IT Manager Contracts in Southampton

IT Manager
Hampshire > Southampton

The median IT Manager daily rate in Southampton is £640, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 23 22
Rank change year-on-year +12 -1 +17
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 9 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 8.33% 1.18% 2.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.49% 1.42% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £433 £513
25th Percentile £620 £463 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +21.90% -8.70% +21.05%
75th Percentile £660 £588 £588
90th Percentile - £618 -
Hampshire median daily rate £545 £513 £523
% change year-on-year +6.34% -1.91% +16.73%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 106 141 143
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.15% 83.43% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 84 100
10th Percentile £139 £200 £240
25th Percentile £313 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.12% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £593
90th Percentile £617 £713 £665
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 10
10th Percentile - £15.73 £16.00
25th Percentile - £62.50 £17.31
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £23.79
Median % change year-on-year - +194.24% +35.40%
75th Percentile - £80.00 £33.27
90th Percentile - - £45.03
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Southampton

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in Southampton.

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in Southampton

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in Southampton.

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in Southampton

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Southampton region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 8 (88.89%) SharePoint
2 8 (88.89%) Firewall
2 8 (88.89%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (77.78%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (77.78%) VPN
3 7 (77.78%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 7 (77.78%) Internet
3 7 (77.78%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
3 7 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (77.78%) Power BI
3 7 (77.78%) Case Management
3 7 (77.78%) Contract Management
3 7 (77.78%) Security Monitoring
3 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
4 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (66.67%) Analytics
4 6 (66.67%) Network Security
5 5 (55.56%) Antivirus Management
5 5 (55.56%) Server Management
5 5 (55.56%) Storage Management
6 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
7 3 (33.33%) Military
8 2 (22.22%) Design for Test
9 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (11.11%) Risk Management

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 8 (88.89%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) Firewall
2 7 (77.78%) Internet
2 7 (77.78%) VPN
3 6 (66.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) Power BI
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Military
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (88.89%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (77.78%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (77.78%) Case Management
3 7 (77.78%) Contract Management
3 7 (77.78%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (77.78%) Security Monitoring
4 6 (66.67%) Analytics
5 5 (55.56%) Antivirus Management
5 5 (55.56%) Server Management
5 5 (55.56%) Storage Management
6 2 (22.22%) Design for Test
7 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft