Technical Manager Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Technical Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Technical Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 121 127
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 7 5 13
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.41% 0.23% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.25% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 10
10th Percentile £416 £400 £396
25th Percentile £470 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +2.56% +25.81%
75th Percentile £588 - £538
90th Percentile £700 - £544
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.31% +16.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,541 1,973 2,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 91.47% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 1,113 1,685
10th Percentile £253 £263 £213
25th Percentile £387 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £620
90th Percentile £663 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £504
% change year-on-year -0.99% +0.15% +0.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 90 88
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £15.58
25th Percentile £15.91 £26.38 £21.19
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.30 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.86% +16.60% +166.67%
75th Percentile £60.63 £64.73 £68.44
90th Percentile £87.50 £94.13 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £60.46 £51.42
% change year-on-year -58.40% +17.57% +105.68%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Technical Manager job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Manager in the Thames Valley

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Technical Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 October 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
Buckinghamshire +6 5 £500 +25.00% 7
Berkshire +12 2 £525 - 8
Technical Manager
South East

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 8 October 2025, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Service Management
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Matrix Management
3 1 (14.29%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle CX
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) 5G
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
3 1 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) 5G
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Matrix Management
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle