IT Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 166 139
Rank change year-on-year -3 -27 -19
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 186 263 469
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.46% 1.27% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 1.37% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 205 364
10th Percentile £350 £370 £360
25th Percentile £422 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £665 £626 £639
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 1
10th Percentile £70.75 £23.18 -
25th Percentile £71.88 £23.63 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £25.28 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +196.74% -61.12% +140.74%
75th Percentile £77.81 £36.75 -
90th Percentile £78.38 £51.60 -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £31.84 £62.50
% change year-on-year +33.50% -49.06% +79.47%

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 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +23 53 £500 +10.50% 73
South East +42 51 £540 +2.86% 104
Midlands -2 40 £475 -9.52% 61
West Midlands -10 29 £475 -9.52% 47
North West +17 26 £525 +7.69% 49
Yorkshire +15 25 £475 +5.56% 20
South West +15 17 £520 +0.24% 26
Scotland -7 13 £450 -10.00% 16
East of England +33 12 £675 +42.11% 27
East Midlands +11 11 £488 -2.50% 12
North East -2 2 £488 -7.14% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £425 - 4
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 67 (36.02%) Project Management
2 60 (32.26%) Social Skills
3 57 (30.65%) Finance
4 39 (20.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 38 (20.43%) Agile
6 35 (18.82%) ITIL
7 31 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 29 (15.59%) Azure
9 28 (15.05%) Project Delivery
10 27 (14.52%) Risk Management
10 27 (14.52%) Retail
11 26 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
12 24 (12.90%) Service Management
13 23 (12.37%) Change Management
14 22 (11.83%) Microsoft 365
14 22 (11.83%) Public Sector
15 21 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
16 19 (10.22%) Contract Management
17 18 (9.68%) ITSM
17 18 (9.68%) Migration
18 17 (9.14%) Service Delivery
18 17 (9.14%) PRINCE2
18 17 (9.14%) Security Cleared
18 17 (9.14%) Waterfall
19 16 (8.60%) Incident Management
19 16 (8.60%) JIRA
19 16 (8.60%) Active Directory
19 16 (8.60%) Telecoms
20 15 (8.06%) ServiceNow
20 15 (8.06%) Analytics

IT 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 (5.91%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.38%) Confluence
3 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (15.59%) Azure
2 22 (11.83%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (7.53%) Power Platform
4 12 (6.45%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.30%) SaaS
6 6 (3.23%) AWS
7 4 (2.15%) Asana
7 4 (2.15%) GCP
8 3 (1.61%) IaaS
8 3 (1.61%) PaaS
9 2 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.54%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.45%) Firewall
2 10 (5.38%) VPN
3 8 (4.30%) Internet
4 7 (3.76%) Network Security
5 5 (2.69%) WAN
6 3 (1.61%) Intranet
6 3 (1.61%) LAN
6 3 (1.61%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.08%) DNS
7 2 (1.08%) VLAN
8 1 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.54%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.53%) Power BI
2 2 (1.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (8.60%) JIRA
2 1 (0.54%) GitLab
General
1 60 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 57 (30.65%) Finance
3 27 (14.52%) Retail
4 26 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (11.83%) Public Sector
6 16 (8.60%) Telecoms
7 12 (6.45%) Banking
8 11 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (5.91%) Manufacturing
9 9 (4.84%) Legal
10 8 (4.30%) Billing
11 4 (2.15%) Local Government
11 4 (2.15%) Military
11 4 (2.15%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.61%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.61%) Law
12 3 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.08%) Police
13 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.54%) .NET
1 1 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.30%) iPhone
1 8 (4.30%) Smartphone
2 7 (3.76%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.69%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.15%) NHS
6 3 (1.61%) PMI
6 3 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.08%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.54%) AS400
8 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.54%) EPoS
8 1 (0.54%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.54%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.54%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.30%) Mac OS
2 4 (2.15%) Windows
3 3 (1.61%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (36.02%) Project Management
2 39 (20.97%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (20.43%) Agile
4 35 (18.82%) ITIL
5 28 (15.05%) Project Delivery
6 27 (14.52%) Risk Management
7 24 (12.90%) Service Management
8 23 (12.37%) Change Management
9 21 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (10.22%) Contract Management
11 18 (9.68%) ITSM
11 18 (9.68%) Migration
12 17 (9.14%) PRINCE2
12 17 (9.14%) Service Delivery
12 17 (9.14%) Waterfall
13 16 (8.60%) Incident Management
14 15 (8.06%) Analytics
14 15 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (8.06%) Disaster Recovery
15 14 (7.53%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.69%) SQL
2 4 (2.15%) Python
3 2 (1.08%) C#
4 1 (0.54%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (9.14%) Security Cleared
2 14 (7.53%) Degree
2 14 (7.53%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.30%) PMI Certification
4 6 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (3.23%) PMP
5 3 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.08%) CISSP
6 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.54%) APMP
7 1 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.54%) CISM
7 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.30%) PMO
2 7 (3.76%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.23%) SLA
4 4 (2.15%) QA
5 3 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.08%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.08%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.54%) GDPR
7 1 (0.54%) GRC
7 1 (0.54%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.54%) NIST
7 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (8.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.30%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.54%) Ansible
3 1 (0.54%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.54%) Nessus
3 1 (0.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.06%) ServiceNow
3 13 (6.99%) Splunk
4 8 (4.30%) Apple
4 8 (4.30%) Dynatrace
5 6 (3.23%) Oracle
6 4 (2.15%) Cisco
6 4 (2.15%) SAP
7 3 (1.61%) BMC
7 3 (1.61%) Remedy
7 3 (1.61%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.08%) Foundry
8 2 (1.08%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (1.08%) Meraki
9 1 (0.54%) Infor
9 1 (0.54%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.54%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.54%) Snow
9 1 (0.54%) Veeam
9 1 (0.54%) Workday