Category Manager
UK
The median Category Manager daily rate in the UK is £619 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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 31 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 540 | 678 | 834 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +138 | +156 | -129 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Category Manager | 27 | 16 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.063% | 0.029% | 0.015% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.068% | 0.030% | 0.016% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 12 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £475 | £313 | £457 |
| 25th Percentile | £567 | £394 | £468 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £619 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.55% | +4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £644 | £634 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £682 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £626 | £550 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.73% | +15.79% | +0.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £31.92 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
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 | 39,897 | 53,039 | 83,562 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.82% | 94.59% | 95.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,852 | 37,038 | 58,857 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +7.69% |
| 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% | +10.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,824 | 1,465 | 1,978 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.83 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £24.15 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +86.37% | +9.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.15 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £43.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.98% | +115.00% | +5.26% |
Category Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Category Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Category Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Category Manager.
Category Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Category Manager over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.
Category Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Category Manager.
Category Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 31 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 |
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| England | +96 | 17 | £600 | +9.09% | 51 |
| UK excluding London | +46 | 16 | £626 | +13.73% | 35 |
| Work from Home | +121 | 11 | £607 | +21.30% | 28 |
| London | +88 | 8 | £600 | +33.33% | 16 |
| Scotland | - | 7 | £626 | - | |
| South East | +12 | 5 | £700 | +124.00% | 10 |
| East of England | +9 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| North of England | +25 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| South West | +8 | 1 | £450 | -28.00% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Category Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 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 featuring Category Manager in the job title.
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Category 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: