Technical Manager Contracts in the South East

Technical Manager
England > South East

The median Technical Manager daily rate in the South East is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 170 239
Rank change year-on-year +7 +69 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 21 38 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.46% 0.67% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.71% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 24 21
10th Percentile £365 £415 £228
25th Percentile £375 £463 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +16.11% -12.20%
75th Percentile £574 £608 £575
90th Percentile £575 £746 £613
England median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £36.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £37.50
75th Percentile £53.75 - £38.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £71.90 £64.54
% change year-on-year -26.98% +11.40% +136.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 4,216 5,334 7,663
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 94.71% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,518 3,614 5,309
10th Percentile £243 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £613
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 251 301
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.00 £12.48
25th Percentile £30.00 £21.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.43 £51.42 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% +114.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £66.25 £55.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.67 £70.00
England median hourly rate £46.18 £45.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +2.62% +73.08% +30.00%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in the South East

Technical Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Manager in the South East

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Manager in the South East

Technical Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Manager in the South East

Technical 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 Technical Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Hampshire +4 8 £372 -52.03% 3
Thames Valley +8 5 £500 +5.26% 10
Kent +3 3 £563 +4.17%
West Sussex +20 2 £455 -8.54% 4
Oxfordshire +10 2 £500 +11.11% 5
East Sussex +1 2 £420 -35.38% 3
Berkshire 0 2 - - 1
Buckinghamshire +23 1 £400 -20.00% 4
Surrey +17 1 £450 -14.29% 3
Technical Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 South East region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 13 (61.90%) Project Management
2 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
3 7 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 7 (33.33%) Change Control
3 7 (33.33%) Finance
4 6 (28.57%) PRINCE2
5 5 (23.81%) Migration
5 5 (23.81%) Agile
5 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (23.81%) Business Case
5 5 (23.81%) Budget Management
6 4 (19.05%) Project Governance
6 4 (19.05%) Data Centre
6 4 (19.05%) Project Planning
6 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
7 3 (14.29%) ITIL
7 3 (14.29%) Windows
7 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (14.29%) Critical Path Analysis
7 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 3 (14.29%) Azure
7 3 (14.29%) Line Management
7 3 (14.29%) Work Breakdown Structure
7 3 (14.29%) PMO
7 3 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
7 3 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (14.29%) Budget Responsibility
8 2 (9.52%) Resource Allocation
8 2 (9.52%) Power Platform

Technical 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 1 (4.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) IaaS
2 2 (9.52%) PaaS
2 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.52%) SaaS
2 2 (9.52%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Firewall
1 1 (4.76%) VPN
1 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Retail
5 1 (4.76%) French Language
5 1 (4.76%) Law
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.76%) CMDB
3 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.76%) PMI
3 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Project Management
2 7 (33.33%) Change Control
2 7 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 6 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 5 (23.81%) Agile
4 5 (23.81%) Budget Management
4 5 (23.81%) Business Case
4 5 (23.81%) Migration
5 4 (19.05%) Project Governance
5 4 (19.05%) Project Planning
6 3 (14.29%) Budget Responsibility
6 3 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
6 3 (14.29%) Critical Path Analysis
6 3 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (14.29%) ITIL
6 3 (14.29%) Line Management
6 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 3 (14.29%) Work Breakdown Structure
6 3 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (9.52%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) PMO
2 2 (9.52%) QA
3 1 (4.76%) ISO 9001
3 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Planview
3 1 (4.76%) Adobe
3 1 (4.76%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) Zscaler