IT Manager Contracts in the South West

IT Manager
England > South West

The median IT Manager daily rate in the South West is £550 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 96 118 80
Rank change year-on-year +22 -38 +36
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 54 45 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.65% 1.33% 2.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.78% 1.44% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 32 81
10th Percentile £419 £316 £313
25th Percentile £460 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -4.04% +16.47%
75th Percentile £599 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £586 £638
England median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.63 - -
Median hourly rate £25.28 £35.00 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.79% -45.74% +122.41%
75th Percentile £26.92 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.12 £62.50 £31.10
% change year-on-year -51.81% +100.96% -4.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,034 3,126 3,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 92.57% 95.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,889 2,300 2,543
10th Percentile £215 £281 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £624 £644 £600
90th Percentile £700 £720 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 448 253 212
10th Percentile £13.85 £17.72 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £49.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.00 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +37.63% +9.41%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £68.30
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the South West

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the South West

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the South West

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the South West

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Bristol +9 15 £550 +10.00% 9
Gloucestershire +11 14 £463 +11.45% 5
Devon +6 9 £400 +37.93%
Wiltshire -5 6 £465 +3.33% 4
Somerset -4 5 £575 +27.78% 3
Dorset +7 1 £300 -45.45%
IT Manager
England

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

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 job ads across the South West region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 19 (35.19%) ITIL
2 16 (29.63%) Service Management
3 15 (27.78%) Service Delivery
4 14 (25.93%) ITSM
4 14 (25.93%) Agile
4 14 (25.93%) Project Management
4 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
5 13 (24.07%) Finance
6 10 (18.52%) Release Management
7 9 (16.67%) Security Cleared
7 9 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 8 (14.81%) SC Cleared
8 8 (14.81%) Legal
8 8 (14.81%) Change Management
9 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
11 5 (9.26%) Remedy
12 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
12 4 (7.41%) PRINCE2
12 4 (7.41%) Management Information System
12 4 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (7.41%) Line Management
12 4 (7.41%) JIRA
13 3 (5.56%) Budget Management
13 3 (5.56%) Degree
13 3 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
13 3 (5.56%) Mentoring
13 3 (5.56%) Coaching
13 3 (5.56%) Software Asset Management
13 3 (5.56%) Waterfall

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (5.56%) Confluence
1 3 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.85%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 13 (24.07%) Finance
3 8 (14.81%) Legal
4 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.56%) Publishing
5 3 (5.56%) Retail
5 3 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.70%) Health Technology
6 2 (3.70%) Local Government
7 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.85%) Contactless
2 1 (1.85%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (35.19%) ITIL
2 16 (29.63%) Service Management
3 15 (27.78%) Service Delivery
4 14 (25.93%) Agile
4 14 (25.93%) ITSM
4 14 (25.93%) Project Management
5 10 (18.52%) Release Management
6 9 (16.67%) Project Delivery
7 8 (14.81%) Change Management
8 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (7.41%) Line Management
9 4 (7.41%) PRINCE2
9 4 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (5.56%) Asset Management
10 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Architecture
10 3 (5.56%) Information Management
10 3 (5.56%) IT Governance
10 3 (5.56%) Mentoring
10 3 (5.56%) Migration
10 3 (5.56%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 9 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 8 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.56%) Degree
4 2 (3.70%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.70%) ISEB
5 1 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (5.56%) GDPR
1 3 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.70%) COBIT
3 1 (1.85%) PMO
3 1 (1.85%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (9.26%) Remedy
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.56%) BMC
4 1 (1.85%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.85%) Cadence
4 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow