Senior IT Manager Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Senior IT Manager
England > North of England

The median Senior IT Manager daily rate in the North of England is £158, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 160 179
Rank change year-on-year -40 +19 +48
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 10 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.21% 0.084% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.091% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile - £553 £400
25th Percentile £146 £594 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £675 £490
Median % change year-on-year -76.67% +37.76% -7.98%
75th Percentile £650 £744 £546
90th Percentile £665 £778 £578
England median daily rate £603 £750 £550
% change year-on-year -19.67% +36.36% -

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 4,337 3,296 4,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 92.12% 93.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,899 1,900 2,898
10th Percentile £213 £230 £270
25th Percentile £363 £368 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 168 206
10th Percentile £16.33 £15.32 £15.61
25th Percentile £20.00 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.99 £24.63 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.82% -16.51% +37.21%
75th Percentile £55.00 £42.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.29 £61.50 £61.99
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior IT Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Senior IT Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior IT Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior IT Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Senior IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Manager in the North of England

Senior IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior IT Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior IT Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Senior 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 Senior IT Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 December 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 -21 5 £158 -76.67% 3
Yorkshire - 5 £625 -
Senior IT Manager
England

Senior IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Senior IT Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Senior IT Manager in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) IaaS
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
2 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (20.00%) ERP
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Ariba
3 1 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) BCP
3 1 (10.00%) Business Case
3 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Coaching
3 1 (10.00%) Concur
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
3 1 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (10.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Response

Senior IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) IaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
2 1 (10.00%) PaaS
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) CMDB
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Agile
1 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
1 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (10.00%) BCP
2 1 (10.00%) Business Case
2 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (10.00%) Coaching
2 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (10.00%) DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (10.00%) SOA
2 1 (10.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (10.00%) Technology Enablement
2 1 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Ariba
2 1 (10.00%) Concur
2 1 (10.00%) SAP