Senior IT Manager Contracts

Senior IT Manager
UK

The median Senior IT Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 555 648 741
Rank change year-on-year +93 +93 -59
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 20 34 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.061% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.064% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 26 76
10th Percentile £481 £415 £413
25th Percentile £500 £491 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £638 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +10.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £728 £641
90th Percentile £725 £869 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +11.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
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 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
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% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Manager over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +76 20 £550 -12.00% 32
London +88 10 £650 -6.14% 16
UK excluding London +32 10 £550 - 22
Work from Home +107 8 £550 -19.71% 11
South West +7 4 £550 - 1
Midlands +25 3 £525 +19.32% 6
North of England +23 2 £571 -2.73% 5
North West +21 2 £571 -2.73% 5
West Midlands +15 2 £563 +27.84% 4
South East +5 1 £525 +16.67% 5
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior IT Manager in the job title.

1 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (35.00%) Agile
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Project Management
2 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
4 3 (15.00%) People Management
4 3 (15.00%) Banking
5 2 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (10.00%) Service Management
5 2 (10.00%) Change Management
5 2 (10.00%) Supplier Management
5 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (10.00%) Conflict Resolution
5 2 (10.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 1 (5.00%) Budgeting
6 1 (5.00%) Generative AI
6 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (5.00%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.00%) Technology Transformation
6 1 (5.00%) Business Strategy
6 1 (5.00%) Customer Service
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365

Senior 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) AWS
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Publishing
5 1 (5.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) CMDB
1 1 (5.00%) FMCG
1 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Agile
1 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (15.00%) People Management
3 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (10.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (10.00%) Change Management
4 2 (10.00%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (10.00%) Service Management
4 2 (10.00%) Supplier Management
5 1 (5.00%) Budgeting
5 1 (5.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (5.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.00%) Generative AI
5 1 (5.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (5.00%) SAP