Hybrid/Remote Senior Manager Contract Job Trends

Senior Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Manager daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 188 207
Rank change year-on-year -32 +19 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 98 133 192
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.96% 1.10% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.18% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 100 150
10th Percentile £413 £450 £450
25th Percentile £500 £522 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +12.41%
75th Percentile £673 £711 £731
90th Percentile £738 £788 £776
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £60.88
25th Percentile £91.25 - £62.19
Median hourly rate £92.50 £35.00 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year +164.29% -47.17% -7.34%
75th Percentile £93.75 - £72.19
90th Percentile - - £74.63
UK median hourly rate £92.50 £39.15 £60.00
% change year-on-year +136.27% -34.75% -7.69%

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 remote/hybrid work 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 9,503 11,296 16,780
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 93.10% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,215 7,149 11,556
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 206 378
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.26 £26.24
Median hourly rate £43.69 £38.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -27.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior Manager job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior Manager job vacancies

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Senior Manager over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Senior Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Senior Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior Manager job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior Manager job vacancies

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Senior Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 44 (44.90%) Agile
2 38 (38.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (26.53%) Security Cleared
4 25 (25.51%) Project Management
5 23 (23.47%) SC Cleared
6 20 (20.41%) Waterfall
7 17 (17.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (14.29%) Roadmaps
9 13 (13.27%) Microsoft
10 12 (12.24%) Azure
10 12 (12.24%) IaaS
10 12 (12.24%) Microsoft Project
10 12 (12.24%) PRINCE2
10 12 (12.24%) Project Delivery
10 12 (12.24%) SAP
10 12 (12.24%) Scrum
11 11 (11.22%) Budget Management
11 11 (11.22%) Business Case
11 11 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (11.22%) Customer Experience
11 11 (11.22%) Decision-Making
11 11 (11.22%) Migration
11 11 (11.22%) Product Management
12 10 (10.20%) Change Management
12 10 (10.20%) DevOps
13 9 (9.18%) Machine Learning
13 9 (9.18%) Performance Management
13 9 (9.18%) PMI Certification
14 8 (8.16%) ERP
14 8 (8.16%) JIRA

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (6.12%) Confluence
2 3 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (12.24%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.02%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) SAP ERP
2 2 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.04%) Primavera
2 2 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.02%) Teamcenter
3 1 (1.02%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.24%) Azure
1 12 (12.24%) IaaS
2 7 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (5.10%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.08%) AWS
4 4 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.06%) GCP
6 2 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.04%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.04%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.04%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.02%) Asana
7 1 (1.02%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.02%) Contentstack
7 1 (1.02%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.02%) OCI
7 1 (1.02%) Oracle CX
7 1 (1.02%) Rubrik
7 1 (1.02%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.02%) Broadband
1 1 (1.02%) Firewall
1 1 (1.02%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.08%) Data Lake
1 4 (4.08%) Power BI
2 1 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.02%) Looker
2 1 (1.02%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (8.16%) JIRA
General
1 29 (29.59%) Social Skills
2 26 (26.53%) Finance
3 13 (13.27%) Public Sector
4 9 (9.18%) Retail
5 8 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.10%) Banking
6 5 (5.10%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.06%) Marketing
8 3 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.06%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.04%) Legal
9 2 (2.04%) Spanish Language
10 1 (1.02%) Advertising
10 1 (1.02%) Aviation
10 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Games
10 1 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.02%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.02%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.02%) .NET
1 1 (1.02%) ATL
1 1 (1.02%) GraphQL
1 1 (1.02%) Middleware
1 1 (1.02%) Next.js
1 1 (1.02%) Node.js
1 1 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.02%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.10%) Onboarding
1 5 (5.10%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.06%) PMI
3 2 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.04%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.04%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.02%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.02%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.02%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.02%) FMCG
4 1 (1.02%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.02%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.02%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.02%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.02%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (44.90%) Agile
2 38 (38.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (25.51%) Project Management
4 20 (20.41%) Waterfall
5 17 (17.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 12 (12.24%) PRINCE2
7 12 (12.24%) Project Delivery
7 12 (12.24%) Scrum
8 11 (11.22%) Budget Management
8 11 (11.22%) Business Case
8 11 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (11.22%) Customer Experience
8 11 (11.22%) Decision-Making
8 11 (11.22%) Migration
8 11 (11.22%) Product Management
9 10 (10.20%) Change Management
9 10 (10.20%) DevOps
10 9 (9.18%) Machine Learning
10 9 (9.18%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.04%) Python
2 1 (1.02%) Bash
2 1 (1.02%) R
2 1 (1.02%) SQL
2 1 (1.02%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (26.53%) Security Cleared
2 23 (23.47%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.18%) PMI Certification
4 8 (8.16%) PMP
5 7 (7.14%) Degree
6 6 (6.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (3.06%) Master's Degree
7 3 (3.06%) MBA
8 2 (2.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (1.02%) APMG
9 1 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.14%) PMO
2 4 (4.08%) QA
3 2 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.02%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.02%) Basel III
4 1 (1.02%) CRD IV
4 1 (1.02%) GDPR
4 1 (1.02%) GRC
4 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.02%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.02%) SCCM
1 1 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (13.27%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.24%) SAP
3 8 (8.16%) Salesforce
4 6 (6.12%) Oracle
5 3 (3.06%) Ariba
6 2 (2.04%) Databricks
6 2 (2.04%) Google
6 2 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.02%) Adobe
7 1 (1.02%) Apple
7 1 (1.02%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.02%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.02%) NEC
7 1 (1.02%) Okta
7 1 (1.02%) OneLogin
7 1 (1.02%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.02%) Siemens
7 1 (1.02%) Workday