ICT Manager Contracts

ICT Manager
UK

The median ICT Manager daily rate in the UK is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 687 826
Rank change year-on-year +121 +139 -114
Contract jobs requiring an ICT Manager 18 10 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.018% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.019% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 22
10th Percentile - £263 £363
25th Percentile £176 £338 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £425 £443
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -3.95% +36.15%
75th Percentile £378 £500 £544
90th Percentile £432 £510 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £425 £429
% change year-on-year -23.53% -0.87% +33.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £28.13 - -
25th Percentile £29.44 £46.75 -
Median hourly rate £31.76 £48.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -34.52% - -
75th Percentile £33.94 £50.25 -
90th Percentile £35.18 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.52 £48.50 -
% change year-on-year -43.27% - -

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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

ICT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ICT Manager in the UK

ICT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ICT Manager.

Daily rate trend for ICT Manager in the UK

ICT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ICT Manager over the 6 months to 17 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ICT Manager in the UK

ICT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ICT Manager.

Hourly rate trend for ICT Manager in the UK

ICT Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 17 June 2024. 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 +91 13 £361 -27.90% 9
UK excluding London +28 9 £325 -23.53% 7
Work from Home +116 5 £380 -10.53% 5
London - 5 £432 - 3
South West +5 4 £325 - 1
South East +16 2 £366 -26.85%
Scotland +48 1 £178 -58.24%
West Midlands +17 1 £350 +33.08% 4
Midlands +12 1 £350 -8.26% 5
North West - 1 £225 -
North of England - 1 £225 - 1

ICT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 June 2024, ICT 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 featuring ICT Manager in the job title.

1 6 (33.33%) Local Government
2 5 (27.78%) Project Management
3 3 (16.67%) Budget Management
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.11%) Finance
4 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (11.11%) Performance Management
4 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (5.56%) Application Security
5 1 (5.56%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (5.56%) SIAM
5 1 (5.56%) Business Strategy
5 1 (5.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (5.56%) Culture Change
5 1 (5.56%) Customer Experience
5 1 (5.56%) Service Catalogue
5 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery
5 1 (5.56%) Business Case
5 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery Management

ICT Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) LAN
1 1 (5.56%) WAN
General
1 6 (33.33%) Local Government
2 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) CMDB
1 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Project Management
2 3 (16.67%) Budget Management
2 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (11.11%) Performance Management
3 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 2 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (5.56%) Application Security
4 1 (5.56%) Business Case
4 1 (5.56%) Business Strategy
4 1 (5.56%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (5.56%) Culture Change
4 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.56%) SIAM
4 1 (5.56%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) BT
2 1 (5.56%) Capita
2 1 (5.56%) TOWER Software