IT Manager Contracts in the North West

IT Manager
England > North West

The median IT Manager daily rate in the North West is £481 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 89 98
Rank change year-on-year -27 +9 +16
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 25 71 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.90% 2.21% 2.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 2.34% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 60 62
10th Percentile £404 £363 £357
25th Percentile £425 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £469 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -2.34% +14.76%
75th Percentile £576 £528 £538
90th Percentile £602 £589 £568
England median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £17.50
25th Percentile - - £29.44
Median hourly rate - - £44.25
75th Percentile - - £50.00
90th Percentile - - £59.01
England median hourly rate £30.12 £63.75 £34.83
% change year-on-year -52.75% +83.06% +26.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,622 3,037 3,869
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 94.55% 96.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,730 2,184 2,839
10th Percentile £281 £300 £206
25th Percentile £394 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +10.12%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £560
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 138 178
10th Percentile £11.04 £14.18 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £30.64 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -13.87% +51.35% +12.47%
75th Percentile £46.18 £47.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £63.50 £65.23 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the North West

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the North West.

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the North West

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the North West

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the North West

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Manchester -7 10 £463 -9.31% 16
Cheshire +3 6 £494 +9.72% 9
Merseyside +6 5 £438 -0.57% 3
Lancashire +4 3 £593 +58.10% 7
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 West region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 8 (32.00%) Project Management
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (20.00%) Service Management
3 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.00%) Finance
4 4 (16.00%) Programme Management
5 3 (12.00%) Change Management
5 3 (12.00%) ITSM
5 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (12.00%) Supplier Management
5 3 (12.00%) Project Planning
5 3 (12.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (12.00%) Budget Management
5 3 (12.00%) Contract Management
6 2 (8.00%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (8.00%) Inventory Management
6 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Hudson
6 2 (8.00%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (8.00%) SaaS
6 2 (8.00%) Project Governance
6 2 (8.00%) Line Management
6 2 (8.00%) IT Asset Management
6 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
6 2 (8.00%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (8.00%) Incident Management

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) SaaS
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Hudson
2 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Retail
4 1 (4.00%) Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Billing
4 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) CMDB
2 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
1 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Project Management
2 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (20.00%) Service Management
4 4 (16.00%) Programme Management
5 3 (12.00%) Budget Management
5 3 (12.00%) Change Management
5 3 (12.00%) Contract Management
5 3 (12.00%) ITSM
5 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (12.00%) Project Planning
5 3 (12.00%) Supplier Management
5 3 (12.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (8.00%) Inventory Management
6 2 (8.00%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (8.00%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.00%) Project Governance
6 2 (8.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (8.00%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.00%) Degree
1 1 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (4.00%) PMP
1 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Cadence
2 1 (4.00%) Kronos
2 1 (4.00%) SAP