Technical Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Technical Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical 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 245 301 353
Rank change year-on-year +56 +52 -43
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 91 98 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.47% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.51% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 66 73
10th Percentile £400 £364 £413
25th Percentile £436 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% -
75th Percentile £625 £572 £588
90th Percentile £725 £631 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £67.60 £28.25 -
25th Percentile £67.74 £29.74 -
Median hourly rate £73.23 £34.21 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.05% -47.37% -7.14%
75th Percentile £77.98 - -
90th Percentile £78.27 £45.86 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £34.21 £67.50
% change year-on-year +104.62% -49.32% +31.07%

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%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in the UK excluding London

Technical Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Manager in the UK excluding London

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Technical Manager in the UK excluding London

Technical Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Manager in the UK excluding London

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 Technical 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 +15 29 £450 -10.00% 68
South East +37 16 £488 -7.14% 106
North West +12 15 £506 +1.25% 38
Yorkshire +8 13 £450 -11.11% 26
East of England +28 12 £550 +4.76% 48
Midlands +22 12 £475 -2.56% 58
Scotland +14 12 £562 +3.74% 16
South West +48 8 £494 -1.25% 30
West Midlands +8 6 £441 -9.57% 32
East Midlands - 5 £519 - 23
Northern Ireland - 2 £625 - 4
Wales +1 1 £575 +15.00% 8
Technical Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Manager in the job title.

1 42 (46.15%) Agile
2 41 (45.05%) Social Skills
3 36 (39.56%) Project Management
3 36 (39.56%) Finance
4 23 (25.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (19.78%) JIRA
7 14 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (15.38%) Confluence
7 14 (15.38%) Project Delivery
8 13 (14.29%) Migration
8 13 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 11 (12.09%) Banking
9 11 (12.09%) Roadmaps
10 10 (10.99%) PRINCE2
11 9 (9.89%) Programme Management
11 9 (9.89%) Waterfall
11 9 (9.89%) Decision-Making
11 9 (9.89%) Budget Management
12 8 (8.79%) Strategic Thinking
12 8 (8.79%) APMP
12 8 (8.79%) Change Management
12 8 (8.79%) Supplier Management
12 8 (8.79%) Degree
13 7 (7.69%) Time Management
13 7 (7.69%) AWS
13 7 (7.69%) Sprint Planning
14 6 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
14 6 (6.59%) Data Centre
14 6 (6.59%) Project Planning

Technical 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 14 (15.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (5.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.10%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.69%) AWS
2 4 (4.40%) Azure
3 3 (3.30%) SaaS
4 1 (1.10%) Asana
4 1 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (1.10%) GCP
4 1 (1.10%) OCI
4 1 (1.10%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.10%) Slack
4 1 (1.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.59%) Firewall
2 1 (1.10%) Internet
2 1 (1.10%) LAN
2 1 (1.10%) Network Security
2 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) Data Lake
1 2 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.20%) Tableau
2 1 (1.10%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (19.78%) JIRA
General
1 41 (45.05%) Social Skills
2 36 (39.56%) Finance
3 11 (12.09%) Banking
4 6 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.40%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.40%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.40%) Retail Banking
6 3 (3.30%) Financial Institution
6 3 (3.30%) Marketing
6 3 (3.30%) Retail
7 2 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.20%) Law
7 2 (2.20%) Military
8 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.20%) VML
1 2 (2.20%) XML
1 2 (2.20%) Yocto
2 1 (1.10%) J2EE
2 1 (1.10%) Middleware
2 1 (1.10%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.59%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.49%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.40%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.30%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.20%) Digital TV
5 2 (2.20%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.20%) FMCG
5 2 (2.20%) Life Science
5 2 (2.20%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.20%) STB
5 2 (2.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.10%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.10%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.10%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.10%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.10%) PMI
6 1 (1.10%) Smart Meter
6 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.20%) Linux
1 2 (2.20%) Unix
1 2 (2.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (46.15%) Agile
2 36 (39.56%) Project Management
3 23 (25.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 14 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (14.29%) Migration
6 13 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 11 (12.09%) Roadmaps
8 10 (10.99%) PRINCE2
9 9 (9.89%) Budget Management
9 9 (9.89%) Decision-Making
9 9 (9.89%) Programme Management
9 9 (9.89%) Waterfall
10 8 (8.79%) Change Management
10 8 (8.79%) Strategic Thinking
10 8 (8.79%) Supplier Management
11 7 (7.69%) Sprint Planning
11 7 (7.69%) Time Management
12 6 (6.59%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.59%) Java
2 4 (4.40%) Python
3 2 (2.20%) SQL
4 1 (1.10%) C
4 1 (1.10%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (8.79%) APMP
1 8 (8.79%) Degree
2 5 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (5.49%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.40%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.10%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.20%) ISO 20022
1 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.20%) PMBOK
1 2 (2.20%) QA
2 1 (1.10%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.10%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.40%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.20%) Terraform
3 1 (1.10%) Ansible
3 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (6.59%) SAP
2 5 (5.49%) Cisco
2 5 (5.49%) Oracle
3 4 (4.40%) CheckPoint
3 4 (4.40%) Fortinet
4 3 (3.30%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.30%) Pega
5 2 (2.20%) Splunk
6 1 (1.10%) AlgoSec
6 1 (1.10%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.10%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.10%) Databricks
6 1 (1.10%) Infor
6 1 (1.10%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.10%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.10%) Spotify
6 1 (1.10%) Tagetik
6 1 (1.10%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.10%) VMware