Engagement Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Engagement Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Engagement Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £512, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 381 448
Rank change year-on-year +80 +67 +39
Contract jobs requiring an Engagement Manager 34 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.039% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.042% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 6 2
10th Percentile £455 £493 £479
25th Percentile £490 £500 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £519 £508
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% +2.27% -7.73%
75th Percentile £538 - £523
90th Percentile £541 £553 £524
UK median daily rate £520 £493 £515
% change year-on-year +5.43% -4.27% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.26 - -
Median hourly rate £20.50 - -
75th Percentile £20.74 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £20.50 - -

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 11,741 18,988 22,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.50% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,500 11,563 15,683
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 840 2,247 1,152
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.49 £15.75 £18.02
Median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.26
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% -5.35% +116.50%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.85 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.23% -18.89% +90.68%

Engagement Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Engagement Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Engagement Manager in the UK excluding London

Engagement Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Engagement Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Engagement Manager in the UK excluding London

Engagement 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 Engagement Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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 +40 22 £522 +0.65% 3
West Midlands +34 22 £522 +0.65% 3
North of England +23 9 £470 -7.11% 2
North West +14 7 £470 -7.11% 1
South East - 3 £493 - 4
North East - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
East of England - 2 - - 1
Engagement Manager
UK

Engagement Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Engagement 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 UK excluding London region featuring Engagement Manager in the job title.

1 20 (58.82%) Project Management
2 17 (50.00%) Agile
2 17 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 14 (41.18%) Finance
4 11 (32.35%) JIRA
4 11 (32.35%) Confluence
4 11 (32.35%) Analytics
5 9 (26.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (23.53%) Project Planning
6 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
6 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
6 8 (23.53%) Agile Project Management
7 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
8 6 (17.65%) Big Data
8 6 (17.65%) Impact Analysis
8 6 (17.65%) Budget Management
8 6 (17.65%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 6 (17.65%) Waterfall
8 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (17.65%) SAP
8 6 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
9 5 (14.71%) PMO
9 5 (14.71%) Data Strategy
10 4 (11.76%) Storytelling
10 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
10 4 (11.76%) Digital Analytics
10 4 (11.76%) Line Management
10 4 (11.76%) Infographics
10 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement

Engagement Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (32.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.88%) Open Workbench
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) AWS
1 1 (2.94%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) Big Data
1 6 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (32.35%) JIRA
General
1 14 (41.18%) Finance
2 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Local Government
5 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.94%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) Project Management
2 17 (50.00%) Agile
2 17 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 11 (32.35%) Analytics
4 9 (26.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (23.53%) Agile Project Management
5 8 (23.53%) Project Planning
6 6 (17.65%) Budget Management
6 6 (17.65%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 6 (17.65%) Impact Analysis
6 6 (17.65%) Waterfall
7 5 (14.71%) Data Strategy
8 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (11.76%) Digital Analytics
8 4 (11.76%) Infographics
8 4 (11.76%) Line Management
8 4 (11.76%) Storytelling
8 4 (11.76%) Web Analytics
9 3 (8.82%) Resource Management
9 3 (8.82%) TDD
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
1 6 (17.65%) SAP
2 3 (8.82%) Atlassian