Technical Manager Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Technical Manager
Wales > South Wales

The median Technical Manager daily rate in South Wales is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 41 40
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.89% 0.32% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.36% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £334 - -
25th Percentile £366 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.77%
75th Percentile £516 - £613
90th Percentile £551 - -
Wales median daily rate £438 - £575
% change year-on-year - - +1.77%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 315 279 306
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 90.00% 93.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 176 230
10th Percentile £195 £172 £165
25th Percentile £290 £213 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +3.03% -10.81%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £560
90th Percentile £646 £688 £638
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £390
% change year-on-year -2.94% +8.97% -15.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 30 22
10th Percentile £12.96 £19.63 £13.80
25th Percentile £15.83 £20.16 £21.34
Median hourly rate £20.00 £25.36 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.14% -23.15% +103.42%
75th Percentile £22.84 £40.94 £54.88
90th Percentile £33.00 £45.38 £56.38
Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £25.27 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.83% -23.42% +116.96%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Technical Manager job vacancy trend in South Wales

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in South Wales

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager in South Wales over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Manager in South Wales

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in South Wales

Technical Manager
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Manager within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 22 January 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
Cardiff -5 2 £325 - 2
Bridgend - 1 £550 -
Technical Manager
Wales

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 22 January 2026, Technical 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 South Wales region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Burndown Charts
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) PMO
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) SAP ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Burndown Charts
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP