Account Manager Contracts

Account Manager
UK

The median Account Manager daily rate in the UK is £285 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 678 835
Rank change year-on-year +121 +157 -137
Contract jobs requiring an Account Manager 14 18 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.032% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.034% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 12
10th Percentile £250 £138 £126
25th Percentile £250 £187 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £291 £350
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% -16.79% +6.46%
75th Percentile £300 £338 £388
90th Percentile £379 £505 £511
UK excluding London median daily rate £250 £253 £355
% change year-on-year -0.99% -28.87% +20.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £32.45 - £30.45
25th Percentile £35.75 - £34.88
Median hourly rate £42.50 - £43.50
75th Percentile £44.25 - £44.88
90th Percentile £44.55 - £44.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £30.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,413 53,669 84,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 94.62% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,677 37,466 59,216
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,499 2,051
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Account Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Account Manager over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Account Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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
England +94 14 £285 -2.15% 438
London +96 12 £300 +3.00% 153
Work from Home +110 5 £300 +58.94% 155
UK excluding London +40 2 £250 -0.99% 327
South East +16 1 - - 94
East of England - 1 £250 - 31

Account Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, Account 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 featuring Account Manager in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Marketing
2 6 (42.86%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 5 (35.71%) Advertising
3 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (35.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (28.57%) Retail
4 4 (28.57%) SLA
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 3 (21.43%) Apple
5 3 (21.43%) ATL
5 3 (21.43%) Workflow
5 3 (21.43%) Automotive
5 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (14.29%) Escalation Management
6 2 (14.29%) AWS
6 2 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (14.29%) Legal
6 2 (14.29%) Billing
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (7.14%) Google
7 1 (7.14%) Degree
7 1 (7.14%) Copywriting
7 1 (7.14%) Email Marketing
7 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (7.14%) Time Management
7 1 (7.14%) Performance Management
7 1 (7.14%) Customer Engagement

Account Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) SMS
General
1 8 (57.14%) Marketing
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 5 (35.71%) Advertising
4 4 (28.57%) Retail
5 3 (21.43%) Automotive
6 2 (14.29%) Billing
6 2 (14.29%) Legal
6 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
7 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (7.14%) Publishing
7 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (7.14%) Digital Media
3 1 (7.14%) Social Media
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (21.43%) Workflow
3 2 (14.29%) Escalation Management
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.14%) Budget Management
4 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
4 1 (7.14%) Campaign Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Campaign Management
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Experience
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Media Management
4 1 (7.14%) Global Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Integrated Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Line Management
4 1 (7.14%) Mobile Development
4 1 (7.14%) Post-Campaign Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Presales
4 1 (7.14%) Storytelling
4 1 (7.14%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Apple
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (7.14%) Google