Senior Manager Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Senior Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Manager daily rate in Scotland is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 91 98
Rank change year-on-year -17 +7 +42
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 7 24 45
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.43% 1.37% 1.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 1.49% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 27
10th Percentile £439 £227 £540
25th Percentile £486 £427 £576
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £572 £675
Median % change year-on-year -6.07% -15.22% +21.35%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £700
90th Percentile £568 £645 -
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,452 1,606 2,295
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.72% 94.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 863 945 1,454
10th Percentile £203 £194 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 62 63
10th Percentile £17.30 £13.29 £12.15
25th Percentile £19.63 £14.82 £16.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.59 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% +2.14% +8.24%
75th Percentile £43.30 £24.18 £59.03
90th Percentile £65.00 £41.70 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +55.71%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in Scotland

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Scotland

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in Scotland

Senior Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Scotland

Senior Manager
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 November 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
Edinburgh -5 5 £538 -2.27% 10
Glasgow -8 2 £483 -16.09% 6
Senior Manager
UK

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, Senior 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Workflow
3 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 1 (14.29%) Case Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Control
4 1 (14.29%) Confluence
4 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) GCP
4 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) JIRA
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 1 (14.29%) PMO
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Revenue Recognition

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Retail Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Spring
1 1 (14.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Workflow
3 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO