Senior IT Manager Contracts

Senior IT Manager
UK

The median Senior IT Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, 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 486 567 667
Rank change year-on-year +81 +100 +82
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 34 15 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.034% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.037% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 12 38
10th Percentile £388 £476 £412
25th Percentile £500 £497 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £652 £579 £669
90th Percentile £781 £689 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £619 £545 £550
% change year-on-year +13.53% -0.91% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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%

Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Manager 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 +69 27 £550 +2.80% 25
UK excluding London +71 16 £619 +13.53% 13
London +44 13 £550 +10.00% 16
Work from Home +46 11 £525 +0.48% 16
South East +53 8 - - 4
North of England +21 3 £525 -11.45% 3
North West +18 2 £525 -11.45% 3
Scotland - 2 £600 - 1
South West +44 1 - - 3
Midlands +20 1 £750 +42.86% 2
West Midlands +13 1 £750 +40.19% 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £638 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior IT Manager in the job title.

1 14 (41.18%) Finance
1 14 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 13 (38.24%) Azure
3 9 (26.47%) SharePoint
4 8 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (23.53%) Public Sector
5 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
6 6 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
6 6 (17.65%) Change Management
6 6 (17.65%) Firewall
6 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
7 5 (14.71%) Power Platform
7 5 (14.71%) Contract Management
7 5 (14.71%) Security Monitoring
7 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
7 5 (14.71%) VPN
7 5 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (14.71%) Internet
7 5 (14.71%) Project Management
7 5 (14.71%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (14.71%) Power BI
7 5 (14.71%) Case Management
7 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (14.71%) Network Security
7 5 (14.71%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (11.76%) AWS
8 4 (11.76%) SaaS

Senior 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 9 (26.47%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 13 (38.24%) Azure
2 8 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (14.71%) Power Platform
4 4 (11.76%) AWS
4 4 (11.76%) SaaS
5 3 (8.82%) Asana
5 3 (8.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (8.82%) Entra ID
5 3 (8.82%) OneDrive
5 3 (8.82%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) Firewall
2 5 (14.71%) Internet
2 5 (14.71%) Network Security
2 5 (14.71%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) Power BI
2 3 (8.82%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 14 (41.18%) Finance
2 8 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Banking
5 2 (5.88%) Local Government
5 2 (5.88%) Military
6 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Back Office
6 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.94%) Legal
6 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Retail
6 1 (2.94%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (8.82%) Housing Association
2 3 (8.82%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.88%) FMCG
3 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Windows
2 3 (8.82%) Android
2 3 (8.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) Change Management
1 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
1 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
2 5 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (14.71%) Case Management
2 5 (14.71%) Contract Management
2 5 (14.71%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (14.71%) Project Management
2 5 (14.71%) Security Monitoring
2 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (11.76%) Analytics
3 4 (11.76%) Antivirus Management
3 4 (11.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 4 (11.76%) Risk Management
4 3 (8.82%) Business Case
4 3 (8.82%) Housing Management
4 3 (8.82%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (8.82%) Server Management
4 3 (8.82%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) C#
2 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.94%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) GRC
1 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (2.94%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Oracle
3 2 (5.88%) Aareon
3 2 (5.88%) Civica
3 2 (5.88%) Northgate
4 1 (2.94%) SAP