Senior IT Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior IT Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior IT Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £619, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 386 425
Rank change year-on-year +67 +39 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 15 8 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.039% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.042% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 26
10th Percentile £539 £483 £415
25th Percentile £578 £500 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.53% -0.91% +0.92%
75th Percentile £686 £575 £639
90th Percentile £739 £582 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% -3.30%

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 11,771 19,161 22,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.57% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,545 11,699 15,818
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
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 836 2,248 1,160
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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

Senior IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior IT Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +42 7 - - 5
North of England +13 3 £525 -11.45% 1
North West +11 2 £525 -11.45% 1
Scotland - 2 £600 - 2
South West +28 1 - - 2
Midlands +16 1 £750 +42.86% 2
West Midlands +12 1 £750 +40.19% 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £638 -
Senior IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior IT Manager in the job title.

1 7 (46.67%) Azure
2 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Firewall
2 6 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 5 (33.33%) Case Management
3 5 (33.33%) Power BI
3 5 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (33.33%) Internet
3 5 (33.33%) VPN
3 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (33.33%) Contract Management
3 5 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 5 (33.33%) Network Security
3 5 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (26.67%) Analytics
4 4 (26.67%) Finance
4 4 (26.67%) Antivirus Management
5 3 (20.00%) Server Management
5 3 (20.00%) Storage Management
5 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (20.00%) Change Management
6 2 (13.33%) Military

Senior 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 6 (40.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Firewall
2 5 (33.33%) Internet
2 5 (33.33%) Network Security
2 5 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Military
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Local Government
4 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (33.33%) Case Management
2 5 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 5 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 4 (26.67%) Analytics
3 4 (26.67%) Antivirus Management
4 3 (20.00%) Change Management
4 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Server Management
4 3 (20.00%) Storage Management
5 2 (13.33%) CRM
5 2 (13.33%) Design for Test
5 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
5 2 (13.33%) Project Management
6 1 (6.67%) Agile
6 1 (6.67%) Budgeting
6 1 (6.67%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) C#
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft