IT Manager
Berkshire > Reading
The median IT Manager daily rate in Reading is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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 17 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 61 | 72 | 81 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | +9 | 0 |
| Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager | 7 | 19 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 1.15% | 1.72% | 0.65% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.22% | 1.92% | 0.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £468 | £486 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £500 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £538 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.98% | +43.33% | -28.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £591 | £603 |
| 90th Percentile | £533 | £643 | £681 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +10.64% | -9.62% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title | 575 | 992 | 1,021 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 94.26% | 89.77% | 94.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 364 | 555 | 678 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £331 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £469 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £600 | £544 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +10.40% | +8.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £716 | £700 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £524 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.91% | +4.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 20 | 44 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £48.18 | £44.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.75 | £56.25 | £57.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.00 | £62.05 | £66.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -54.88% | -5.98% | +135.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.44 | £87.46 | £74.84 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £100.00 | £77.21 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £34.80 | £61.60 | £56.89 |
| % change year-on-year | -43.51% | +8.29% | +118.79% |
IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings that featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in Reading.
IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in Reading.
IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading
For the 6 months to 17 August 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 Reading region featuring IT Manager in the job title.
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IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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: