IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Surrey

IT Manager
South East > Surrey

The median IT Manager daily rate in Surrey is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 50 62
Rank change year-on-year +10 +12 -11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 8 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 2.29% 1.50% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% 1.61% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 15
10th Percentile £360 £509 £510
25th Percentile £413 £513 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £800
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -29.69% +45.45%
75th Percentile £525 £638 £825
90th Percentile £540 £668 £860
South East median daily rate £525 £555 £544
% change year-on-year -5.41% +2.07% +8.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 334 496 740
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 93.23% 97.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 344 595
10th Percentile £204 £203 £194
25th Percentile £250 £275 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £558 £638
90th Percentile £625 £663 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 34 29
10th Percentile £20.55 £15.96 £21.89
25th Percentile £25.15 £30.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £49.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% +22.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £71.90
90th Percentile - £76.86 £77.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.43 £51.42
% change year-on-year -56.20% +11.68% +114.25%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Surrey

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Surrey

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Surrey over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in Surrey

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Surrey

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Guildford -3 1 £350 -51.72% 1
Epsom -5 1 £550 +10.00% 3
Camberley - 1 - - 1
Horley - 1 - -
Redhill - 1 - - 1
Woking - 1 - -
IT Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 21 September 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 Surrey region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 3 (37.50%) SLA
4 3 (37.50%) PMO
4 3 (37.50%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (25.00%) Line Management
5 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (25.00%) Project Governance
5 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (25.00%) Contract Management
5 2 (25.00%) GDPR
5 2 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Business Case
5 2 (25.00%) Cost Control
5 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
5 2 (25.00%) PMP
5 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
5 2 (25.00%) SAP
5 2 (25.00%) Legal

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
4 2 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (25.00%) Business Case
4 2 (25.00%) Contract Management
4 2 (25.00%) Cost Control
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (25.00%) Line Management
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Resource Management
4 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) Change Advisory Board
5 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) PMO
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
2 2 (25.00%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Aruba
2 1 (12.50%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Mitel
2 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto