IT Manager Contracts in the South East

IT Manager
England > South East

The median IT Manager daily rate in the South East is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 129 105
Rank change year-on-year -19 -24 +37
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 56 97 175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.00% 1.65% 2.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.75% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 75 135
10th Percentile £393 £350 £403
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £589 £575 £588
90th Percentile £647 £675 £656
England median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £30.30 - £31.41
25th Percentile £35.25 - £38.05
Median hourly rate £43.50 - £51.74
75th Percentile £51.75 - £68.06
90th Percentile £56.70 - £76.27
England median hourly rate £30.12 £63.75 £34.83
% change year-on-year -52.75% +83.06% +26.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,161 5,536 7,502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.33% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,107 3,852 5,076
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £390 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £614 £603 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 477 243 339
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.18
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.21% +128.95% -13.40%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.30 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £60.30
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 23 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
Thames Valley -14 30 £550 +8.91% 19
Berkshire -17 14 £551 +16.14% 7
Buckinghamshire +18 11 £465 -7.92% 7
Hampshire +7 9 £600 +13.21% 19
Surrey +5 9 £550 +57.14% 4
West Sussex +6 5 £525 - 5
Oxfordshire +6 5 £425 -19.05% 5
East Sussex +6 2 £475 -17.39% 1
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 23 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 South East region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 29 (51.79%) Project Management
2 16 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 15 (26.79%) Social Skills
4 14 (25.00%) Agile
5 10 (17.86%) PRINCE2
6 9 (16.07%) ITIL
6 9 (16.07%) Finance
7 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (12.50%) Risk Management
9 6 (10.71%) PMP
9 6 (10.71%) PMI Certification
9 6 (10.71%) Microsoft
9 6 (10.71%) Public Sector
10 5 (8.93%) Risk Register
10 5 (8.93%) Budget Management
10 5 (8.93%) Service Delivery
10 5 (8.93%) Manufacturing
10 5 (8.93%) Logistics
11 4 (7.14%) Matrix Management
11 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
11 4 (7.14%) Security Cleared
11 4 (7.14%) Legal
11 4 (7.14%) Service Management
11 4 (7.14%) NHS
11 4 (7.14%) Service Design
11 4 (7.14%) Decision-Making
12 3 (5.36%) Programme Delivery
12 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (5.36%) Digital Strategy
12 3 (5.36%) Programme Governance

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.57%) Confluence
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.79%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.57%) Azure
1 2 (3.57%) SaaS
2 1 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.79%) OneDrive
2 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.79%) Slack
2 1 (1.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) SNMP
1 1 (1.79%) VoIP
1 1 (1.79%) WAN
1 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) JIRA
1 1 (1.79%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 15 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.07%) Finance
3 6 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.93%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.14%) Legal
6 3 (5.36%) Aerospace
6 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.57%) Automotive
7 2 (3.57%) Local Government
7 2 (3.57%) Military
8 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Publishing
8 1 (1.79%) Retail
8 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) NHS
2 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.57%) FMCG
2 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.79%) LIMS
3 1 (1.79%) PMI
3 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (51.79%) Project Management
2 16 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 14 (25.00%) Agile
4 10 (17.86%) PRINCE2
5 9 (16.07%) ITIL
6 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (12.50%) Risk Management
8 5 (8.93%) Budget Management
8 5 (8.93%) Logistics
8 5 (8.93%) Risk Register
8 5 (8.93%) Service Delivery
9 4 (7.14%) Decision-Making
9 4 (7.14%) Matrix Management
9 4 (7.14%) Service Design
9 4 (7.14%) Service Management
10 3 (5.36%) Change Management
10 3 (5.36%) Information Security
10 3 (5.36%) Migration
10 3 (5.36%) Process Management
10 3 (5.36%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) PMI Certification
1 6 (10.71%) PMP
2 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 4 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (3.57%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.79%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.79%) Degree
5 1 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.79%) COBIT
2 1 (1.79%) GDPR
2 1 (1.79%) P3O
2 1 (1.79%) PMBOK
2 1 (1.79%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.36%) Citrix
2 3 (5.36%) Siemens
3 2 (3.57%) Oracle
3 2 (3.57%) SAP
4 1 (1.79%) Cisco
4 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow