Senior IT Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

Senior IT Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Senior IT Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £688, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 103 124
Rank change year-on-year -12 +21 +42
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.12% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £624 - £523
25th Percentile £641 £550 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £600 £725
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -17.24% +34.88%
75th Percentile £741 £650 £856
90th Percentile £761 - £898
England median daily rate £550 £576 £650
% change year-on-year -4.56% -11.38% +13.09%

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 1,545 1,719 2,038
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 91.63% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 985 1,183 1,417
10th Percentile £235 £250 £250
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £600
90th Percentile £645 £705 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 74 57
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.00 £14.10
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.31 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.83 £21.50 £20.97
Median % change year-on-year +15.49% +2.53% +16.50%
75th Percentile £35.24 £36.88 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £46.85
England median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -43.73% +7.40% +63.16%

Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Manager in the West Midlands

Senior IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Manager in the West Midlands

Senior IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Manager in the West Midlands

Senior 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 Senior IT Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Birmingham +11 2 £688 +14.58%
Senior IT Manager
England

Senior IT Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Senior IT Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Budget Responsibility
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall

Senior 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Budget Responsibility
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared