Innovation Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Innovation Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Innovation Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Innovation Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £284 - -
25th Percentile £353 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £603 - -
90th Percentile £661 - -
UK median daily rate £488 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 16,552 13,292 18,225
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 92.34% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,214 7,875 11,830
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
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 1,639 745 1,302
10th Percentile £13.95 £15.28 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.26 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £46.09
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% -31.09% +78.99%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.66% -27.78% +41.02%

Innovation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Innovation Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Innovation Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Innovation Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Innovation Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Innovation Manager in the UK excluding London

Innovation 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 Innovation Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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 - 1 £700 -
South West - 1 £275 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £700 -
Innovation Manager
UK

Innovation Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, Innovation 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 Innovation Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective

Innovation 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective