00 - £18.93
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £27.00
75th Percentile £46.00 - £42.69
90th Percentile - - £50.00
England median hourly rate £30.12 £62.50 £34.83
% change year-on-year -51.81% +79.47% +20.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 4,397 5,527 6,968
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 95.33% 96.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,760 3,908 5,123
10th Percentile £263 £285 £200
25th Percentile £385 £412 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £681 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 159 289
10th Percentile £11.02 £14.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.70 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.75 £30.76 £18.69
Median % change year-on-year -35.78% +64.60% +5.15%
75th Percentile £45.97 £49.88 £29.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £66.00 £50.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the North of England

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the North of England

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the North of England

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the North of England

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
North West -30 25 £481 +1.32% 39
Yorkshire -26 18 £450 -18.18% 44
North East +21 4 £525 +16.67% 10
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, 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 North of England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 17 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 16 (33.33%) Project Management
3 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (18.75%) PRINCE2
6 8 (16.67%) Project Delivery
7 7 (14.58%) Finance
8 6 (12.50%) Agile
8 6 (12.50%) Waterfall
9 5 (10.42%) Azure
9 5 (10.42%) Supplier Management
9 5 (10.42%) ITIL
9 5 (10.42%) Service Management
10 4 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (8.33%) Windows
10 4 (8.33%) SAP
10 4 (8.33%) Programme Management
10 4 (8.33%) Project Governance
10 4 (8.33%) DevOps
10 4 (8.33%) Decision-Making
10 4 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (8.33%) Budget Management
11 3 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
11 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (6.25%) Resource Allocation
11 3 (6.25%) Contract Management
11 3 (6.25%) SaaS
11 3 (6.25%) Project Planning
11 3 (6.25%) Degree
11 3 (6.25%) Retail

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (2.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.42%) Azure
2 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (6.25%) SaaS
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) Wireless
2 1 (2.08%) Firewall
2 1 (2.08%) LAN
2 1 (2.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Power BI
1 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Hudson
1 2 (4.17%) JIRA
2 1 (2.08%) GitLab
2 1 (2.08%) Subversion
General
1 17 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.58%) Finance
3 3 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.25%) Retail
4 2 (4.17%) Back Office
4 2 (4.17%) Banking
4 2 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Billing
5 1 (2.08%) Local Government
5 1 (2.08%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) Middleware
1 1 (2.08%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.17%) CMDB
2 1 (2.08%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.33%) Windows
2 2 (4.17%) Windows 10
2 2 (4.17%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.08%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.08%) Unix
3 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) Project Management
2 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (18.75%) PRINCE2
5 8 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 6 (12.50%) Agile
6 6 (12.50%) Waterfall
7 5 (10.42%) ITIL
7 5 (10.42%) Service Management
7 5 (10.42%) Supplier Management
8 4 (8.33%) Budget Management
8 4 (8.33%) Decision-Making
8 4 (8.33%) DevOps
8 4 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (8.33%) Programme Management
8 4 (8.33%) Project Governance
9 3 (6.25%) Business Continuity
9 3 (6.25%) Contract Management
9 3 (6.25%) Project Planning
9 3 (6.25%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (6.25%) Degree
2 3 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 3 (6.25%) PMP
2 3 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.08%) CAPM
3 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) PMO
2 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (8.33%) SAP
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.17%) Oracle
4 1 (2.08%) Ariba
4 1 (2.08%) Cadence
4 1 (2.08%) Citrix
4 1 (2.08%) Kronos
4 1 (2.08%) VMware