Senior Manager Contracts in the North of England

Senior Manager
England > North of England

The median Senior Manager daily rate in the North of England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 134 143
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 41 35 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.03% 0.85% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 0.92% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 20 52
10th Percentile £248 £495 £400
25th Percentile £425 £509 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -10.20% +11.36%
75th Percentile £638 £622 £669
90th Percentile £674 £719 £806
England median daily rate £600 £600 £613
% change year-on-year - -2.04% +2.08%

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 3,674 3,824 5,003
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.37% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,369 2,338 3,390
10th Percentile £251 £273 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £639 £675 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 278 204
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.38 £15.39
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.32 £30.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.84% +15.09% +32.07%
75th Percentile £47.12 £51.90 £45.88
90th Percentile £76.75 £70.00 £58.73
England median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -43.73% +7.40% +63.16%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in the North of England

Senior Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Manager in the North of England

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in the North of England

Senior Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Manager in the North of England

Senior 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 Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 August 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 0 19 £525 -4.55% 58
Yorkshire -13 19 £518 -1.43% 44
North East +1 5 £456 -37.07% 12
Senior Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 of England region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 15 (36.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
3 11 (26.83%) Project Management
4 10 (24.39%) Agile
5 9 (21.95%) Finance
6 7 (17.07%) Supplier Management
6 7 (17.07%) Project Delivery
7 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
7 6 (14.63%) Retail
8 5 (12.20%) Project Planning
8 5 (12.20%) Configuration Management
9 4 (9.76%) IT Strategy
9 4 (9.76%) Analytics
9 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (9.76%) Budget Management
9 4 (9.76%) Migration
9 4 (9.76%) PRINCE2
9 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
9 4 (9.76%) Service Management
9 4 (9.76%) E-Commerce
9 4 (9.76%) Waterfall
10 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (7.32%) Project Governance
10 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (7.32%) Degree
10 3 (7.32%) Marketing
10 3 (7.32%) Web Analytics
10 3 (7.32%) Data Migration
10 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
10 3 (7.32%) Service Delivery

Senior 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 (2.44%) CMS
1 1 (2.44%) Drupal
1 1 (2.44%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (2.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.44%) Contentsquare
1 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
1 1 (2.44%) GCP
1 1 (2.44%) Google Analytics
1 1 (2.44%) Google Docs
1 1 (2.44%) Google Sheets
1 1 (2.44%) Google Tag Manager
1 1 (2.44%) Google Workspace
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) BigQuery
1 1 (2.44%) Looker
1 1 (2.44%) Power BI
1 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Finance
3 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
3 6 (14.63%) Retail
4 3 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Legal
4 3 (7.32%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Automotive
5 1 (2.44%) Banking
5 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.44%) Law
5 1 (2.44%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.88%) CMDB
2 1 (2.44%) EPoS
2 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (26.83%) Project Management
3 10 (24.39%) Agile
4 7 (17.07%) Project Delivery
4 7 (17.07%) Supplier Management
5 5 (12.20%) Configuration Management
5 5 (12.20%) Project Planning
6 4 (9.76%) Analytics
6 4 (9.76%) Budget Management
6 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (9.76%) E-Commerce
6 4 (9.76%) IT Strategy
6 4 (9.76%) Migration
6 4 (9.76%) PRINCE2
6 4 (9.76%) Service Management
6 4 (9.76%) Waterfall
7 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (7.32%) Digital Analytics
7 3 (7.32%) Project Governance
7 3 (7.32%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) Bash
1 1 (2.44%) Python
1 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.32%) Degree
1 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (4.88%) PMI Certification
2 2 (4.88%) PMP
2 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.44%) GDPR
1 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.44%) SCSM
1 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Google
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle
3 1 (2.44%) Adobe
3 1 (2.44%) Apple
3 1 (2.44%) Ariba
3 1 (2.44%) Hotjar
3 1 (2.44%) Optimizely
3 1 (2.44%) Remedy
3 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) Sitecore
3 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds