Technical Manager Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Technical Manager
England > North of England

The median Technical Manager daily rate in the North of England is £473, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 137 147
Rank change year-on-year -39 +10 +63
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 27 28 44
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.57% 0.79% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.85% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 28
10th Percentile £338 £419 £360
25th Percentile £422 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £570 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.11% +14.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £575
90th Percentile £617 £643 £637
England median daily rate £575 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -4.55%

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 4,326 3,278 4,314
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 92.13% 93.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,891 1,889 2,893
10th Percentile £213 £230 £270
25th Percentile £363 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £573 £594
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 164 206
10th Percentile £16.33 £15.26 £15.48
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.99 £24.50 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.49% -16.95% +37.21%
75th Percentile £55.00 £42.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.29 £63.50 £61.99
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Technical Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Manager in the North of England

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 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
Yorkshire -46 14 £459 -16.59% 8
North West -26 13 £496 -18.84% 4
Technical Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Technical 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 Technical Manager in the job title.

1 13 (48.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
3 8 (29.63%) Agile
3 8 (29.63%) Project Management
3 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (22.22%) Change Management
5 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
6 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
6 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
7 4 (14.81%) Dependency Management
7 4 (14.81%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (14.81%) PMI Certification
7 4 (14.81%) PMP
7 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
8 3 (11.11%) Azure
8 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
8 3 (11.11%) Culture Change
8 3 (11.11%) JIRA
8 3 (11.11%) KYC
8 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (11.11%) Power Platform
8 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
8 3 (11.11%) Snow
8 3 (11.11%) Workday
9 2 (7.41%) AWS
9 2 (7.41%) Change Control
9 2 (7.41%) Conflict Management

Technical 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Azure
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.41%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Unified Communications
2 1 (3.70%) DWDM
2 1 (3.70%) LAN
2 1 (3.70%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Hudson
General
1 17 (62.96%) Finance
2 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 7 (25.93%) Banking
4 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Retail Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
3 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
4 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.70%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (3.70%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 8 (29.63%) Agile
2 8 (29.63%) Project Management
2 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (22.22%) Change Management
3 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
4 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
4 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
5 4 (14.81%) Dependency Management
5 4 (14.81%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
6 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
6 3 (11.11%) Culture Change
6 3 (11.11%) KYC
7 2 (7.41%) Change Control
7 2 (7.41%) Conflict Management
7 2 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.41%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) PMI Certification
1 4 (14.81%) PMP
2 2 (7.41%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 3 (11.11%) Snow
2 3 (11.11%) Workday
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.70%) Duck Creek
3 1 (3.70%) Guidewire
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) SAP