Capability Manager Contract Job Trends

Capability Manager
UK

The median Capability Manager daily rate in the UK is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 577 - 610
Rank change year-on-year - - +186
Contract jobs requiring a Capability Manager 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.011% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £626
25th Percentile £663 - £722
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £938
Median % change year-on-year - - +82.93%
75th Percentile £688 - £1,197
90th Percentile - - £1,319
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 - £1,300
% change year-on-year - - +147.62%

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 33,137 32,079 41,606
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 92.76% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,987 19,722 27,981
10th Percentile £290 £300 £292
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £723 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,959 1,044 1,467
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.48 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.05 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.46 £73.28 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Capability Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Capability Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Capability Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Capability Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Capability Manager job vacancies in the UK

Capability Manager
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capability Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 14 December 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 - 3 £675 - 1
England - 3 £675 - 16
UK excluding London - 3 £675 - 16
Work from Home - 1 - - 5

Capability Manager Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Capability 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 featuring Capability Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) B2B
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories

Capability Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) B2B
1 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP