Senior Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 257 192 212
Rank change year-on-year -65 +20 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 115 199 224
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.73% 1.14% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 1.23% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 95 177
10th Percentile £402 £450 £400
25th Percentile £500 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £743 £756 £793
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - £45.45 £45.20
25th Percentile - £52.50 £50.75
Median hourly rate - £61.06 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +1.77% -17.81%
75th Percentile - £80.00 £64.31
90th Percentile - £83.00 £66.89
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year - -2.65% -19.29%

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 14,081 16,167 20,247
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.40% 92.34% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,644 9,215 13,527
10th Percentile £213 £217 £223
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £670 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,323 1,298 1,238
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.72 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.31 £19.69 £17.76
Median hourly rate £25.08 £43.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -41.69% -2.82% +96.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £74.37 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.91 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.39% -3.57% +71.15%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior 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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 October 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 -21 39 £500 -9.09% 68
South East -20 26 £620 -2.75% 67
Midlands -37 26 £550 -25.42% 30
West Midlands -29 20 £538 -27.12% 14
North West -7 18 £550 - 44
Yorkshire -18 18 £500 -4.71% 17
East of England -1 9 £675 +59.76% 13
Scotland -21 9 £503 +11.67% 13
South West -1 8 £538 -10.42% 35
East Midlands -7 6 £550 - 16
North East -3 5 £475 -34.48% 7
Northern Ireland - 2 £475 - 4
Wales +5 1 £308 -38.50% 10
Senior Manager
UK

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 October 2025, Senior 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 Senior Manager in the job title.

1 52 (45.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 42 (36.52%) Agile
3 39 (33.91%) Social Skills
4 33 (28.70%) Project Management
5 29 (25.22%) Finance
6 20 (17.39%) Waterfall
6 20 (17.39%) Project Delivery
7 16 (13.91%) Migration
8 15 (13.04%) Change Management
8 15 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (12.17%) PRINCE2
9 14 (12.17%) Public Sector
10 13 (11.30%) Microsoft
10 13 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (10.43%) Security Cleared
12 11 (9.57%) Roadmaps
12 11 (9.57%) Budget Management
13 10 (8.70%) Project Planning
13 10 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
14 9 (7.83%) Scrum
14 9 (7.83%) Risk Management
14 9 (7.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (7.83%) Project Governance
14 9 (7.83%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (6.96%) SC Cleared
15 8 (6.96%) Oracle
15 8 (6.96%) Logistics
16 7 (6.09%) Retail
16 7 (6.09%) Supplier Management
16 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Project

Senior 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 2 (1.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.87%) CMS
2 1 (0.87%) Confluence
2 1 (0.87%) Drupal
2 1 (0.87%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (0.87%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.61%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Maximo
1 1 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.22%) AWS
1 6 (5.22%) GCP
2 5 (4.35%) Azure
3 4 (3.48%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (1.74%) Boomi
5 2 (1.74%) OCI
5 2 (1.74%) Oracle CX
6 1 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.87%) Contentsquare
6 1 (0.87%) Contentstack
6 1 (0.87%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.87%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.87%) Google Docs
6 1 (0.87%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.87%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (0.87%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.87%) IaaS
6 1 (0.87%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.87%) Broadband
1 1 (0.87%) Network Security
1 1 (0.87%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.48%) Power BI
2 3 (2.61%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.74%) Big Data
3 2 (1.74%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.87%) DTS
4 1 (0.87%) Looker
4 1 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.61%) JIRA
General
1 39 (33.91%) Social Skills
2 29 (25.22%) Finance
3 14 (12.17%) Public Sector
4 7 (6.09%) Retail
5 6 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (5.22%) Legal
6 5 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.35%) Military
7 3 (2.61%) Banking
7 3 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.61%) Marketing
8 2 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.87%) Automotive
9 1 (0.87%) Aviation
9 1 (0.87%) Billing
9 1 (0.87%) Law
9 1 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.87%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.74%) React
3 1 (0.87%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.48%) NHS
1 4 (3.48%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.61%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.61%) PMI
2 3 (2.61%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.61%) Robotics
3 2 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.74%) CMDB
3 2 (1.74%) FMCG
3 2 (1.74%) Operational Technology
3 2 (1.74%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.87%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.87%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.87%) Data Fabric
4 1 (0.87%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.87%) Life Science
4 1 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.48%) Windows
2 1 (0.87%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (45.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 42 (36.52%) Agile
3 33 (28.70%) Project Management
4 20 (17.39%) Project Delivery
4 20 (17.39%) Waterfall
5 16 (13.91%) Migration
6 15 (13.04%) Change Management
6 15 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (12.17%) PRINCE2
8 13 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (9.57%) Budget Management
9 11 (9.57%) Roadmaps
10 10 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
10 10 (8.70%) Project Planning
11 9 (7.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (7.83%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (7.83%) Project Governance
11 9 (7.83%) Risk Management
11 9 (7.83%) Scrum
12 8 (6.96%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.61%) Python
1 3 (2.61%) SQL
2 1 (0.87%) Bash
2 1 (0.87%) Java
2 1 (0.87%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.87%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (10.43%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.96%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.09%) PMI Certification
4 6 (5.22%) PMP
5 4 (3.48%) Degree
5 4 (3.48%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.87%) ACCA
8 1 (0.87%) APMG
8 1 (0.87%) CIMA
8 1 (0.87%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.87%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.87%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.48%) PMO
1 4 (3.48%) QA
2 2 (1.74%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.74%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.87%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.87%) GRC
3 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.87%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (2.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.74%) SCCM
2 1 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.87%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (11.30%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.96%) Oracle
3 6 (5.22%) SAP
4 5 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.48%) Google
6 1 (0.87%) Apple
6 1 (0.87%) Ariba
6 1 (0.87%) Cognos
6 1 (0.87%) Hotjar
6 1 (0.87%) IBM
6 1 (0.87%) NEC
6 1 (0.87%) Optimizely
6 1 (0.87%) Remedy
6 1 (0.87%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.87%) Workday