IT Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

IT Manager
England > West Midlands

The median IT Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £475, 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 68 58 65
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 +21
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 29 53 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.16% 2.72% 3.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% 2.98% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 50 60
10th Percentile £400 £374 £379
25th Percentile £406 £413 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £542 £575 £575
90th Percentile £599 £626 £591
England median daily rate £539 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.62% - +0.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,221 1,776 2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 91.22% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,198 1,556
10th Percentile £200 £259 £250
25th Percentile £369 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £702 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 134 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.01 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £15.02
Median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%
75th Percentile £28.18 £42.31 £26.82
90th Percentile £35.58 £55.88 £55.63
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the West Midlands

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the West Midlands

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the West Midlands

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the West Midlands

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +19 18 £476 -4.90% 20
Coventry +4 3 £400 -27.27%
Warwickshire -11 2 £575 +4.55% 4
Tipton - 1 - -
Shropshire - 1 £500 -
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 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 across the West Midlands region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 8 (27.59%) ITIL
4 7 (24.14%) Project Management
5 6 (20.69%) Change Management
5 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (20.69%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 5 (17.24%) PMO
6 5 (17.24%) Supplier Management
6 5 (17.24%) Business Continuity
7 4 (13.79%) Service Management
7 4 (13.79%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
7 4 (13.79%) PMI Certification
7 4 (13.79%) ERP
7 4 (13.79%) SaaS
7 4 (13.79%) Azure
7 4 (13.79%) Change Control
7 4 (13.79%) Contract Management
7 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
8 3 (10.34%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (10.34%) Budgeting
8 3 (10.34%) Requirements Workshops
8 3 (10.34%) Planning and Forecasting
8 3 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (10.34%) IaaS
8 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (10.34%) Business Continuity Planning
8 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
8 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
1 4 (13.79%) SaaS
2 3 (10.34%) IaaS
2 3 (10.34%) PaaS
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Internet
1 1 (3.45%) LAN
1 1 (3.45%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Legal
4 2 (6.90%) Banking
4 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) PMI
2 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.45%) Housing Association
3 1 (3.45%) SCADA
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.45%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) ITIL
2 7 (24.14%) Project Management
3 6 (20.69%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 6 (20.69%) Change Management
3 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (17.24%) Business Continuity
4 5 (17.24%) Supplier Management
5 4 (13.79%) Change Control
5 4 (13.79%) Contract Management
5 4 (13.79%) ERP
5 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
5 4 (13.79%) Service Management
6 3 (10.34%) Budgeting
6 3 (10.34%) Business Continuity Planning
6 3 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.34%) Planning and Forecasting
6 3 (10.34%) Requirements Workshops
6 3 (10.34%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) ITIL Certification
1 4 (13.79%) PMI Certification
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
3 2 (6.90%) PMP
4 1 (3.45%) CISSP
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) PMO
2 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) BMC
2 2 (6.90%) Remedy
2 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.45%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) Snow