IT Manager Contracts in the South East

IT Manager
England > South East

The median IT Manager daily rate in the South East is £525 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 132 117 107
Rank change year-on-year -15 -10 +38
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 65 96 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.15% 1.69% 2.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.79% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 79 133
10th Percentile £409 £350 £400
25th Percentile £450 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £598 £644 £614
90th Percentile £647 £825 £720
England median daily rate £525 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -1.87% +1.90% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £30.30 - £65.06
25th Percentile £35.25 - £65.15
Median hourly rate £43.50 - £65.30
75th Percentile £51.75 - £73.53
90th Percentile £56.70 - £78.46
England median hourly rate £30.12 £62.50 £34.45
% change year-on-year -51.81% +81.42% +5.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,192 5,363 7,417
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 94.62% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,074 3,716 5,094
10th Percentile £234 £217 £206
25th Percentile £400 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £604 £590
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 524 238 311
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.18 £16.18
Median hourly rate £48.20 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% +150.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £45.56
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -15.56% +88.21% +11.73%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +12 37 £538 +13.16% 28
Berkshire -7 20 £550 +18.33% 16
Buckinghamshire +20 12 £520 +2.97% 11
Surrey +7 12 £550 -31.25% 8
Hampshire -5 7 £425 -19.05% 7
West Sussex +6 5 £525 +110.00% 1
Oxfordshire +4 5 £425 -17.07% 1
Kent -2 1 £563 +25.00% 9
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 3 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 job ads across the South East region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 26 (40.00%) Project Management
2 16 (24.62%) Finance
3 15 (23.08%) Project Delivery
4 14 (21.54%) Social Skills
5 12 (18.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (16.92%) ITIL
6 11 (16.92%) PRINCE2
7 10 (15.38%) Agile
8 8 (12.31%) Risk Management
8 8 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (10.77%) Scorecard
9 7 (10.77%) QA
9 7 (10.77%) Telecoms
10 6 (9.23%) Service Delivery
10 6 (9.23%) Performance Management
10 6 (9.23%) Matrix Management
10 6 (9.23%) Retail
10 6 (9.23%) Budget Management
10 6 (9.23%) Public Sector
11 5 (7.69%) Risk Register
11 5 (7.69%) Customer Experience
11 5 (7.69%) Decision-Making
11 5 (7.69%) Dynatrace
11 5 (7.69%) Logistics
11 5 (7.69%) Security Cleared
11 5 (7.69%) Waterfall
11 5 (7.69%) SaaS
11 5 (7.69%) Splunk
11 5 (7.69%) Balanced Scorecard
11 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (3.08%) Confluence
2 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.69%) SaaS
2 1 (1.54%) Azure
2 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.54%) Slack
2 1 (1.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) Internet
1 1 (1.54%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 16 (24.62%) Finance
2 14 (21.54%) Social Skills
3 8 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.77%) Telecoms
5 6 (9.23%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.23%) Retail
6 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing
7 4 (6.15%) Legal
8 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.08%) Aerospace
9 2 (3.08%) Automotive
9 2 (3.08%) Military
9 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.54%) Banking
10 1 (1.54%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.15%) NHS
2 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.08%) FMCG
2 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.54%) LIMS
3 1 (1.54%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.54%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (40.00%) Project Management
2 15 (23.08%) Project Delivery
3 12 (18.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (16.92%) ITIL
4 11 (16.92%) PRINCE2
5 10 (15.38%) Agile
6 8 (12.31%) Risk Management
7 7 (10.77%) Scorecard
8 6 (9.23%) Budget Management
8 6 (9.23%) Matrix Management
8 6 (9.23%) Performance Management
8 6 (9.23%) Service Delivery
9 5 (7.69%) Balanced Scorecard
9 5 (7.69%) Customer Experience
9 5 (7.69%) Decision-Making
9 5 (7.69%) Logistics
9 5 (7.69%) Quality Management
9 5 (7.69%) Risk Register
9 5 (7.69%) Waterfall
10 4 (6.15%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (7.69%) PMI Certification
1 5 (7.69%) PMP
1 5 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.54%) Degree
4 1 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.77%) QA
2 1 (1.54%) COBIT
2 1 (1.54%) GDPR
2 1 (1.54%) P3O
2 1 (1.54%) PMBOK
2 1 (1.54%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 5 (7.69%) Dynatrace
1 5 (7.69%) Splunk
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.62%) Siemens
3 2 (3.08%) Citrix
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle
4 1 (1.54%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.54%) SAP
4 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow