Associate Director Contracts

Associate Director
UK

The median Associate Director daily rate in the UK is £700, 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 512 578 717
Rank change year-on-year +66 +139 +132
Contract jobs requiring an Associate Director 8 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.009% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.010% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 1
10th Percentile £539 - -
25th Percentile £672 £282 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £498 £625
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -20.36% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £756 £638
90th Percentile - £858 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 - £625
% change year-on-year - - -21.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Associate Director
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Associate Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Associate Director in the UK

Associate Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Associate Director.

Daily rate trend for Associate Director in the UK

Associate Director
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Associate Director over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Associate Director in the UK

Associate Director
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Associate Director within the UK 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
England +60 7 £700 +40.63% 120
UK excluding London - 5 £700 - 28
North of England - 3 £700 - 10
East of England - 3 £700 -
North West - 3 £700 - 6
Work from Home +42 2 £430 -49.41% 52
London +35 1 £430 -13.61% 98

Associate Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Associate Director 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 featuring Associate Director in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) SAP
1 6 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Data Migration
2 5 (62.50%) Migration
2 5 (62.50%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (62.50%) ERP
2 5 (62.50%) Data Management
2 5 (62.50%) Data Architecture
3 4 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Advertising
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) B2B
4 1 (12.50%) B2C
4 1 (12.50%) Ariba
4 1 (12.50%) NHS
4 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Information Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
4 1 (12.50%) Data Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Global Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Taxonomies

Associate Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (12.50%) Workfront
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Metadata
General
1 5 (62.50%) Pharmaceutical
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Advertising
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) French Language
2 1 (12.50%) German Language
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Data Architecture
1 5 (62.50%) Data Management
1 5 (62.50%) Data Migration
1 5 (62.50%) ERP
1 5 (62.50%) Migration
2 4 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) B2B
3 1 (12.50%) B2C
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Data Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Information Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (12.50%) Ontologies
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma
3 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Ariba