IT Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager daily rate in Work from Home is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 172 177
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +54
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 198 386 700
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.28% 1.48% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 1.56% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 281 524
10th Percentile £363 £349 £363
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £517 £513
% change year-on-year +1.65% +0.78% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 6
10th Percentile - £58.88 £18.45
25th Percentile £23.63 £62.81 £25.81
Median hourly rate £28.56 £65.00 £48.25
Median % change year-on-year -56.06% +34.72% +51.71%
75th Percentile £33.88 £69.38 £58.06
90th Percentile £40.54 £77.25 £70.88
UK median hourly rate £31.84 £63.75 £34.83
% change year-on-year -50.06% +83.06% +21.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,427 24,808 42,542
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.30% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,637 17,506 30,709
10th Percentile £325 £358 £355
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £745 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 561 577 607
10th Percentile £14.27 £18.31 £12.85
25th Percentile £22.58 £26.25 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

IT Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Manager.

IT Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

IT Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Manager.

IT Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

IT Manager hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 72 (36.36%) Finance
2 54 (27.27%) Project Management
3 48 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (19.70%) Agile
5 34 (17.17%) Banking
5 34 (17.17%) Change Management
6 29 (14.65%) Social Skills
7 24 (12.12%) PRINCE2
8 18 (9.09%) ITIL
9 17 (8.59%) Risk Management
9 17 (8.59%) Security Cleared
9 17 (8.59%) Waterfall
9 17 (8.59%) Project Delivery
10 15 (7.58%) SC Cleared
11 14 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (6.57%) Business Continuity
12 13 (6.57%) Legal
12 13 (6.57%) Service Management
12 13 (6.57%) Microsoft
12 13 (6.57%) PMP
13 12 (6.06%) SharePoint
13 12 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
13 12 (6.06%) Degree
14 11 (5.56%) Azure
14 11 (5.56%) PMI Certification
14 11 (5.56%) Public Sector
14 11 (5.56%) Data Centre
14 11 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
15 10 (5.05%) ERP
16 9 (4.55%) Management Information System

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.02%) Confluence
3 2 (1.01%) CMS
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.51%) Moodle
Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.01%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.51%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.51%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.51%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (5.56%) Azure
3 6 (3.03%) WhatsApp
4 5 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.53%) SaaS
5 4 (2.02%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.01%) Canva
6 2 (1.01%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.01%) Slack
7 1 (0.51%) AWS
7 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.51%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.51%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.52%) Intranet
2 2 (1.01%) WAN
3 1 (0.51%) Firewall
3 1 (0.51%) LAN
3 1 (0.51%) Network Security
3 1 (0.51%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.02%) Power BI
2 2 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.01%) Tableau
3 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.51%) MS Access
3 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.02%) JIRA
General
1 72 (36.36%) Finance
2 34 (17.17%) Banking
3 29 (14.65%) Social Skills
4 13 (6.57%) Legal
5 11 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.53%) Law
7 5 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.02%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.02%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.02%) Local Government
8 4 (2.02%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.02%) Military
8 4 (2.02%) Publishing
8 4 (2.02%) Retail
9 3 (1.52%) French Language
9 3 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.01%) Billing
10 2 (1.01%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.01%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) ADO
1 1 (0.51%) Express.js
1 1 (0.51%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.51%) Node.js
1 1 (0.51%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.02%) FMCG
4 3 (1.52%) Smart Meter
5 2 (1.01%) Industry 4.0
5 2 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.01%) Life Science
5 2 (1.01%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.01%) PMI
5 2 (1.01%) Video Editing
6 1 (0.51%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.51%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.51%) NHS
6 1 (0.51%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.51%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.51%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.53%) Windows
2 2 (1.01%) Unix
2 2 (1.01%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.51%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (27.27%) Project Management
2 48 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 39 (19.70%) Agile
4 34 (17.17%) Change Management
5 24 (12.12%) PRINCE2
6 18 (9.09%) ITIL
7 17 (8.59%) Project Delivery
7 17 (8.59%) Risk Management
7 17 (8.59%) Waterfall
8 14 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (6.57%) Business Continuity
9 13 (6.57%) Service Management
10 11 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (5.05%) ERP
12 9 (4.55%) Budget Management
12 9 (4.55%) Cost Reduction
12 9 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (4.04%) Budgeting
13 8 (4.04%) Line Management
13 8 (4.04%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.51%) C#
1 1 (0.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (8.59%) Security Cleared
2 15 (7.58%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.57%) PMP
4 12 (6.06%) Degree
5 11 (5.56%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 5 (2.53%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.52%) ISEB
8 3 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.01%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.51%) ISEB Practitioner
10 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (3.03%) PMO
2 5 (2.53%) COBIT
2 5 (2.53%) SLA
3 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.02%) GDPR
4 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.01%) GRC
5 2 (1.01%) GxP
5 2 (1.01%) NIST
6 1 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.51%) EMIR
6 1 (0.51%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.51%) MiFID
6 1 (0.51%) QA
6 1 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.51%) SCCM
1 1 (0.51%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (6.57%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.54%) SAP
3 6 (3.03%) Oracle
4 5 (2.53%) Adobe
4 5 (2.53%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.02%) Remedy
6 3 (1.52%) Cisco
7 2 (1.01%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.01%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.51%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.51%) Cadence
8 1 (0.51%) Citrix
8 1 (0.51%) Dell
8 1 (0.51%) IFS
8 1 (0.51%) Kronos
8 1 (0.51%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.51%) Progress
8 1 (0.51%) Sage
8 1 (0.51%) Workday