IT Manager Contracts in the North West

IT Manager
England > North West

The median IT Manager daily rate in the North West is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 92 103
Rank change year-on-year -22 +11 +14
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 24 70 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.87% 2.17% 2.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 2.29% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 59 64
10th Percentile £395 £355 £358
25th Percentile £425 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -3.65% +8.29%
75th Percentile £581 £525 £538
90th Percentile £605 £578 £569
England median daily rate £525 £522 £520
% change year-on-year +0.57% +0.38% +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% +30.68%

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 2,593 3,051 3,885
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 94.63% 96.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,710 2,199 2,861
10th Percentile £283 £300 £205
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 £558
90th Percentile £680 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 137 179
10th Percentile £11.03 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £30.74 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.15% +53.70% +11.73%
75th Percentile £46.18 £48.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £61.71 £65.30 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

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 19 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 19 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 -9 10 £463 -8.78% 11
Cheshire +1 5 £525 +16.67% 8
Merseyside -4 5 £438 -0.57% 5
Lancashire +6 3 £593 +58.10% 5
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 (33.33%) Project Management
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (20.83%) Service Management
3 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (16.67%) Finance
4 4 (16.67%) Programme Management
5 3 (12.50%) ITSM
5 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 3 (12.50%) Project Planning
5 3 (12.50%) Supplier Management
5 3 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 3 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 3 (12.50%) Contract Management
6 2 (8.33%) Hudson
6 2 (8.33%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (8.33%) Inventory Management
6 2 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Incident Management
6 2 (8.33%) SaaS
6 2 (8.33%) Project Governance
6 2 (8.33%) Line Management
6 2 (8.33%) IT Asset Management
6 2 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (8.33%) Retail
6 2 (8.33%) CMDB
6 2 (8.33%) Problem 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 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) SaaS
2 1 (4.17%) AWS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Hudson
2 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Retail
4 1 (4.17%) Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Billing
4 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) CMDB
2 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Project Management
2 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (20.83%) Service Management
2 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 3 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 3 (12.50%) Contract Management
4 3 (12.50%) ITSM
4 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 3 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 3 (12.50%) Supplier Management
4 3 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 2 (8.33%) Inventory Management
5 2 (8.33%) IT Asset Management
5 2 (8.33%) Line Management
5 2 (8.33%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (8.33%) Project Governance
5 2 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
1 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (4.17%) PMP
1 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Cadence
2 1 (4.17%) Kronos
2 1 (4.17%) SAP