IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Somerset

IT Manager
South West > Somerset

The median IT Manager daily rate in Somerset is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.85% - 2.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% - 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +53.33%
75th Percentile £638 - £625
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £475 £519
% change year-on-year +15.79% -8.43% +9.21%

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 328 133 197
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 86.36% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 92 123
10th Percentile £240 £251 £205
25th Percentile £326 £406 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +15.56% -7.69%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £584
90th Percentile £639 £771 £605
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 3 33
10th Percentile £20.00 £13.66 £12.30
25th Percentile £50.00 £15.48 £15.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -50.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £19.76 £40.00
90th Percentile - £20.51 £58.60
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £56.12 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.45% +2.04% -14.06%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Somerset

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Somerset

IT 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 IT Manager within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 29 May 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 - -
IT Manager
South West

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, IT 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 IT Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

IT 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) ITSM
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management