Technical Manager Contracts in South Yorkshire

Technical Manager
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Technical Manager daily rate in South Yorkshire is £440, 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 63 55 48
Rank change year-on-year -8 -7 +16
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 10 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 1.59% 1.08% 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% 1.24% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £375 - -
25th Percentile £404 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £580 £400
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +45.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £497 - £650
90th Percentile £516 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £448 £580 £538
% change year-on-year -22.84% +7.91% +1.90%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 574 402 429
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 87.01% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 237 284
10th Percentile £280 £250 £277
25th Percentile £364 £425 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £514 £568
Median % change year-on-year -12.45% -9.51% +13.60%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £675
90th Percentile £607 £626 £743
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile £15.55 £15.88 £11.77
25th Percentile £18.10 £20.13 £15.27
Median hourly rate £18.21 £21.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.31% +5.00% +11.89%
75th Percentile £18.50 £21.88 £27.00
90th Percentile £18.51 £22.00 £38.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £20.87 £20.25
% change year-on-year +6.09% +3.06% +6.58%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in South Yorkshire

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Technical Manager in South Yorkshire

Technical Manager
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
Sheffield -9 10 £440 -24.14% 4
Technical Manager
Yorkshire

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Technical 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 Yorkshire region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 4 (40.00%) Dependency Management
4 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (10.00%) CyberArk
6 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
6 1 (10.00%) SDLC
6 1 (10.00%) API Development
6 1 (10.00%) Conflict Management
6 1 (10.00%) Feasibility Study
6 1 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
6 1 (10.00%) Runbook
6 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
6 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
6 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (10.00%) Time Management
6 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (40.00%) Dependency Management
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) API Development
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Conflict Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Feasibility Study
5 1 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Runbook
5 1 (10.00%) SDLC
5 1 (10.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) CyberArk