Technical Manager Contracts

Technical Manager
UK

The median Technical Manager daily rate in the UK is £525 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 378 373 343
Rank change year-on-year -5 -30 +41
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 204 347 685
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.62% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.65% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 239 437
10th Percentile £372 £392 £413
25th Percentile £460 £456 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £785 £707 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 9
10th Percentile £28.25 £65.50 £33.00
25th Percentile £29.25 £66.25 £41.00
Median hourly rate £34.21 £67.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.32% +10.66% +121.82%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £43.53 £69.50 £74.57
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.21 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -47.37% -7.14% -

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%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Manager over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical 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 -16 184 £525 - 416
UK excluding London +28 95 £500 -3.85% 329
London -6 92 £575 +8.49% 116
Work from Home +63 81 £525 +1.94% 92
North of England +20 30 £500 - 69
South East +4 25 £525 +5.00% 79
North West +18 17 £500 - 36
East of England +10 15 £525 -19.23% 48
Yorkshire +18 13 £506 +1.25% 23
Midlands +16 11 £488 -7.14% 69
West Midlands +10 11 £488 -11.36% 41
Scotland +43 10 £558 +11.50% 16
South West -1 7 £500 -6.98% 50
Wales +16 1 £500 -16.67% 11

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

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

1 90 (44.12%) Project Management
2 69 (33.82%) Agile
3 58 (28.43%) Finance
4 48 (23.53%) Social Skills
5 42 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (18.63%) Project Delivery
7 23 (11.27%) Change Management
8 22 (10.78%) Programme Management
8 22 (10.78%) Azure
8 22 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (9.80%) Roadmaps
9 20 (9.80%) Scrum
9 20 (9.80%) Migration
10 19 (9.31%) SAP
10 19 (9.31%) Banking
10 19 (9.31%) Waterfall
11 17 (8.33%) PMP
11 17 (8.33%) PMI Certification
12 16 (7.84%) Risk Management
13 15 (7.35%) PRINCE2
13 15 (7.35%) ERP
13 15 (7.35%) Degree
13 15 (7.35%) JIRA
13 15 (7.35%) Security Cleared
13 15 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
14 13 (6.37%) Data Centre
14 13 (6.37%) Public Sector
14 13 (6.37%) Microsoft
15 12 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 11 (5.39%) SDLC

Technical 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 9 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.96%) SharePoint 2013
3 3 (1.47%) Confluence
4 2 (0.98%) CMS
5 1 (0.49%) Apache
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.49%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.49%) IIS
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.49%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.49%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (4.41%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.49%) Maya
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.98%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.49%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.49%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 22 (10.78%) Azure
2 10 (4.90%) SaaS
3 8 (3.92%) AWS
3 8 (3.92%) GCP
4 5 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.96%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.98%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.98%) iPaaS
7 2 (0.98%) PaaS
7 2 (0.98%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.49%) Contentful
8 1 (0.49%) GitHub
8 1 (0.49%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.49%) IaaS
8 1 (0.49%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.49%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.49%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.43%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.47%) Firewall
2 3 (1.47%) WAN
3 2 (0.98%) Broadband
3 2 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.98%) LAN
3 2 (0.98%) SAN
3 2 (0.98%) Skype
3 2 (0.98%) VPN
4 1 (0.49%) MPLS
4 1 (0.49%) NAS
4 1 (0.49%) NFC
4 1 (0.49%) RTP
4 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.49%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.96%) Data Lake
1 4 (1.96%) Metadata
2 3 (1.47%) Power BI
2 3 (1.47%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.98%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.49%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.49%) MySQL
4 1 (0.49%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (7.35%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) CA Gen
General
1 58 (28.43%) Finance
2 48 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 19 (9.31%) Banking
4 15 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.37%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.43%) Retail
8 5 (2.45%) Back Office
8 5 (2.45%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.96%) French Language
9 4 (1.96%) Legal
9 4 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.96%) Police
10 3 (1.47%) Automotive
10 3 (1.47%) Games
10 3 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.47%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.47%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.47%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.49%) ADO
1 1 (0.49%) Hugging Face
1 1 (0.49%) SAP PI
1 1 (0.49%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.37%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.41%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.94%) NHS
3 6 (2.94%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.45%) Digital Media
5 4 (1.96%) FMCG
5 4 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.96%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.47%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.47%) PMI
6 3 (1.47%) Taxonomies
7 2 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.98%) Digital TV
7 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.98%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.98%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.98%) STB
8 1 (0.49%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.49%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.96%) Linux
2 2 (0.98%) AIX
2 2 (0.98%) Windows
3 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (44.12%) Project Management
2 69 (33.82%) Agile
3 42 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (18.63%) Project Delivery
5 23 (11.27%) Change Management
6 22 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (10.78%) Programme Management
7 20 (9.80%) Migration
7 20 (9.80%) Roadmaps
7 20 (9.80%) Scrum
8 19 (9.31%) Waterfall
9 16 (7.84%) Risk Management
10 15 (7.35%) ERP
10 15 (7.35%) PRINCE2
11 12 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (5.39%) Project Planning
12 11 (5.39%) SDLC
13 10 (4.90%) Budget Management
13 10 (4.90%) Computer Science
14 9 (4.41%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.90%) Python
2 9 (4.41%) SQL
3 3 (1.47%) Perl
4 2 (0.98%) Java
4 2 (0.98%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.49%) C
5 1 (0.49%) C#
5 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.49%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (8.33%) PMI Certification
1 17 (8.33%) PMP
2 15 (7.35%) Degree
2 15 (7.35%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.41%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.96%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.96%) PgMP
6 3 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.47%) HNC
6 3 (1.47%) NVQ Level 4
7 2 (0.98%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.49%) APMP
8 1 (0.49%) CCNA
8 1 (0.49%) CCNP
8 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.49%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.41%) QA
2 5 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 5 (2.45%) ISO17020
2 5 (2.45%) SLA
3 4 (1.96%) PMO
4 3 (1.47%) GDPR
5 2 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.49%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.49%) NIST
6 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.49%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (0.98%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.49%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.49%) SCCM
1 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (9.31%) SAP
2 13 (6.37%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.92%) Google
4 5 (2.45%) Splunk
5 3 (1.47%) Cisco
6 2 (0.98%) Ariba
6 2 (0.98%) Guidewire
6 2 (0.98%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.98%) Oracle
6 2 (0.98%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.98%) Temenos
6 2 (0.98%) Zscaler
7 1 (0.49%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.49%) CA
7 1 (0.49%) Genesys
7 1 (0.49%) IBM
7 1 (0.49%) IFS
7 1 (0.49%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.49%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.49%) Sybase