Senior Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

Senior Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Senior Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £588, 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 81 87 107
Rank change year-on-year +6 +20 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 16 24 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.19% 1.23% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.35% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 20 25
10th Percentile - £519 £435
25th Percentile £513 £575 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £700 £698 £675
90th Percentile £771 £838 £790
England median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

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%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in the West Midlands

Senior Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Manager in the West Midlands

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in the West Midlands

Senior Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Manager in the West Midlands

Senior 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 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 +26 12 £613 -7.89% 20
Warwickshire +1 2 £600 -25.00% 2
Coventry 0 1 £500 -20.00% 1
Shropshire - 1 £525 -
Senior Manager
England

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

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

1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
1 6 (37.50%) Project Management
1 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Migration
3 4 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 4 (25.00%) Analytics
4 3 (18.75%) Digital Analytics
4 3 (18.75%) Infographics
4 3 (18.75%) Storytelling
4 3 (18.75%) PMO
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Web Analytics
4 3 (18.75%) LDAP
5 2 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 2 (12.50%) Oracle
5 2 (12.50%) SAP
5 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 2 (12.50%) Aerospace
5 2 (12.50%) Degree
5 2 (12.50%) Data Migration
5 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (12.50%) Resource Management
5 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Business Case
5 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) Coaching

Senior 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 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP HCM
1 1 (6.25%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
1 1 (6.25%) SaaS
1 1 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Law
3 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) LDAP
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (6.25%) MIDP
3 1 (6.25%) OAuth
3 1 (6.25%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.25%) PMI
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Project Management
1 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (31.25%) Migration
3 4 (25.00%) Analytics
3 4 (25.00%) Data Strategy
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Digital Analytics
4 3 (18.75%) Infographics
4 3 (18.75%) Storytelling
4 3 (18.75%) Web Analytics
5 2 (12.50%) Business Case
5 2 (12.50%) Coaching
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Data Migration
5 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 2 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 2 (12.50%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) MRICS
2 1 (6.25%) Numerate Degree
2 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle
1 2 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) Atlassian
2 1 (6.25%) Guidewire
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft