Senior Manager
UK
The median Senior Manager daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 August 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 15 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 286 | 221 | 210 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -65 | -11 | +24 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager | 296 | 427 | 643 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.90% | 1.10% | 1.23% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.98% | 1.18% | 1.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 213 | 246 | 515 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £453 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £514 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £600 | £613 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | -2.04% | +2.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £699 | £695 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £809 | £756 | £788 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £586 | £600 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.42% | - | +4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £39.96 | £31.17 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £52.50 | £41.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £61.06 | £48.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +27.21% | -31.43% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £66.50 | £54.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £81.00 | £68.64 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £59.28 | £48.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +22.23% | -31.25% |
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 | 30,132 | 36,077 | 49,221 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.30% | 92.88% | 94.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19,016 | 23,240 | 33,998 |
| 10th Percentile | £281 | £300 | £305 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -1.87% | -0.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +1.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,536 | 2,025 | 1,461 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.60 | £14.25 | £14.42 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.21 | £20.30 | £18.93 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £43.00 | £42.16 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.51% | +2.00% | +64.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.78 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £45.00 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.11% | +20.00% | +75.32% |
Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Manager.
Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.
Senior Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Manager.
Senior 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 Senior Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 15 August 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 | -47 | 263 | £600 | - | 1,069 |
| London | -31 | 143 | £600 | +1.05% | 716 |
| UK excluding London | -63 | 117 | £586 | -2.42% | 453 |
| Work from Home | -30 | 90 | £555 | -7.50% | 516 |
| North of England | -15 | 41 | £500 | -9.09% | 121 |
| South East | -1 | 28 | £610 | -0.20% | 117 |
| Midlands | -17 | 20 | £588 | -14.55% | 66 |
| North West | +2 | 19 | £525 | -4.55% | 60 |
| Yorkshire | -18 | 19 | £518 | -1.43% | 49 |
| West Midlands | -15 | 17 | £550 | -25.42% | 40 |
| East of England | +12 | 11 | £725 | +62.01% | 31 |
| Scotland | -21 | 9 | £525 | +4.48% | 48 |
| South West | +13 | 8 | £550 | -6.78% | 46 |
| North East | +1 | 5 | £456 | -37.07% | 13 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 3 | £675 | +22.73% | 26 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | £475 | - | 19 |
Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, Senior 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 Manager in the job title.
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Senior 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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