Technical Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Technical Manager
England > Midlands

The median Technical Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 139 181
Rank change year-on-year +17 +42 -52
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 11 18 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.40% 0.55% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.58% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 19
10th Percentile £443 £383 £263
25th Percentile £450 £419 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +10.53% -19.15%
75th Percentile £513 £588 £575
90th Percentile £561 £650 £639
England median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.25 - -
Median hourly rate £28.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.21 £70.00 £61.00
% change year-on-year -51.13% +14.75% +121.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,562 3,091 4,851
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 94.53% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,732 2,185 3,536
10th Percentile £213 £228 £210
25th Percentile £335 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £473
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% +0.53% +16.67%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £569
90th Percentile £675 £690 £652
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 108 153
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.40
25th Percentile £14.13 £14.52 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.06 £20.41 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +13.39% +20.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £52.01 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -15.56% +88.21% +11.73%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in the Midlands

Technical Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Manager in the Midlands

Technical Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Manager in the Midlands

Technical Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
West Midlands +12 11 £488 -11.36% 44
Technical Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 across the Midlands region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 4 (36.36%) Degree
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Digital Forensics
1 4 (36.36%) Digital Media
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 4 (36.36%) ISO17020
1 4 (36.36%) Data Collection
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) Resource Allocation
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) QA
2 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
2 3 (27.27%) SAP
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (18.18%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) Broadband
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Validation
3 2 (18.18%) CAFM
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (18.18%) Facilities Management
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (18.18%) Skype
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Register
4 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
4 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (9.09%) Verification and Validation

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP ERP
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Broadband
1 2 (18.18%) Skype
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
2 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Digital Media
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Data Collection
1 4 (36.36%) Digital Forensics
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (18.18%) CAFM
3 2 (18.18%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) Facilities Management
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Validation
4 1 (9.09%) Coaching
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Network Architecture
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Register
4 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (9.09%) CCNA
3 1 (9.09%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (9.09%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 4 (36.36%) ISO17020
2 3 (27.27%) QA
3 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) SAP