Knowledge Manager Contracts

Knowledge Manager
UK

The median Knowledge Manager daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 578 674 844
Rank change year-on-year +96 +170 -122
Contract jobs requiring a Knowledge Manager 6 23 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.041% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.044% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 3
10th Percentile - £481 £366
25th Percentile £425 £495 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £378
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +31.61% +54.29%
75th Percentile £514 £688 £428
90th Percentile £522 - £453
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £625 £463
% change year-on-year -28.00% +35.14% +150.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Knowledge Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Knowledge Manager in the UK

Knowledge Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Knowledge Manager in the UK

Knowledge Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Knowledge Manager in the UK

Knowledge Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Knowledge Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +69 6 £475 -4.52% 2
UK excluding London +23 4 £450 -28.00%
South West +3 3 £450 -10.00%
Work from Home +108 2 £488 -22.00% 1
London +71 2 £519 +4.80%
North West - 1 £500 -
North of England - 1 £500 -

Knowledge Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Knowledge 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 Knowledge Manager in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Confluence
3 2 (33.33%) Information Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Wiki
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) Remedy
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Power BI
3 2 (33.33%) Fintech
3 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Freshdesk
3 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement

Knowledge 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 2 (33.33%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (33.33%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Fintech
2 2 (33.33%) Information Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Freshdesk
1 2 (33.33%) Remedy