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 in the 6 months leading up to 18 February 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
18 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 99 105
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 -10
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 30 37 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.44% 1.32% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 1.41% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 26 50
10th Percentile £268 £343 £363
25th Percentile £300 £408 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £533 £463
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +15.14% +8.82%
75th Percentile £571 £584 £515
90th Percentile £588 £600 £561
England median daily rate £540 £536 £525
% change year-on-year +0.70% +2.14% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,922 2,631 3,271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 93.80% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,164 1,767 2,395
10th Percentile £250 £281 £288
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £565 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 253 157
10th Percentile £15.42 £12.50 £10.49
25th Percentile £19.25 £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.10 £26.39 £29.30
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% -9.93% +50.26%
75th Percentile £50.25 £46.18 £52.13
90th Percentile £77.67 £62.25 £66.28
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +82.88%

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 18 February 2025.

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 18 February 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
Manchester +16 20 £400 -23.81% 14
Lancashire +10 6 £535 +25.88% 4
Merseyside -1 2 £431 +18.15% 1
Cheshire 0 1 - - 1
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 February 2025, 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 12 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 10 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 9 (30.00%) ServiceNow
4 7 (23.33%) Service Delivery
5 6 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
6 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 5 (16.67%) Service Management
7 4 (13.33%) Project Management
7 4 (13.33%) Finance
7 4 (13.33%) Migration
7 4 (13.33%) ITIL
8 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
8 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (10.00%) QAD
8 3 (10.00%) ITSM
8 3 (10.00%) Supplier Management
8 3 (10.00%) Project Planning
8 3 (10.00%) Azure
8 3 (10.00%) Onboarding
8 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (6.67%) Roadmaps
9 2 (6.67%) Data Interpretation
9 2 (6.67%) Cost Reduction
9 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Identification
9 2 (6.67%) Technology Roadmap
9 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
9 2 (6.67%) Waterfall
9 2 (6.67%) Process Improvement
9 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (6.67%) Project Delivery

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.33%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.33%) BambooHR
2 1 (3.33%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.33%) ClickUp
3 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) DNS
1 1 (3.33%) Firewall
1 1 (3.33%) VLAN
1 1 (3.33%) VPN
1 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 4 (13.33%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.67%) Legal
4 2 (6.67%) Military
4 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.33%) Digital Signage
2 1 (3.33%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
1 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 7 (23.33%) Service Delivery
3 6 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
4 5 (16.67%) Service Management
5 4 (13.33%) ITIL
5 4 (13.33%) Migration
5 4 (13.33%) Project Management
6 3 (10.00%) ITSM
6 3 (10.00%) Project Planning
6 3 (10.00%) Supplier Management
7 2 (6.67%) Agile
7 2 (6.67%) Change Management
7 2 (6.67%) CRM
7 2 (6.67%) ERP
7 2 (6.67%) IT Strategy
7 2 (6.67%) Process Improvement
7 2 (6.67%) Resource Allocation
7 2 (6.67%) Risk Management
7 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (6.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) ServiceNow
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.00%) QAD
4 2 (6.67%) Oracle
5 1 (3.33%) Cisco
5 1 (3.33%) Infor
5 1 (3.33%) Meraki
5 1 (3.33%) Sage
5 1 (3.33%) SAP
5 1 (3.33%) Workday