IT Manager
UK
The median IT Manager daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 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 20 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 228 | 213 | 179 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | -34 | -2 |
| Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager | 346 | 464 | 824 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.18% | 1.09% | 1.44% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.28% | 1.18% | 1.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 226 | 331 | 628 |
| 10th Percentile | £370 | £363 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £525 |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £622 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £681 | £688 | £688 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £506 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.23% | +1.25% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 12 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.80 | - | £35.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £35.00 | £23.63 | £50.94 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £31.84 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +94.75% | -49.06% | +131.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.50 | £47.94 | £69.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £59.38 | £84.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £75.00 | £25.28 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +196.74% | -49.45% | +87.28% |
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 | 26,988 | 39,486 | 54,195 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.35% | 92.79% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,538 | 25,721 | 37,839 |
| 10th Percentile | £293 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £543 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -3.23% | +3.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,058 | 2,674 | 1,507 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.83 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.13 | £16.30 | £19.21 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.00 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.29% | -18.89% | +87.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.09 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.90 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.75 | £40.00 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.13% | -5.88% | +112.50% |
IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Manager.
IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.
IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.
IT Manager
Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 |
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| England | +6 | 305 | £525 | - | 477 |
| UK excluding London | -12 | 176 | £500 | -1.23% | 381 |
| London | +13 | 137 | £550 | -4.35% | 198 |
| Work from Home | -21 | 121 | £494 | -10.23% | 241 |
| North of England | +28 | 55 | £494 | +9.72% | 90 |
| South East | +26 | 40 | £540 | +2.86% | 117 |
| Midlands | -2 | 40 | £488 | -6.70% | 75 |
| West Midlands | -12 | 32 | £482 | -7.80% | 48 |
| North West | +21 | 28 | £513 | +7.89% | 47 |
| Yorkshire | +29 | 26 | £450 | - | 36 |
| South West | +4 | 15 | £475 | -7.32% | 21 |
| Scotland | -16 | 13 | £450 | -5.26% | 29 |
| East of England | +33 | 12 | £650 | +44.44% | 34 |
| East Midlands | +9 | 8 | £488 | -2.50% | 26 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | £425 | - | 10 |
| North East | -9 | 1 | £475 | -9.52% | 8 |
IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, IT 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 IT Manager in the job title.
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IT 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:
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