IT Manager Contracts in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager daily rate in England is £525, 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 205 179 173
Rank change year-on-year -26 -6 +89
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 436 683 1,175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.16% 1.45% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.54% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 540 896
10th Percentile £363 £363 £373
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £600
90th Percentile £680 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 14
10th Percentile £23.51 £35.00 £20.12
25th Percentile £23.63 £45.63 £24.94
Median hourly rate £31.84 £62.50 £31.10
Median % change year-on-year -49.06% +100.96% -4.63%
75th Percentile £43.22 £68.65 £61.44
90th Percentile £60.50 £82.50 £65.21
UK median hourly rate £27.70 £62.50 £35.20
% change year-on-year -55.68% +77.56% +5.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region 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
London 0 181 £550 -4.35% 75
Midlands +13 69 £520 +4.00% 73
South East -11 69 £525 +2.94% 49
West Midlands +13 56 £520 +2.72% 48
South West +6 51 £519 +9.21% 24
North of England -45 49 £500 -3.85% 77
North West -19 23 £525 +12.00% 37
Yorkshire -28 19 £450 -18.18% 36
East Midlands +5 12 £400 -20.00% 25
East of England -21 7 £575 +4.55% 18
North East +14 6 £525 +16.67% 6
IT Manager
UK

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 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 England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 145 (33.26%) Finance
2 137 (31.42%) Project Management
3 101 (23.17%) Social Skills
4 87 (19.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 83 (19.04%) Agile
6 58 (13.30%) Change Management
7 57 (13.07%) PRINCE2
8 56 (12.84%) Project Delivery
9 53 (12.16%) ITIL
10 43 (9.86%) Banking
11 42 (9.63%) Service Delivery
12 40 (9.17%) Microsoft
13 38 (8.72%) Service Management
14 37 (8.49%) Migration
14 37 (8.49%) Azure
15 31 (7.11%) Security Cleared
15 31 (7.11%) Decision-Making
16 30 (6.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 30 (6.88%) Risk Management
16 30 (6.88%) ITSM
17 29 (6.65%) Legal
17 29 (6.65%) Problem-Solving
18 28 (6.42%) PMP
18 28 (6.42%) Waterfall
19 27 (6.19%) SC Cleared
19 27 (6.19%) Degree
19 27 (6.19%) Public Sector
20 26 (5.96%) PMI Certification
21 25 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
22 24 (5.50%) Stakeholder Engagement

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 17 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.75%) Confluence
3 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.46%) CMS
5 1 (0.23%) Appian
5 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 9 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.23%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 37 (8.49%) Azure
2 25 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.36%) SaaS
4 14 (3.21%) AWS
5 6 (1.38%) WhatsApp
6 5 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.15%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.23%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.23%) IaaS
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.23%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.23%) PaaS
9 1 (0.23%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.23%) Slack
9 1 (0.23%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.61%) WAN
2 6 (1.38%) LAN
3 4 (0.92%) SAN
4 3 (0.69%) Firewall
5 2 (0.46%) Broadband
5 2 (0.46%) Intranet
5 2 (0.46%) Network Security
5 2 (0.46%) Wireless
6 1 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.23%) DHCP
6 1 (0.23%) DNS
6 1 (0.23%) Internet
6 1 (0.23%) SNMP
6 1 (0.23%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.23%) VLAN
6 1 (0.23%) VoIP
6 1 (0.23%) VPN
6 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.15%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.92%) Power BI
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.46%) Tableau
5 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.23%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (5.50%) JIRA
2 3 (0.69%) Hudson
General
1 145 (33.26%) Finance
2 101 (23.17%) Social Skills
3 43 (9.86%) Banking
4 29 (6.65%) Legal
5 27 (6.19%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.13%) Retail
7 17 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (3.90%) Law
8 13 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (2.98%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.75%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.06%) Local Government
12 6 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.38%) Marketing
12 6 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.15%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.15%) Automotive
13 5 (1.15%) Military
14 4 (0.92%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.23%) ADO
1 1 (0.23%) Express.js
1 1 (0.23%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.23%) Middleware
1 1 (0.23%) Node.js
1 1 (0.23%) React
1 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.67%) Data Centre
2 10 (2.29%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.06%) FMCG
4 8 (1.83%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.38%) NHS
6 5 (1.15%) CMDB
6 5 (1.15%) Life Science
7 4 (0.92%) PMI
8 3 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.69%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.46%) LIMS
9 2 (0.46%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.23%) Contactless
10 1 (0.23%) EPoS
10 1 (0.23%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.23%) Tandem
10 1 (0.23%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.44%) Windows
2 9 (2.06%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.92%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.69%) Linux
6 1 (0.23%) Android
6 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.23%) Unix
6 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.23%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (31.42%) Project Management
2 87 (19.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 83 (19.04%) Agile
4 58 (13.30%) Change Management
5 57 (13.07%) PRINCE2
6 56 (12.84%) Project Delivery
7 53 (12.16%) ITIL
8 42 (9.63%) Service Delivery
9 38 (8.72%) Service Management
10 37 (8.49%) Migration
11 31 (7.11%) Decision-Making
12 30 (6.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (6.88%) ITSM
12 30 (6.88%) Risk Management
13 29 (6.65%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (6.42%) Waterfall
15 24 (5.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 22 (5.05%) Budget Management
16 22 (5.05%) Business Case
17 21 (4.82%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.83%) Swift
2 3 (0.69%) SQL
3 2 (0.46%) Python
4 1 (0.23%) C#
4 1 (0.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 31 (7.11%) Security Cleared
2 28 (6.42%) PMP
3 27 (6.19%) Degree
3 27 (6.19%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.96%) PMI Certification
5 10 (2.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 8 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.15%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.46%) CCNA
8 2 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.46%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.46%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.23%) CISSP
9 1 (0.23%) ISEB
9 1 (0.23%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (2.75%) PMO
2 8 (1.83%) GDPR
2 8 (1.83%) QA
3 7 (1.61%) NIST
3 7 (1.61%) SLA
4 6 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.69%) COBIT
6 2 (0.46%) Basel III
6 2 (0.46%) GxP
7 1 (0.23%) EMIR
7 1 (0.23%) GAMP
7 1 (0.23%) GMP
7 1 (0.23%) IFRS
7 1 (0.23%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.23%) P3O
7 1 (0.23%) PMBOK
System Software
1 8 (1.83%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.92%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.23%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 2 (0.46%) SCCM
1 2 (0.46%) Terraform
2 1 (0.23%) AirWatch
2 1 (0.23%) Avamar
2 1 (0.23%) Matomo
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.23%) SafeCom
2 1 (0.23%) SCOM
2 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (9.17%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.59%) SAP
3 11 (2.52%) VMware
4 8 (1.83%) Cisco
4 8 (1.83%) Okta
5 7 (1.61%) Oracle
5 7 (1.61%) Remedy
6 6 (1.38%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.15%) Adobe
7 5 (1.15%) Citrix
7 5 (1.15%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.15%) Splunk
8 4 (0.92%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.69%) Ariba
9 3 (0.69%) BMC
9 3 (0.69%) Siemens
10 2 (0.46%) Apple
10 2 (0.46%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.46%) Cadence
10 2 (0.46%) Fortinet