IT Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager daily rate in Work from Home is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 173 170
Rank change year-on-year +11 -3 +51
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 197 349 725
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.34% 1.46% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.53% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 268 547
10th Percentile £363 £350 £367
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £616 £603 £588
90th Percentile £683 £716 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +11.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 10
10th Percentile £21.19 - £19.22
25th Percentile £22.41 £35.00 £31.96
Median hourly rate £25.28 £57.50 £62.25
Median % change year-on-year -56.04% -7.63% +90.89%
75th Percentile £31.84 £65.00 £65.23
90th Percentile £34.88 £75.50 £71.18
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £62.50 £35.20
% change year-on-year -56.80% +77.56% +5.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,702 22,790 42,423
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,229 16,154 30,827
10th Percentile £325 £357 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 528 568
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.75
25th Percentile £22.54 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.32 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +32.44% +70.19%
75th Percentile £63.38 £66.71 £58.47
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

IT Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Manager.

IT Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

IT Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Manager.

IT Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

IT Manager hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 67 (34.01%) Finance
2 47 (23.86%) Project Management
3 44 (22.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (19.80%) Agile
5 35 (17.77%) Change Management
6 34 (17.26%) Social Skills
7 31 (15.74%) Banking
8 22 (11.17%) PRINCE2
9 19 (9.64%) Security Cleared
10 18 (9.14%) Waterfall
11 17 (8.63%) SC Cleared
11 17 (8.63%) Microsoft
12 16 (8.12%) Public Sector
12 16 (8.12%) Degree
13 15 (7.61%) ITIL
14 14 (7.11%) Business Continuity
14 14 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (6.60%) Legal
15 13 (6.60%) Risk Management
15 13 (6.60%) PMP
15 13 (6.60%) Problem-Solving
16 12 (6.09%) Project Delivery
16 12 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (5.58%) PMI Certification
17 11 (5.58%) SharePoint
17 11 (5.58%) Data Centre
17 11 (5.58%) Budget Management
18 10 (5.08%) Line Management
18 10 (5.08%) ERP
18 10 (5.08%) Service Delivery

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.52%) Confluence
3 1 (0.51%) CMS
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.02%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.51%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (5.08%) Azure
3 7 (3.55%) SaaS
4 5 (2.54%) WhatsApp
5 4 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.03%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.02%) Canva
6 2 (1.02%) Slack
7 1 (0.51%) AWS
7 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.51%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.51%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.51%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.54%) Intranet
2 1 (0.51%) LAN
2 1 (0.51%) Network Security
2 1 (0.51%) SNMP
2 1 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.03%) Power BI
2 2 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.02%) Tableau
3 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 67 (34.01%) Finance
2 34 (17.26%) Social Skills
3 31 (15.74%) Banking
4 16 (8.12%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.60%) Legal
6 7 (3.55%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.54%) Law
7 5 (2.54%) Local Government
7 5 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.03%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.03%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.03%) Military
8 4 (2.03%) Retail
9 3 (1.52%) French Language
9 3 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.52%) Publishing
10 2 (1.02%) Billing
10 2 (1.02%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) ADO
1 1 (0.51%) Express.js
1 1 (0.51%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.51%) Node.js
1 1 (0.51%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.58%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.55%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.05%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.03%) FMCG
5 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.02%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.02%) Life Science
6 2 (1.02%) NHS
6 2 (1.02%) PMI
6 2 (1.02%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.02%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.51%) CMDB
7 1 (0.51%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.51%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.51%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.51%) Tandem
7 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.02%) Windows
2 1 (0.51%) Android
2 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.51%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (23.86%) Project Management
2 44 (22.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 39 (19.80%) Agile
4 35 (17.77%) Change Management
5 22 (11.17%) PRINCE2
6 18 (9.14%) Waterfall
7 15 (7.61%) ITIL
8 14 (7.11%) Business Continuity
8 14 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (6.60%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (6.60%) Risk Management
10 12 (6.09%) Project Delivery
11 11 (5.58%) Budget Management
12 10 (5.08%) ERP
12 10 (5.08%) Line Management
12 10 (5.08%) Service Delivery
12 10 (5.08%) Service Management
13 9 (4.57%) Cost Reduction
13 9 (4.57%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (4.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.51%) C#
1 1 (0.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (9.64%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.63%) SC Cleared
3 16 (8.12%) Degree
4 13 (6.60%) PMP
5 11 (5.58%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.54%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.02%) CEH
8 2 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.02%) CISM
8 2 (1.02%) CISMP
8 2 (1.02%) CISSP
8 2 (1.02%) CSSLP
8 2 (1.02%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.02%) GCIH
8 2 (1.02%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.06%) PMO
2 7 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.05%) COBIT
3 6 (3.05%) NIST
3 6 (3.05%) SLA
4 4 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.03%) GDPR
5 2 (1.02%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.02%) GRC
5 2 (1.02%) GxP
6 1 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
Systems Management
1 2 (1.02%) SCCM
2 1 (0.51%) AirWatch
2 1 (0.51%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (8.63%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.55%) Oracle
2 7 (3.55%) SAP
3 5 (2.54%) Adobe
4 4 (2.03%) Remedy
4 4 (2.03%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.02%) Cadence
5 2 (1.02%) Cisco
5 2 (1.02%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.51%) Apple
6 1 (0.51%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.51%) Citrix
6 1 (0.51%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.51%) IFS
6 1 (0.51%) Planview
6 1 (0.51%) Samsung
6 1 (0.51%) VMware
6 1 (0.51%) Workday