Bid Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Bid Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Bid Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £534, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 353 409
Rank change year-on-year -45 +56 +103
Contract jobs requiring a Bid Manager 2 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.012% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.013% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 9
10th Percentile £497 - £485
25th Percentile £503 £350 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year +33.38% -33.33% +12.94%
75th Percentile £582 £450 £650
90th Percentile £600 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £400 £613
% change year-on-year +37.50% -34.69% -8.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,280 15,171 19,572
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 92.16% 93.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,462 8,700 12,965
10th Percentile £206 £220 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,489 1,039 1,270
10th Percentile £13.75 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.59 £18.26
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +90.25%
75th Percentile £51.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.72 £73.60 £77.05
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +63.30%

Bid Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Bid Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Bid Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Bid Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Bid Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Bid Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Bid Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Bid Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Bid Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Bid Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bid Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 November 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
Midlands -25 1 £492 +23.00% 3
North West - 1 £575 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £492 - 1
North of England - 1 £575 - 3
Bid Manager
UK

Bid Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, Bid 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 UK excluding London region featuring Bid Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Pricing Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Servant Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) TDD

Bid Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Pricing Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Servant Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft