Contracts Manager Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Contract Manager
South West > Somerset

As of 21 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Contract Manager daily rate in Somerset.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 22 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Contracts Manager 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.35% 0.83% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £700 -
South West median daily rate £600 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -14.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 263 111 183
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 92.50% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 79 113
10th Percentile £225 £204 £164
25th Percentile £261 £366 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £575
90th Percentile £614 £688 £606
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 3 36
10th Percentile £37.25 £13.66 £12.38
25th Percentile £51.25 £15.48 £17.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -37.50%
75th Percentile £58.75 £19.76 £40.00
90th Percentile - £20.51 £52.73
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.29
% change year-on-year -11.54% +34.60% -25.22%

Contracts Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Contracts Manager job vacancy trend in Somerset

Contracts Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Contracts Manager job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Contracts Manager job vacancies in Somerset

Contracts Manager
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Contracts Manager within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 21 March 2026. 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
Taunton - 1 - -
Contracts Manager
South West

Contracts Manager Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 21 March 2026, Contracts 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 Somerset region featuring Contracts Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA

Contracts Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM