Category Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Category Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Category Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £619 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 425 503
Rank change year-on-year +64 +78 -58
Contract jobs requiring a Category Manager 17 10 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.083% 0.044% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.046% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 1
10th Percentile £455 £306 -
25th Percentile £552 £414 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £550 £408
Median % change year-on-year +12.55% +34.78% -13.63%
75th Percentile £626 £625 -
90th Percentile £693 £643 -
UK median daily rate £619 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +12.55% - +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,835 21,601 29,071
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 94.28% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,498 15,031 20,385
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,316 1,097 1,445
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.40
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.72 £14.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +110.78% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.64 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.44%

Category Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Category Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Category Manager in the UK excluding London

Category Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Category Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Category Manager in the UK excluding London

Category Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Category Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Category Manager in the UK excluding London

Category Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Category Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Category Manager in the UK excluding London

Category Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Category Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Scotland - 7 £626 -
South East +19 6 £600 +92.00% 9
East of England +12 2 - - 3
North of England +27 1 - - 6
South West +12 1 £450 -28.00% 4
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
Category Manager
UK

Category Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Category 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 UK excluding London region featuring Category Manager in the job title.

1 10 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (41.18%) Oracle
3 6 (35.29%) Supply Chain Management
4 5 (29.41%) Agile
4 5 (29.41%) Legal
4 5 (29.41%) Marketing
4 5 (29.41%) Degree
4 5 (29.41%) IT Strategy
4 5 (29.41%) Customer Service
5 4 (23.53%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (23.53%) Digital Strategy
6 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
6 3 (17.65%) Finance
6 3 (17.65%) E-Commerce
7 2 (11.76%) NEC
7 2 (11.76%) Contract Negotiation
7 2 (11.76%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (11.76%) People Management
8 1 (5.88%) Contract Management
8 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (5.88%) Time Management
8 1 (5.88%) SaaS
8 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
8 1 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
8 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
8 1 (5.88%) Supplier Management
8 1 (5.88%) Competitor Analysis

Category Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) SaaS
General
1 5 (29.41%) Legal
1 5 (29.41%) Marketing
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (35.29%) Supply Chain Management
3 5 (29.41%) Agile
3 5 (29.41%) Customer Service
3 5 (29.41%) IT Strategy
4 4 (23.53%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (23.53%) Digital Strategy
5 3 (17.65%) E-Commerce
6 2 (11.76%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (11.76%) People Management
7 1 (5.88%) Competitor Analysis
7 1 (5.88%) Contract Management
7 1 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
7 1 (5.88%) Supplier Management
7 1 (5.88%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) NEC