IT Manager Contracts

IT Manager
UK

The median IT Manager daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 176 175
Rank change year-on-year -38 -1 +85
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 488 871 1,431
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.12% 1.45% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 1.54% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 653 1,054
10th Percentile £363 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £513
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +0.49% +13.89%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £659
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 20
10th Percentile - £58.25 £19.22
25th Percentile £23.63 £61.25 £26.41
Median hourly rate £31.84 £62.50 £34.83
Median % change year-on-year -49.06% +79.47% +21.60%
75th Percentile £47.94 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £56.68 £75.50 £60.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.28 £65.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -61.12% +140.74% -12.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Manager in the UK

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 26 April 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 -27 427 £525 - 321
UK excluding London -29 263 £500 - 248
Work from Home -2 200 £550 +10.00% 106
London +18 191 £575 +4.55% 86
Midlands +5 63 £525 +5.00% 45
South East -16 56 £525 +2.94% 64
West Midlands +10 52 £525 +5.00% 30
North of England -45 49 £453 -9.50% 75
South West +22 47 £513 +9.74% 28
Scotland +10 34 £500 - 12
North West -26 26 £488 +2.63% 37
Yorkshire -25 18 £450 -18.18% 29
East Midlands +15 10 £500 - 15
East of England -12 9 £475 - 17
Wales +17 5 £475 +33.33% 11
North East +24 4 £525 +16.67% 11

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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.

1 174 (35.66%) Project Management
2 150 (30.74%) Finance
3 115 (23.57%) Social Skills
4 112 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 100 (20.49%) Agile
6 79 (16.19%) Change Management
7 68 (13.93%) Project Delivery
8 62 (12.70%) PRINCE2
9 52 (10.66%) ITIL
10 50 (10.25%) Banking
11 43 (8.81%) Waterfall
12 42 (8.61%) Azure
12 42 (8.61%) Public Sector
13 41 (8.40%) Service Management
13 41 (8.40%) Security Cleared
14 40 (8.20%) Microsoft
15 39 (7.99%) Risk Management
15 39 (7.99%) Problem-Solving
16 36 (7.38%) Decision-Making
16 36 (7.38%) Migration
16 36 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
17 34 (6.97%) Degree
17 34 (6.97%) Service Delivery
18 33 (6.76%) SC Cleared
18 33 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
19 31 (6.35%) Legal
20 27 (5.53%) PMI Certification
20 27 (5.53%) ERP
20 27 (5.53%) Budget Management
21 26 (5.33%) PMP

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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (5.12%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.43%) Confluence
4 3 (0.61%) CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Appian
5 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.20%) Moodle
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 9 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.23%) Photoshop
3 5 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.20%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.20%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 42 (8.61%) Azure
2 36 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (4.51%) SaaS
4 13 (2.66%) AWS
5 8 (1.64%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.64%) WhatsApp
6 7 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.43%) Slack
7 6 (1.23%) Canva
8 3 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.61%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.41%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.20%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.20%) IaaS
10 1 (0.20%) PaaS
10 1 (0.20%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.64%) Intranet
2 6 (1.23%) WAN
2 6 (1.23%) Wireless
3 5 (1.02%) Firewall
4 4 (0.82%) LAN
4 4 (0.82%) VoIP
5 1 (0.20%) HTTP
5 1 (0.20%) Internet
5 1 (0.20%) Network Security
5 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.20%) Skype
5 1 (0.20%) SMTP
5 1 (0.20%) SNMP
5 1 (0.20%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.20%) VLAN
5 1 (0.20%) VPN
5 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (1.23%) Power BI
2 4 (0.82%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.41%) Tableau
4 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.20%) Mixpanel
4 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.20%) MS Access
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (3.48%) JIRA
2 2 (0.41%) Hudson
3 1 (0.20%) GitLab
3 1 (0.20%) Subversion
General
1 150 (30.74%) Finance
2 115 (23.57%) Social Skills
3 50 (10.25%) Banking
4 42 (8.61%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.35%) Legal
6 20 (4.10%) Manufacturing
7 16 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (3.28%) Law
8 14 (2.87%) Local Government
8 14 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.05%) Retail
12 6 (1.23%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.23%) Automotive
12 6 (1.23%) Military
12 6 (1.23%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.02%) Marketing
13 5 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.20%) ADO
1 1 (0.20%) Express.js
1 1 (0.20%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.20%) Middleware
1 1 (0.20%) Node.js
1 1 (0.20%) React
1 1 (0.20%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.69%) Data Centre
2 17 (3.48%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.25%) Onboarding
4 9 (1.84%) FMCG
5 7 (1.43%) PMI
5 7 (1.43%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.23%) NHS
6 6 (1.23%) Video Editing
7 5 (1.02%) CMDB
7 5 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.61%) e-Learning
8 3 (0.61%) Life Science
8 3 (0.61%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.41%) Derivative
9 2 (0.41%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (0.41%) LIMS
9 2 (0.41%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.69%) Windows
2 8 (1.64%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.43%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.82%) Unix
4 4 (0.82%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.41%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.20%) Linux
6 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.20%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (35.66%) Project Management
2 112 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 100 (20.49%) Agile
4 79 (16.19%) Change Management
5 68 (13.93%) Project Delivery
6 62 (12.70%) PRINCE2
7 52 (10.66%) ITIL
8 43 (8.81%) Waterfall
9 41 (8.40%) Service Management
10 39 (7.99%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (7.99%) Risk Management
11 36 (7.38%) Decision-Making
11 36 (7.38%) Migration
12 34 (6.97%) Service Delivery
13 33 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (5.53%) Budget Management
14 27 (5.53%) ERP
15 25 (5.12%) ITSM
16 22 (4.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 20 (4.10%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.64%) Swift
2 2 (0.41%) Java
2 2 (0.41%) SQL
3 1 (0.20%) C#
3 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 41 (8.40%) Security Cleared
2 34 (6.97%) Degree
3 33 (6.76%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.53%) PMI Certification
5 26 (5.33%) PMP
6 10 (2.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 10 (2.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 9 (1.84%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.61%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.61%) ISEB
12 2 (0.41%) CCNA
12 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.41%) CISSP
12 2 (0.41%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.20%) CISA
13 1 (0.20%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.87%) PMO
2 12 (2.46%) SLA
3 11 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.64%) GDPR
5 7 (1.43%) COBIT
6 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.02%) NIST
7 3 (0.61%) EMIR
7 3 (0.61%) GxP
7 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (0.61%) QA
8 2 (0.41%) Basel III
8 2 (0.41%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.41%) GRC
8 2 (0.41%) MiFID
8 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.20%) GAMP
9 1 (0.20%) GMP
9 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 5 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.20%) vCloud
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.20%) Avamar
2 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.20%) Matomo
2 1 (0.20%) SCCM
2 1 (0.20%) Terraform
2 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (8.20%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.69%) SAP
3 11 (2.25%) Cisco
3 11 (2.25%) Oracle
4 10 (2.05%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.64%) Okta
6 7 (1.43%) Remedy
7 5 (1.02%) Adobe
7 5 (1.02%) VMware
8 4 (0.82%) Citrix
9 3 (0.61%) BMC
9 3 (0.61%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.61%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.61%) Siemens
10 2 (0.41%) Aruba
10 2 (0.41%) Cadence
10 2 (0.41%) Civica
10 2 (0.41%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.41%) Sage
10 2 (0.41%) Workday