IT Manager Contracts in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager daily rate in England is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 May 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
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 180 173
Rank change year-on-year -30 -7 +85
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 408 692 1,189
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.12% 1.44% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 1.53% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 543 900
10th Percentile £363 £363 £371
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £601
90th Percentile £688 £700 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 15
10th Percentile - £35.00 £18.26
25th Percentile £23.63 £50.94 £23.23
Median hourly rate £30.12 £62.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.81% +131.48% -10.00%
75th Percentile £40.44 £69.38 £42.03
90th Percentile £60.00 £84.00 £60.08
UK median hourly rate £31.84 £62.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -49.06% +131.48% -15.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,713 45,324 67,239
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.59% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,377 32,182 47,955
10th Percentile £283 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £763 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,449 1,335 1,849
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.51 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £77.50 £63.95
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -10 178 £550 -4.35% 82
Midlands +6 59 £520 +4.00% 62
South East -18 59 £525 +1.94% 76
South West +20 54 £519 +9.21% 23
West Midlands +7 49 £520 +5.32% 41
North of England -35 43 £453 -9.50% 82
North West -21 23 £500 +8.11% 36
Yorkshire -29 14 £450 -18.18% 41
East Midlands +3 9 £500 - 21
North East +15 5 £525 +16.67% 9
East of England -14 5 £450 -5.26% 12
IT Manager
UK

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 22 May 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 job ads across the England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 140 (34.31%) Finance
2 136 (33.33%) Project Management
3 87 (21.32%) Social Skills
4 79 (19.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 78 (19.12%) Agile
6 60 (14.71%) Change Management
7 57 (13.97%) PRINCE2
8 54 (13.24%) Project Delivery
9 50 (12.25%) ITIL
10 42 (10.29%) Banking
11 41 (10.05%) Service Delivery
12 40 (9.80%) Security Cleared
13 39 (9.56%) Service Management
14 37 (9.07%) Decision-Making
15 36 (8.82%) Migration
16 34 (8.33%) SC Cleared
17 33 (8.09%) Azure
17 33 (8.09%) Microsoft
18 31 (7.60%) Public Sector
19 30 (7.35%) ITSM
20 29 (7.11%) Legal
20 29 (7.11%) Waterfall
20 29 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
21 26 (6.37%) Problem-Solving
22 25 (6.13%) Risk Management
23 24 (5.88%) PMP
23 24 (5.88%) PMI Certification
23 24 (5.88%) Degree
23 24 (5.88%) Budget Management
24 23 (5.64%) Microsoft 365

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 16 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.47%) Confluence
4 3 (0.74%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) Appian
5 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.25%) Moodle
Applications
1 8 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.23%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.25%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.25%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 33 (8.09%) Azure
2 23 (5.64%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (4.41%) SaaS
4 13 (3.19%) AWS
5 7 (1.72%) WhatsApp
6 6 (1.47%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.49%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.25%) IaaS
10 1 (0.25%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.25%) PaaS
10 1 (0.25%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.25%) Slack
10 1 (0.25%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.23%) LAN
1 5 (1.23%) WAN
2 3 (0.74%) Firewall
3 2 (0.49%) Broadband
3 2 (0.49%) Intranet
3 2 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.49%) Wireless
4 1 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.25%) Internet
4 1 (0.25%) Network Security
4 1 (0.25%) SAN
4 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.25%) SNMP
4 1 (0.25%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.25%) VLAN
4 1 (0.25%) VoIP
4 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.23%) Power BI
3 3 (0.74%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.74%) Tableau
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.25%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (4.17%) JIRA
2 3 (0.74%) Hudson
General
1 140 (34.31%) Finance
2 87 (21.32%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.29%) Banking
4 31 (7.60%) Public Sector
5 29 (7.11%) Legal
6 14 (3.43%) Law
7 12 (2.94%) Local Government
7 12 (2.94%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.21%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (2.21%) Retail
9 9 (2.21%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.47%) Military
11 5 (1.23%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.23%) Automotive
11 5 (1.23%) Marketing
11 5 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.98%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.25%) ADO
1 1 (0.25%) Express.js
1 1 (0.25%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.25%) Middleware
1 1 (0.25%) Node.js
1 1 (0.25%) React
1 1 (0.25%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.43%) Data Centre
2 10 (2.45%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.45%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.21%) FMCG
4 6 (1.47%) NHS
4 6 (1.47%) PMI
5 5 (1.23%) CMDB
6 4 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.74%) Life Science
7 3 (0.74%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.49%) LIMS
9 1 (0.25%) Biopharmaceutical
9 1 (0.25%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.25%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.25%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.25%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.25%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.68%) Windows
2 8 (1.96%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.98%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.74%) Unix
5 1 (0.25%) Linux
5 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.25%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.25%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (33.33%) Project Management
2 79 (19.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 78 (19.12%) Agile
4 60 (14.71%) Change Management
5 57 (13.97%) PRINCE2
6 54 (13.24%) Project Delivery
7 50 (12.25%) ITIL
8 41 (10.05%) Service Delivery
9 39 (9.56%) Service Management
10 37 (9.07%) Decision-Making
11 36 (8.82%) Migration
12 30 (7.35%) ITSM
13 29 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (7.11%) Waterfall
14 26 (6.37%) Problem-Solving
15 25 (6.13%) Risk Management
16 24 (5.88%) Budget Management
17 20 (4.90%) Business Case
17 20 (4.90%) ERP
18 19 (4.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.96%) Swift
2 2 (0.49%) SQL
3 1 (0.25%) C#
3 1 (0.25%) Java
3 1 (0.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 40 (9.80%) Security Cleared
2 34 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.88%) Degree
3 24 (5.88%) PMI Certification
3 24 (5.88%) PMP
4 11 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 8 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 5 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.49%) CCNA
9 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.49%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.49%) ISEB
9 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.25%) CISSP
10 1 (0.25%) MCSE
10 1 (0.25%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (2.94%) PMO
2 8 (1.96%) GDPR
2 8 (1.96%) SLA
3 7 (1.72%) NIST
4 5 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.74%) COBIT
5 3 (0.74%) QA
6 2 (0.49%) Basel III
6 2 (0.49%) GxP
6 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.25%) EMIR
7 1 (0.25%) GAMP
7 1 (0.25%) GMP
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.25%) P3O
7 1 (0.25%) PMBOK
System Software
1 4 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.74%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.25%) vCloud
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (0.25%) Avamar
1 1 (0.25%) Matomo
1 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.25%) SafeCom
1 1 (0.25%) SCCM
1 1 (0.25%) Terraform
1 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (8.09%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.17%) SAP
3 9 (2.21%) Cisco
4 8 (1.96%) Okta
5 7 (1.72%) Remedy
5 7 (1.72%) VMware
6 6 (1.47%) Oracle
6 6 (1.47%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.23%) Adobe
8 4 (0.98%) Citrix
9 3 (0.74%) BMC
9 3 (0.74%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.74%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.74%) Siemens
10 2 (0.49%) Aruba
10 2 (0.49%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.49%) Cadence
10 2 (0.49%) Civica
10 2 (0.49%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.49%) Workday