IT Technical Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Technical Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Technical Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 345 406
Rank change year-on-year -54 +61 +64
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technical Manager 4 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.020% 0.015% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.016% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile - £537 £511
25th Percentile £463 £539 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £556 £538
Median % change year-on-year -14.61% +3.49% -2.27%
75th Percentile £575 £572 £634
90th Percentile £628 £573 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%

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 17,734 12,498 19,587
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 92.48% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,793 7,465 12,356
10th Percentile £213 £210 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £476 £493
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% -3.45% -1.40%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £598
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 1,848 660 1,890
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.22 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £16.12
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.76 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% -11.78% +11.63%
75th Percentile £61.64 £63.75 £62.47
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.71% -

IT Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

IT Technical Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

IT Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technical Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technical Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

IT Technical 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 Technical Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 February 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
South East -25 2 £475 -14.61% 4
North of England - 1 £625 -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
North West - 1 £625 -
IT Technical Manager
UK

IT Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, IT Technical 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 IT Technical Manager in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Tech Ops
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Windows

IT Technical 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Tech Ops
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO