IT Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £519, 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 172 163 169
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 +7
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 134 196 390
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.35% 1.28% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.37% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 127 285
10th Percentile £355 £363 £349
25th Percentile £425 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £504
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +9.13% +0.80%
75th Percentile £587 £614 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 3
10th Percentile - - £58.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £23.63 £60.63
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.56 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.81% -56.06% +34.72%
75th Percentile £70.00 £33.88 £73.75
90th Percentile £75.25 £40.54 £79.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £31.84 £62.50
% change year-on-year +33.50% -49.06% +79.47%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

IT Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 remote working options citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 53 (39.55%) Finance
2 47 (35.07%) Social Skills
3 43 (32.09%) Project Management
4 36 (26.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (19.40%) Azure
6 23 (17.16%) Agile
6 23 (17.16%) Microsoft
7 22 (16.42%) Risk Management
8 20 (14.93%) ITIL
9 19 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
10 17 (12.69%) Project Delivery
10 17 (12.69%) Change Management
10 17 (12.69%) Migration
11 14 (10.45%) Banking
12 13 (9.70%) Windows
12 13 (9.70%) Data Analysis
12 13 (9.70%) Public Sector
12 13 (9.70%) Budget Management
13 12 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (8.96%) PRINCE2
14 11 (8.21%) Active Directory
14 11 (8.21%) Firewall
14 11 (8.21%) Service Delivery
14 11 (8.21%) Degree
14 11 (8.21%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (8.21%) Microsoft Intune
14 11 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
15 10 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (7.46%) Contract Management
15 10 (7.46%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 10 (7.46%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.24%) Confluence
4 1 (0.75%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (3.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.75%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 26 (19.40%) Azure
2 11 (8.21%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (6.72%) Power Platform
3 9 (6.72%) SaaS
4 6 (4.48%) AWS
5 5 (3.73%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.99%) Asana
6 4 (2.99%) Smartsheet
7 3 (2.24%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.24%) Slack
8 1 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.75%) IaaS
8 1 (0.75%) OCI
8 1 (0.75%) PaaS
8 1 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.75%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.21%) Firewall
2 6 (4.48%) VPN
3 4 (2.99%) Internet
4 3 (2.24%) DNS
4 3 (2.24%) Network Security
4 3 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.49%) LAN
5 2 (1.49%) VLAN
5 2 (1.49%) WAN
6 1 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.75%) Intranet
6 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.72%) Power BI
2 4 (2.99%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 10 (7.46%) JIRA
General
1 53 (39.55%) Finance
2 47 (35.07%) Social Skills
3 19 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (10.45%) Banking
5 13 (9.70%) Public Sector
6 10 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (6.72%) Retail
7 9 (6.72%) Telecoms
8 7 (5.22%) Legal
8 7 (5.22%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.99%) Retail Banking
10 3 (2.24%) Billing
10 3 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.24%) Local Government
10 3 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.49%) Law
12 1 (0.75%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.49%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.75%) .NET
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.46%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.99%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.99%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.24%) Life Science
3 3 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.24%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.49%) PMI
4 2 (1.49%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.49%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.75%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.75%) IoT
5 1 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (0.75%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.75%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.70%) Windows
2 4 (2.99%) Linux
2 4 (2.99%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.24%) Android
3 3 (2.24%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.24%) Mac OS
3 3 (2.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (32.09%) Project Management
2 36 (26.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (17.16%) Agile
4 22 (16.42%) Risk Management
5 20 (14.93%) ITIL
6 17 (12.69%) Change Management
6 17 (12.69%) Migration
6 17 (12.69%) Project Delivery
7 13 (9.70%) Budget Management
7 13 (9.70%) Data Analysis
8 12 (8.96%) PRINCE2
8 12 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (8.21%) Service Delivery
10 10 (7.46%) Contract Management
10 10 (7.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (6.72%) IT Strategy
11 9 (6.72%) Waterfall
12 8 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (5.97%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.49%) C#
1 2 (1.49%) SQL
2 1 (0.75%) Java
2 1 (0.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (8.21%) Degree
2 7 (5.22%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.73%) CISA
3 5 (3.73%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (2.99%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.99%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.24%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.24%) PMP
5 3 (2.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.49%) CISM
6 2 (1.49%) CISSP
6 2 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.49%) CRISC
6 2 (1.49%) ISEB
7 1 (0.75%) APMP
7 1 (0.75%) CEH
7 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.75%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.75%) MBA
7 1 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.22%) PMO
2 6 (4.48%) NIST
3 5 (3.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (2.99%) GDPR
4 4 (2.99%) GRC
4 4 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.99%) SLA
5 3 (2.24%) COBIT
5 3 (2.24%) COSO
6 2 (1.49%) ITGC
6 2 (1.49%) SOX 404
7 1 (0.75%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.75%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.75%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.75%) QA
7 1 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (8.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (8.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.24%) SCCM
3 1 (0.75%) Nessus
Vendors
1 23 (17.16%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.22%) Oracle
3 5 (3.73%) Splunk
4 3 (2.24%) Cisco
4 3 (2.24%) SAP
4 3 (2.24%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.49%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.49%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.49%) Meraki
5 2 (1.49%) Planview
5 2 (1.49%) Workday
6 1 (0.75%) Ariba
6 1 (0.75%) Aruba
6 1 (0.75%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.75%) Citrix
6 1 (0.75%) F5
6 1 (0.75%) Imperva
6 1 (0.75%) Qualys
6 1 (0.75%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.75%) VMware