Technical Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Technical Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, 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 246 250 328
Rank change year-on-year +4 +78 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 58 95 150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.59% 0.62% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.66% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 62 78
10th Percentile £394 £389 £376
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% -1.43%
75th Percentile £644 £588 £638
90th Percentile £825 £786 £683
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £55.20 - -
25th Percentile £58.88 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £71.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £34.21 £67.50
% change year-on-year +104.62% -49.32% +31.07%

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%

Technical Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Manager.

Technical Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Technical Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Technical Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical 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 Technical Manager.

Technical Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Technical Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Technical Manager hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Manager in the job title.

1 28 (48.28%) Agile
2 20 (34.48%) Project Management
3 19 (32.76%) Social Skills
4 18 (31.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (22.41%) Finance
6 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (13.79%) Risk Management
7 8 (13.79%) Migration
7 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (12.07%) Azure
8 7 (12.07%) Scrum
8 7 (12.07%) Project Delivery
8 7 (12.07%) Roadmaps
8 7 (12.07%) DevOps
9 6 (10.34%) Decision-Making
9 6 (10.34%) Change Management
9 6 (10.34%) Programme Management
9 6 (10.34%) Waterfall
9 6 (10.34%) Degree
10 5 (8.62%) Retail
10 5 (8.62%) Project Planning
10 5 (8.62%) JIRA
10 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (8.62%) SDLC
11 4 (6.90%) Banking
11 4 (6.90%) Fintech
11 4 (6.90%) Strategic Thinking
11 4 (6.90%) Onboarding
11 4 (6.90%) AWS
11 4 (6.90%) SaaS

Technical 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 3 (5.17%) Confluence
2 1 (1.72%) CMS
2 1 (1.72%) Drupal
2 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.07%) Azure
2 4 (6.90%) AWS
2 4 (6.90%) SaaS
3 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.45%) Asana
4 2 (3.45%) GitHub
5 1 (1.72%) Datadog
5 1 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.72%) IaaS
5 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) 2G
1 1 (1.72%) 5G
1 1 (1.72%) GSM
1 1 (1.72%) Internet
1 1 (1.72%) Intranet
1 1 (1.72%) Packet Switching
1 1 (1.72%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.72%) Metadata
1 1 (1.72%) Power BI
1 1 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) JIRA
General
1 19 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Finance
3 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.62%) Retail
4 4 (6.90%) Banking
5 3 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.17%) Law
6 2 (3.45%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.45%) Marketing
7 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Police
7 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.72%) Public Speaking
7 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) ADO
1 1 (1.72%) ARM Templates
1 1 (1.72%) VML
1 1 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.17%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.45%) Digital Media
3 2 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.45%) PMI
3 2 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.72%) CMDB
4 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.72%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.72%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.72%) FMCG
4 1 (1.72%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.72%) IoT
4 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.72%) Smart Meter
4 1 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
1 1 (1.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (48.28%) Agile
2 20 (34.48%) Project Management
3 18 (31.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (13.79%) Migration
5 8 (13.79%) Risk Management
5 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (12.07%) DevOps
6 7 (12.07%) Project Delivery
6 7 (12.07%) Roadmaps
6 7 (12.07%) Scrum
7 6 (10.34%) Change Management
7 6 (10.34%) Decision-Making
7 6 (10.34%) Programme Management
7 6 (10.34%) Waterfall
8 5 (8.62%) Project Planning
8 5 (8.62%) SDLC
9 4 (6.90%) Fintech
9 4 (6.90%) Strategic Thinking
9 4 (6.90%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.72%) Java
1 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Degree
2 4 (6.90%) PMI Certification
2 4 (6.90%) PMP
3 3 (5.17%) APMP
3 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.72%) ISO 20022
1 1 (1.72%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.72%) PMO
1 1 (1.72%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.72%) Atlassian
2 1 (1.72%) Databricks
2 1 (1.72%) Dell
2 1 (1.72%) Infor
2 1 (1.72%) Pega
2 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.72%) SAP
2 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow
2 1 (1.72%) SolarWinds
2 1 (1.72%) Splunk
2 1 (1.72%) VMware
2 1 (1.72%) Workday