IT Manager Contracts

IT Manager
UK

The median IT Manager daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 185 182
Rank change year-on-year -33 -3 +83
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 476 866 1,413
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 1.47% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 1.55% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 657 1,045
10th Percentile £363 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £513
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +1.46% +13.89%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £588
90th Percentile £679 £679 £659
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 15
10th Percentile - £45.63 £18.26
25th Percentile £23.63 £57.50 £23.72
Median hourly rate £31.84 £62.50 £34.45
Median % change year-on-year -49.06% +81.42% +14.83%
75th Percentile £47.94 £64.69 £44.40
90th Percentile £56.68 £73.75 £56.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.28 £50.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -49.45% +85.19% -17.20%

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 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 5 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 -35 415 £525 - 398
UK excluding London -33 265 £500 - 317
Work from Home +8 194 £550 +7.84% 137
London +15 178 £575 +2.22% 106
Midlands +3 62 £525 +5.00% 54
South East -15 57 £525 - 90
South West +26 52 £513 +7.89% 26
West Midlands -2 51 £525 +5.00% 37
North of England -41 46 £453 -9.50% 93
Scotland +20 35 £488 -2.50% 24
North West -20 24 £488 +2.63% 45
Yorkshire -26 17 £450 -18.18% 44
East Midlands +13 10 £500 - 17
East of England -8 8 £463 -2.63% 28
Wales +16 5 £475 +33.33% 11
North East +20 4 £525 +16.67% 9

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 167 (35.08%) Project Management
2 147 (30.88%) Finance
3 113 (23.74%) Social Skills
4 104 (21.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 95 (19.96%) Agile
6 74 (15.55%) Change Management
7 61 (12.82%) PRINCE2
7 61 (12.82%) Project Delivery
8 54 (11.34%) ITIL
9 47 (9.87%) Banking
10 42 (8.82%) Service Management
10 42 (8.82%) Waterfall
11 41 (8.61%) Service Delivery
11 41 (8.61%) Public Sector
12 39 (8.19%) Problem-Solving
12 39 (8.19%) Microsoft
12 39 (8.19%) Azure
12 39 (8.19%) Security Cleared
13 36 (7.56%) Migration
14 34 (7.14%) Risk Management
14 34 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
14 34 (7.14%) Decision-Making
15 33 (6.93%) SC Cleared
16 32 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (6.72%) Degree
17 31 (6.51%) Legal
18 29 (6.09%) ITSM
19 28 (5.88%) PMI Certification
20 27 (5.67%) PMP
20 27 (5.67%) ERP

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.47%) Confluence
2 7 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.63%) CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Appian
4 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.21%) Moodle
Applications
1 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.26%) Photoshop
4 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.21%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.21%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.21%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 39 (8.19%) Azure
2 34 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (4.62%) SaaS
4 11 (2.31%) AWS
5 8 (1.68%) WhatsApp
6 7 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.47%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.47%) Slack
7 6 (1.26%) Canva
8 3 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.42%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.42%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.21%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.21%) IaaS
10 1 (0.21%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.21%) PaaS
10 1 (0.21%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.10%) Intranet
2 6 (1.26%) WAN
3 4 (0.84%) Firewall
3 4 (0.84%) LAN
3 4 (0.84%) Wireless
4 3 (0.63%) VoIP
5 2 (0.42%) Internet
6 1 (0.21%) HTTP
6 1 (0.21%) Network Security
6 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.21%) Skype
6 1 (0.21%) SMTP
6 1 (0.21%) SNMP
6 1 (0.21%) VLAN
6 1 (0.21%) VPN
6 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (1.26%) Power BI
2 3 (0.63%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.42%) Tableau
4 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.21%) Mixpanel
4 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.21%) MS Access
4 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (3.36%) JIRA
2 2 (0.42%) Hudson
General
1 147 (30.88%) Finance
2 113 (23.74%) Social Skills
3 47 (9.87%) Banking
4 41 (8.61%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.51%) Legal
6 20 (4.20%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (3.15%) Law
9 14 (2.94%) Local Government
9 14 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.31%) Retail
12 8 (1.68%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.26%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.26%) Military
14 5 (1.05%) Marketing
14 5 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.84%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.21%) ADO
1 1 (0.21%) Express.js
1 1 (0.21%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.21%) Middleware
1 1 (0.21%) Node.js
1 1 (0.21%) React
1 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.99%) Data Centre
2 13 (2.73%) Management Information System
3 12 (2.52%) Onboarding
4 9 (1.89%) FMCG
5 7 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.47%) PMI
6 6 (1.26%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.26%) Video Editing
7 5 (1.05%) CMDB
7 5 (1.05%) NHS
8 4 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.63%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.63%) Life Science
10 2 (0.42%) Industry 4.0
10 2 (0.42%) LIMS
10 2 (0.42%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.42%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.21%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.21%) Contactless
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.15%) Windows
2 8 (1.68%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.84%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.84%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.63%) Unix
5 1 (0.21%) Linux
5 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.21%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (35.08%) Project Management
2 104 (21.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 95 (19.96%) Agile
4 74 (15.55%) Change Management
5 61 (12.82%) PRINCE2
5 61 (12.82%) Project Delivery
6 54 (11.34%) ITIL
7 42 (8.82%) Service Management
7 42 (8.82%) Waterfall
8 41 (8.61%) Service Delivery
9 39 (8.19%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (7.56%) Migration
11 34 (7.14%) Decision-Making
11 34 (7.14%) Risk Management
12 32 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (6.09%) ITSM
14 27 (5.67%) Budget Management
14 27 (5.67%) ERP
15 21 (4.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 20 (4.20%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.68%) Swift
2 2 (0.42%) SQL
3 1 (0.21%) C#
3 1 (0.21%) Java
3 1 (0.21%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (8.19%) Security Cleared
2 33 (6.93%) SC Cleared
3 32 (6.72%) Degree
4 28 (5.88%) PMI Certification
5 27 (5.67%) PMP
6 11 (2.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 8 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (1.47%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.63%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.42%) CCNA
12 2 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.42%) CISSP
12 2 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.42%) ISEB
13 1 (0.21%) CISA
13 1 (0.21%) MCSE
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.15%) PMO
2 12 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.31%) SLA
4 8 (1.68%) GDPR
5 6 (1.26%) NIST
6 5 (1.05%) COBIT
6 5 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.05%) QA
7 3 (0.63%) EMIR
7 3 (0.63%) GxP
7 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.42%) Basel III
8 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.42%) GRC
8 2 (0.42%) MiFID
8 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.21%) vCloud
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.21%) Avamar
1 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.21%) Matomo
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.21%) SafeCom
1 1 (0.21%) SCCM
1 1 (0.21%) Terraform
1 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 39 (8.19%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.99%) SAP
3 11 (2.31%) Cisco
4 10 (2.10%) Oracle
4 10 (2.10%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.68%) Okta
6 7 (1.47%) Remedy
7 5 (1.05%) Adobe
7 5 (1.05%) VMware
8 4 (0.84%) Citrix
9 3 (0.63%) BMC
9 3 (0.63%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.63%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.63%) Siemens
10 2 (0.42%) Ariba
10 2 (0.42%) Aruba
10 2 (0.42%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.42%) Cadence
10 2 (0.42%) Civica
10 2 (0.42%) Sage