IT Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 163 174
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 +44
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 193 354 718
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.31% 1.48% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 1.56% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 273 544
10th Percentile £363 £351 £365
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% +5.50%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £588
90th Percentile £678 £725 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 10
10th Percentile £21.19 - £19.22
25th Percentile £21.80 £35.00 £31.96
Median hourly rate £25.28 £57.50 £62.25
Median % change year-on-year -56.04% -7.63% +90.89%
75th Percentile £32.69 £65.00 £65.23
90th Percentile £36.76 £75.50 £71.18
UK median hourly rate £27.70 £62.50 £35.20
% change year-on-year -55.68% +77.56% +5.29%

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 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 21 June 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 66 (34.20%) Finance
2 47 (24.35%) Project Management
3 45 (23.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 37 (19.17%) Agile
5 34 (17.62%) Change Management
5 34 (17.62%) Social Skills
6 31 (16.06%) Banking
7 23 (11.92%) PRINCE2
8 18 (9.33%) Waterfall
9 17 (8.81%) Microsoft
10 16 (8.29%) Security Cleared
11 15 (7.77%) Degree
11 15 (7.77%) Public Sector
12 14 (7.25%) SC Cleared
12 14 (7.25%) PMP
13 13 (6.74%) Business Continuity
13 13 (6.74%) Legal
13 13 (6.74%) ITIL
13 13 (6.74%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (6.22%) PMI Certification
14 12 (6.22%) Risk Management
15 11 (5.70%) SharePoint
15 11 (5.70%) ERP
15 11 (5.70%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (5.70%) Project Delivery
15 11 (5.70%) Data Centre
16 10 (5.18%) Budget Management
17 9 (4.66%) GAP Analysis
17 9 (4.66%) Service Delivery

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 11 (5.70%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.04%) Confluence
3 1 (0.52%) CMS
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.04%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.52%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.70%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (4.66%) Azure
3 6 (3.11%) SaaS
4 4 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (2.07%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.07%) WhatsApp
5 2 (1.04%) Canva
5 2 (1.04%) Slack
6 1 (0.52%) AWS
6 1 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.52%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.52%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.52%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.59%) Intranet
2 1 (0.52%) LAN
2 1 (0.52%) Network Security
2 1 (0.52%) SNMP
2 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.07%) Power BI
2 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.04%) JIRA
General
1 66 (34.20%) Finance
2 34 (17.62%) Social Skills
3 31 (16.06%) Banking
4 15 (7.77%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.74%) Legal
6 8 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.59%) Law
7 5 (2.59%) Local Government
7 5 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.59%) Retail
8 4 (2.07%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.07%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.07%) Military
9 3 (1.55%) French Language
9 3 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.04%) Billing
10 2 (1.04%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.52%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.52%) ADO
1 1 (0.52%) Express.js
1 1 (0.52%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.52%) Node.js
1 1 (0.52%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.70%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.63%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.11%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.07%) FMCG
5 3 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.04%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.04%) Life Science
6 2 (1.04%) NHS
6 2 (1.04%) PMI
6 2 (1.04%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.04%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.52%) CMDB
7 1 (0.52%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.52%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.52%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.52%) Tandem
7 1 (0.52%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.04%) Windows
2 1 (0.52%) Android
2 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (24.35%) Project Management
2 45 (23.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (19.17%) Agile
4 34 (17.62%) Change Management
5 23 (11.92%) PRINCE2
6 18 (9.33%) Waterfall
7 13 (6.74%) Business Continuity
7 13 (6.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (6.74%) ITIL
7 13 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (6.22%) Risk Management
9 11 (5.70%) ERP
9 11 (5.70%) Project Delivery
10 10 (5.18%) Budget Management
11 9 (4.66%) Contract Management
11 9 (4.66%) Cost Reduction
11 9 (4.66%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (4.66%) Line Management
11 9 (4.66%) Roadmaps
11 9 (4.66%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.52%) C#
1 1 (0.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (8.29%) Security Cleared
2 15 (7.77%) Degree
3 14 (7.25%) PMP
3 14 (7.25%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.22%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.59%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.04%) CEH
8 2 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.04%) CISM
8 2 (1.04%) CISMP
8 2 (1.04%) CISSP
8 2 (1.04%) CSSLP
8 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.04%) GCIH
9 1 (0.52%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (3.63%) PMO
2 6 (3.11%) NIST
2 6 (3.11%) SLA
3 5 (2.59%) COBIT
4 4 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.07%) GDPR
5 2 (1.04%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.04%) GRC
5 2 (1.04%) GxP
6 1 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.04%) SCCM
2 1 (0.52%) AirWatch
2 1 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (8.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.15%) SAP
3 7 (3.63%) Oracle
4 5 (2.59%) Adobe
5 4 (2.07%) Remedy
5 4 (2.07%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.04%) Cadence
6 2 (1.04%) Cisco
6 2 (1.04%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.52%) Apple
7 1 (0.52%) Ariba
7 1 (0.52%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.52%) Citrix
7 1 (0.52%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.52%) IFS
7 1 (0.52%) Planview
7 1 (0.52%) Samsung
7 1 (0.52%) VMware
7 1 (0.52%) Workday