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 5 October 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 156 193
Rank change year-on-year -24 +37 +57
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 5 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.12% 0.12% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.13% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile - £505 £400
25th Percentile £146 £513 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £550 £490
Median % change year-on-year -71.36% +12.24% -18.33%
75th Percentile £169 £575 £546
90th Percentile - - £578
England median daily rate £550 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -21.43% +7.65% +13.09%

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 3,731 3,817 4,839
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 92.06% 93.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,465 2,096 3,259
10th Percentile £244 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £569 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £650 £675
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 234 215
10th Percentile £13.27 £15.26 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.31 £18.00 £17.71
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +44.25% +6.02%
75th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.97 £70.63 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.49 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.17% -5.21% +76.46%

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
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 5 October 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 -11 3 £158 -71.36% 10
Yorkshire -21 1 - - 1
North East - 1 - - 4
Senior IT Manager
England

Senior IT Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 5 October 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 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) CMDB
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (20.00%) Google Docs
3 1 (20.00%) Google Sheets
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (20.00%) Software Deployment
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Military

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Google Docs
1 1 (20.00%) Google Sheets
1 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CMDB
2 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Google