Senior Manager Contracts in the South West

Senior Manager
England > South West

The median Senior Manager daily rate in the South West is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 July 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
29 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 117 128
Rank change year-on-year +13 +11 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 8 31 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.42% 1.05% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 1.14% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 23
10th Percentile £395 £510 £500
25th Percentile £444 £523 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £650
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% -9.23% +18.18%
75th Percentile £631 £642 £750
90th Percentile £665 £722 £805
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £31.60 £46.75
Median hourly rate - £45.28 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year - -6.63% -47.28%
75th Percentile - £61.25 £50.25
90th Percentile - £70.63 -
England median hourly rate - £55.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year - +14.58% -29.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,687 2,710 3,210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.84% 92.18% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 1,752 2,244
10th Percentile £225 £250 £300
25th Percentile £363 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +2.44%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £720
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 370 272
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.23 £17.70
25th Percentile £18.16 £35.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £26.28 £65.00 £62.75
Median % change year-on-year -59.57% +3.59% +29.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £75.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.75
England median hourly rate £26.28 £43.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year -38.88% -1.58% +71.33%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in the South West

Senior Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Manager in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Senior Manager in the South West

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 29 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in the South West

Senior Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Manager in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Manager in the South West

Senior Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 29 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +2 6 £550 -6.78% 33
Devon +1 1 - - 1
Dorset - 1 - - 3
Senior Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 July 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 West region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Military
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (25.00%) CRM
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
4 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Observability
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 1 (12.50%) Legal
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) Java
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (12.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (37.50%) Military
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Billing
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Next.js
1 1 (12.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Coaching
3 2 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (25.00%) CRM
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Campaign Management
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft