Technical Manager Contracts

Technical Manager
UK

The median Technical Manager daily rate in the UK is £534 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 377 336
Rank change year-on-year +2 -41 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 221 373 682
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.64% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.68% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 247 450
10th Percentile £356 £402 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £659 £644 £638
90th Percentile £800 £716 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £506 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.25% -4.76% +6.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 9
10th Percentile £28.25 £65.50 £33.00
25th Percentile £29.25 £66.25 £41.00
Median hourly rate £34.21 £67.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -49.32% +14.89% +113.64%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £69.16
90th Percentile £43.53 £69.50 £70.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.21 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -47.37% -7.14% -

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 39,936 54,901 83,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.65% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,997 38,348 58,485
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,536 2,031
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.13 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £19.67
% change year-on-year -5.73% +115.78% +3.50%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Manager over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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 0 197 £546 +4.05% 320
London -3 108 £575 +4.55% 78
UK excluding London +30 93 £506 +1.25% 247
Work from Home +64 86 £525 +1.94% 71
North of England +21 29 £500 - 58
South East +17 23 £525 +5.00% 62
North West +12 16 £500 - 34
East of England +10 14 £525 -19.23% 45
Yorkshire +15 13 £506 +12.50% 19
Scotland +50 12 £541 +5.61% 5
Midlands +29 12 £488 -9.30% 43
West Midlands +21 12 £488 -13.33% 25
South West +3 6 £500 -4.76% 37
Wales +17 1 £500 -16.67% 7

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Technical 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 Technical Manager in the job title.

1 98 (44.34%) Project Management
2 74 (33.48%) Agile
3 61 (27.60%) Finance
4 51 (23.08%) Social Skills
5 43 (19.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 37 (16.74%) Project Delivery
7 24 (10.86%) Programme Management
8 23 (10.41%) Change Management
8 23 (10.41%) Waterfall
8 23 (10.41%) Azure
8 23 (10.41%) Roadmaps
9 22 (9.95%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (9.50%) Scrum
10 21 (9.50%) Migration
11 19 (8.60%) Banking
11 19 (8.60%) Degree
11 19 (8.60%) SAP
12 18 (8.14%) PMP
12 18 (8.14%) PMI Certification
12 18 (8.14%) Security Cleared
13 17 (7.69%) ERP
14 16 (7.24%) PRINCE2
14 16 (7.24%) Risk Management
14 16 (7.24%) JIRA
14 16 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
15 15 (6.79%) Public Sector
15 15 (6.79%) Microsoft
16 14 (6.33%) Decision-Making
17 13 (5.88%) SaaS
17 13 (5.88%) SQL

Technical 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 10 (4.52%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.81%) SharePoint 2013
3 3 (1.36%) Confluence
3 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.90%) CMS
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.45%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.45%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 10 (4.52%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.45%) Maya
5 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.90%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.45%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.45%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.45%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.41%) Azure
2 13 (5.88%) SaaS
3 11 (4.98%) AWS
4 9 (4.07%) GCP
5 6 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.26%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.90%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.90%) iPaaS
8 2 (0.90%) PaaS
8 2 (0.90%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.45%) Asana
9 1 (0.45%) GitHub
9 1 (0.45%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.45%) IaaS
9 1 (0.45%) Miro
9 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.45%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.17%) WAN
1 7 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (2.71%) LAN
3 5 (2.26%) Firewall
3 5 (2.26%) VPN
3 5 (2.26%) Wireless
4 2 (0.90%) Broadband
4 2 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.90%) Network Security
4 2 (0.90%) SAN
4 2 (0.90%) Skype
4 2 (0.90%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.90%) VoIP
5 1 (0.45%) DHCP
5 1 (0.45%) NAS
5 1 (0.45%) NFC
5 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.26%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.36%) Power BI
2 3 (1.36%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.90%) Metadata
3 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.45%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.45%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (7.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) CA Gen
General
1 61 (27.60%) Finance
2 51 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 19 (8.60%) Banking
4 16 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.79%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.62%) Retail
7 7 (3.17%) Back Office
8 6 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.26%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.81%) Front Office
10 4 (1.81%) Police
11 3 (1.36%) Automotive
11 3 (1.36%) French Language
11 3 (1.36%) Games
11 3 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.36%) Legal
11 3 (1.36%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.90%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.90%) OpenID
1 2 (0.90%) SAML
2 1 (0.45%) ADO
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.45%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.45%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.43%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.07%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.07%) NHS
3 7 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.71%) Digital Media
5 4 (1.81%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.81%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.81%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.36%) FMCG
6 3 (1.36%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.36%) PMI
6 3 (1.36%) Taxonomies
7 2 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.90%) Derivative
7 2 (0.90%) Digital TV
7 2 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.90%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.90%) Social Media
7 2 (0.90%) STB
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.81%) Linux
1 4 (1.81%) Windows
2 2 (0.90%) AIX
2 2 (0.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (44.34%) Project Management
2 74 (33.48%) Agile
3 43 (19.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 37 (16.74%) Project Delivery
5 24 (10.86%) Programme Management
6 23 (10.41%) Change Management
6 23 (10.41%) Roadmaps
6 23 (10.41%) Waterfall
7 22 (9.95%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (9.50%) Migration
8 21 (9.50%) Scrum
9 17 (7.69%) ERP
10 16 (7.24%) PRINCE2
10 16 (7.24%) Risk Management
11 14 (6.33%) Decision-Making
12 12 (5.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (5.43%) Product Management
13 11 (4.98%) Project Planning
13 11 (4.98%) SDLC
14 10 (4.52%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.88%) SQL
2 12 (5.43%) Python
3 3 (1.36%) C#
3 3 (1.36%) Perl
4 2 (0.90%) Java
4 2 (0.90%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.45%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (8.60%) Degree
2 18 (8.14%) PMI Certification
2 18 (8.14%) PMP
2 18 (8.14%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.43%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.81%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.81%) PgMP
6 3 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.36%) HNC
6 3 (1.36%) NVQ Level 4
7 2 (0.90%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.45%) CCNA
8 1 (0.45%) CCNP
8 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.45%) FFIEC
8 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.88%) QA
2 6 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 6 (2.71%) ISO17020
3 5 (2.26%) SLA
4 4 (1.81%) PMO
5 3 (1.36%) GDPR
6 2 (0.90%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.45%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.45%) NIST
7 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.45%) RMADS
System Software
1 3 (1.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.45%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 3 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (1.36%) TrustSec
2 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.45%) Nessus
2 1 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (8.60%) SAP
2 15 (6.79%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.62%) Google
4 7 (3.17%) Cisco
5 6 (2.71%) Splunk
6 3 (1.36%) Oracle
7 2 (0.90%) Ariba
7 2 (0.90%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.90%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.90%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.90%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.90%) Temenos
7 2 (0.90%) VMware
8 1 (0.45%) AlgoSec
8 1 (0.45%) CA
8 1 (0.45%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.45%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.45%) IFS
8 1 (0.45%) Red Hat