IT Manager Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

IT Manager
England > West Midlands

The median IT Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 52 73
Rank change year-on-year -58 +21 +5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 26 64 45
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.21% 3.44% 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 3.69% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 52 39
10th Percentile £350 £325 £410
25th Percentile £387 £461 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £556 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.42% +1.14% +6.28%
75th Percentile £578 £625 £663
90th Percentile £645 £800 £758
England median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.50% +4.76%

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 1,910 1,735 1,777
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.09% 93.28% 93.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,235 1,084 1,218
10th Percentile £250 £213 £220
25th Percentile £400 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -3.81% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 67 64
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.66 £15.50
25th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.60 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year +6.57% +5.38% +26.38%
75th Percentile £32.46 £31.78 £35.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £46.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.32 £39.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.08% -13.33% +38.46%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies 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 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the West Midlands

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies 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 29 November 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 -10 12 £520 -8.57% 11
Solihull +11 9 £373 -25.50% 1
Warwickshire -27 4 £625 +8.70% 3
Staffordshire -2 1 £190 -63.81% 5
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, IT Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (26.92%) Project Delivery
3 6 (23.08%) Agile
3 6 (23.08%) Project Management
4 5 (19.23%) Migration
5 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (15.38%) SLA
6 3 (11.54%) Change Management
6 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (11.54%) Data Protection
6 3 (11.54%) ERP
6 3 (11.54%) ITIL
6 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
6 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
6 3 (11.54%) SAP
6 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
6 3 (11.54%) Service Management
6 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (11.54%) Waterfall
7 2 (7.69%) Asset Management
7 2 (7.69%) Azure
7 2 (7.69%) Budgeting
7 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.69%) Data Migration
7 2 (7.69%) Data Security
7 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
7 2 (7.69%) Degree
7 2 (7.69%) GDPR
7 2 (7.69%) Inventory Management
7 2 (7.69%) IT Governance

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Azure
1 2 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (3.85%) AWS
2 1 (3.85%) IaaS
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) LAN
1 2 (7.69%) SD-WAN
1 2 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.85%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 9 (34.62%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Legal
4 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
5 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.85%) Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Law
6 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.85%) PMI
2 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (26.92%) Project Delivery
3 6 (23.08%) Agile
3 6 (23.08%) Project Management
4 5 (19.23%) Migration
5 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (11.54%) Change Management
6 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (11.54%) Data Protection
6 3 (11.54%) ERP
6 3 (11.54%) ITIL
6 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
6 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
6 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
6 3 (11.54%) Service Management
6 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (11.54%) Waterfall
7 2 (7.69%) Asset Management
7 2 (7.69%) Data Security
7 2 (7.69%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
1 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
1 2 (7.69%) PMP
1 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) CPIM
2 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) SLA
2 2 (7.69%) GDPR
2 2 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.85%) NIST
3 1 (3.85%) PMO
3 1 (3.85%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) SAP
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle
2 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
2 2 (7.69%) Workday
3 1 (3.85%) Ariba
3 1 (3.85%) Guidewire