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 £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 February 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
8 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 128 119
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 -3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 51 66 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.51% 1.31% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 1.40% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 42 91
10th Percentile £284 £358 £363
25th Percentile £313 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% +6.99%
75th Percentile £525 £574 £550
90th Percentile £619 £600 £625
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 3,131 4,707 6,143
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 93.56% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,873 3,043 4,373
10th Percentile £230 £263 £256
25th Percentile £363 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £570 £582 £590
90th Percentile £656 £672 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 188
10th Percentile £15.18 £11.77 £10.60
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £16.02
Median hourly rate £27.13 £21.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -19.23% +43.53%
75th Percentile £40.13 £46.18 £52.13
90th Percentile £69.25 £56.31 £67.68
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £36.15
% change year-on-year - -3.19% +68.15%

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 8 February 2025.

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 8 February 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
North West +8 28 £425 -19.05% 18
Yorkshire +19 18 £450 - 14
North East -4 5 £500 -4.76% 2
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 February 2025, 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 15 (29.41%) Asset Management
2 14 (27.45%) Project Management
3 13 (25.49%) Finance
4 12 (23.53%) Public Sector
5 10 (19.61%) Social Skills
6 9 (17.65%) IT Asset Management
6 9 (17.65%) ServiceNow
7 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (15.69%) Service Delivery
8 7 (13.73%) ITIL
8 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
9 6 (11.76%) Service Management
9 6 (11.76%) Resource Allocation
10 5 (9.80%) Cisco
10 5 (9.80%) PRINCE2
10 5 (9.80%) ERP
11 4 (7.84%) Agile
11 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (7.84%) Active Directory
11 4 (7.84%) Change Management
11 4 (7.84%) Risk Management
11 4 (7.84%) ITSM
11 4 (7.84%) Project Delivery
11 4 (7.84%) Process Improvement
11 4 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (7.84%) Azure
11 4 (7.84%) Waterfall
12 3 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 3 (5.88%) Project Planning
12 3 (5.88%) PCI DSS

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 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) BambooHR
1 1 (1.96%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.84%) Azure
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.92%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.96%) ClickUp
3 1 (1.96%) Nutanix
3 1 (1.96%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (3.92%) DNS
2 2 (3.92%) Firewall
2 2 (3.92%) VLAN
2 2 (3.92%) VPN
3 1 (1.96%) 5G
3 1 (1.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 13 (25.49%) Finance
2 12 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 10 (19.61%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.88%) Legal
4 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.88%) Retail
5 2 (3.92%) Banking
5 2 (3.92%) Local Government
5 2 (3.92%) Military
5 2 (3.92%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.92%) NHS
3 1 (1.96%) Digital Signage
3 1 (1.96%) IoT
3 1 (1.96%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.96%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Windows
2 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Asset Management
2 14 (27.45%) Project Management
3 9 (17.65%) IT Asset Management
4 8 (15.69%) Service Delivery
4 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (13.73%) ITIL
6 6 (11.76%) Resource Allocation
6 6 (11.76%) Service Management
7 5 (9.80%) ERP
7 5 (9.80%) PRINCE2
8 4 (7.84%) Agile
8 4 (7.84%) Change Management
8 4 (7.84%) ITSM
8 4 (7.84%) Process Improvement
8 4 (7.84%) Project Delivery
8 4 (7.84%) Risk Management
8 4 (7.84%) Waterfall
9 3 (5.88%) Business Change Management
9 3 (5.88%) Data Collection
9 3 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (3.92%) Degree
1 2 (3.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (3.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.96%) FlexNet
Vendors
1 9 (17.65%) ServiceNow
2 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.80%) Cisco
4 3 (5.88%) QAD
4 3 (5.88%) SAP
5 2 (3.92%) Liquidlogic
5 2 (3.92%) Meraki
5 2 (3.92%) Oracle
5 2 (3.92%) Workday
6 1 (1.96%) Infor
6 1 (1.96%) Sage