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 £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 125 114
Rank change year-on-year -34 -11 +73
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 260 458 690
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.28% 1.95% 2.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 2.07% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 358 538
10th Percentile £363 £361 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £568
90th Percentile £626 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 10
10th Percentile £23.18 £41.00 £16.55
25th Percentile £23.63 £50.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.28 £65.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -61.12% +157.43% -22.57%
75th Percentile £36.75 £76.25 £33.15
90th Percentile £51.60 £83.00 £44.40
UK median hourly rate £31.84 £62.50 £30.73
% change year-on-year -49.06% +103.42% -3.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 18,841 22,170 29,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 94.33% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,467 15,486 20,548
10th Percentile £213 £225 £203
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,255 1,134 1,466
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +3.98%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%

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 13 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 13 May 2024. 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 +2 60 £525 +5.00% 57
South East -21 56 £525 +1.94% 75
South West +21 52 £513 +6.49% 23
West Midlands -2 50 £525 +5.00% 39
North of England -51 43 £455 -9.00% 89
Scotland +27 38 £475 -5.00% 21
North West -19 23 £525 +12.00% 40
Yorkshire -26 14 £450 -18.18% 43
East Midlands +17 9 £500 - 18
East of England -18 6 £475 -2.56% 20
Wales +23 5 £475 +46.15% 13
North East +17 5 £525 +16.67% 12
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, 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 89 (34.23%) Project Management
2 70 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 59 (22.69%) Finance
4 56 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (20.00%) Agile
6 43 (16.54%) ITIL
7 40 (15.38%) Change Management
8 39 (15.00%) PRINCE2
9 36 (13.85%) Service Management
9 36 (13.85%) Project Delivery
10 35 (13.46%) Service Delivery
11 31 (11.92%) Waterfall
12 28 (10.77%) Public Sector
13 26 (10.00%) ITSM
14 25 (9.62%) Legal
15 24 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (9.23%) Decision-Making
16 23 (8.85%) Security Cleared
16 23 (8.85%) Microsoft
17 21 (8.08%) Migration
18 20 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
19 19 (7.31%) People Management
19 19 (7.31%) SC Cleared
20 18 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
21 17 (6.54%) Risk Management
21 17 (6.54%) Budget Management
22 16 (6.15%) Azure
22 16 (6.15%) Degree
23 15 (5.77%) IT Governance
23 15 (5.77%) Project Planning

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 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.92%) Confluence
3 1 (0.38%) Moodle
Applications
1 6 (2.31%) Photoshop
2 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 18 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (6.15%) Azure
3 15 (5.77%) SaaS
4 9 (3.46%) AWS
5 7 (2.69%) Slack
6 6 (2.31%) Canva
7 3 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.15%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.77%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.38%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.85%) Intranet
2 3 (1.15%) WAN
3 2 (0.77%) Firewall
3 2 (0.77%) LAN
4 1 (0.38%) Internet
4 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.38%) SNMP
4 1 (0.38%) VLAN
4 1 (0.38%) VoIP
4 1 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.77%) Power BI
2 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.69%) JIRA
2 2 (0.77%) Hudson
General
1 70 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 59 (22.69%) Finance
3 28 (10.77%) Public Sector
4 25 (9.62%) Legal
5 14 (5.38%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.85%) Law
7 10 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (3.08%) Retail
9 7 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.69%) Local Government
9 7 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.92%) Automotive
11 3 (1.15%) Billing
11 3 (1.15%) Publishing
12 2 (0.77%) Back Office
12 2 (0.77%) Banking
12 2 (0.77%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.38%) Middleware
1 1 (0.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.23%) Data Centre
2 8 (3.08%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.31%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.31%) Video Editing
4 5 (1.92%) FMCG
4 5 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.54%) NHS
5 4 (1.54%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.15%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.15%) PMI
7 2 (0.77%) CMDB
8 1 (0.38%) Contactless
8 1 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.38%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.38%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.38%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.38%) Life Science
8 1 (0.38%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.38%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.38%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.46%) Windows
2 8 (3.08%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.77%) Unix
4 2 (0.77%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (34.23%) Project Management
2 56 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 52 (20.00%) Agile
4 43 (16.54%) ITIL
5 40 (15.38%) Change Management
6 39 (15.00%) PRINCE2
7 36 (13.85%) Project Delivery
7 36 (13.85%) Service Management
8 35 (13.46%) Service Delivery
9 31 (11.92%) Waterfall
10 26 (10.00%) ITSM
11 24 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (9.23%) Decision-Making
12 21 (8.08%) Migration
13 20 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (7.31%) People Management
15 17 (6.54%) Budget Management
15 17 (6.54%) Risk Management
16 15 (5.77%) IT Governance
16 15 (5.77%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.08%) Swift
2 1 (0.38%) Java
2 1 (0.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (8.85%) Security Cleared
2 19 (7.31%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.15%) Degree
4 11 (4.23%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 9 (3.46%) PMP
7 8 (3.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.15%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.77%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.77%) ISEB
11 1 (0.38%) CAPM
11 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.23%) PMO
2 5 (1.92%) GDPR
3 4 (1.54%) COBIT
4 3 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.15%) QA
4 3 (1.15%) SLA
5 2 (0.77%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.38%) GAMP
6 1 (0.38%) GMP
6 1 (0.38%) GxP
6 1 (0.38%) P3O
6 1 (0.38%) PMBOK
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 23 (8.85%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.46%) Oracle
3 8 (3.08%) Okta
3 8 (3.08%) SAP
4 5 (1.92%) Remedy
5 4 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.15%) BMC
6 3 (1.15%) Cisco
6 3 (1.15%) Citrix
6 3 (1.15%) Siemens
7 1 (0.38%) Ariba
7 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.38%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.38%) Cadence
7 1 (0.38%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.38%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.38%) IFS
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.38%) Splunk
7 1 (0.38%) VMware