Senior Manager Contracts in the South East

Senior Manager
England > South East

The median Senior Manager daily rate in the South East is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 128 158
Rank change year-on-year -24 +30 -5
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 18 54 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.51% 1.13% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 1.23% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 34 48
10th Percentile £497 £507 £443
25th Percentile £586 £544 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £605 £560
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% +7.99% -6.67%
75th Percentile £750 £684 £750
90th Percentile £825 £730 £783
England median daily rate £600 £600 £613
% change year-on-year - -2.04% +0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £58.03 £68.61
Median % change year-on-year - -15.42% -
England median hourly rate - £61.06 £48.50
% change year-on-year - +25.90% -33.56%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,184 4,406 5,288
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.20% 92.23% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,049 2,657 3,628
10th Percentile £205 £250 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £628 £613
90th Percentile £670 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 359 229
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £74.31 £65.25
90th Percentile £72.25 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -42.84% +0.32% +68.69%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in the South East

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the South East

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in the South East

Senior Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the South East

Senior Manager
DemandTrendContract 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 Senior Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -12 8 £600 -2.44% 62
Berkshire -4 7 £600 -2.44% 51
Hampshire 0 6 £638 +3.66% 4
West Sussex 0 2 £575 +15.00% 1
Surrey +11 1 £460 -36.55% 1
East Sussex -1 1 £750 - 1
Oxfordshire -10 1 £800 +52.38% 7
Senior Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Senior 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 Senior Manager in the job title.

1 10 (55.56%) Agile
2 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (33.33%) Project Management
3 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (27.78%) Finance
4 5 (27.78%) Waterfall
5 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (22.22%) Project Delivery
6 3 (16.67%) Business Case
6 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
6 3 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
6 3 (16.67%) Resource Management
6 3 (16.67%) Scrum
6 3 (16.67%) PMI Certification
6 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
7 2 (11.11%) Windows
7 2 (11.11%) Oracle
7 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (11.11%) ITIL
7 2 (11.11%) PMI
7 2 (11.11%) Migration
7 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
7 2 (11.11%) Service Management
7 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 2 (11.11%) ITSM

Senior 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:

Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle CX
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.56%) Contentstack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Broadband
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Aviation
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) PMI
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) NHS
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Smartcard
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Agile
2 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (33.33%) Project Management
4 5 (27.78%) Waterfall
5 4 (22.22%) Project Delivery
5 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (16.67%) Business Case
6 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
6 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 3 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 3 (16.67%) Resource Management
6 3 (16.67%) Scrum
6 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
7 2 (11.11%) ITIL
7 2 (11.11%) ITSM
7 2 (11.11%) Migration
7 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 2 (11.11%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.56%) PMP
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.56%) GRC
1 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
1 1 (5.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle
1 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Remedy