Technical Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Technical Manager
England > South East

The median Technical Manager daily rate in the South East is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 151 173
Rank change year-on-year -9 +22 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 25 11 27
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.57% 0.34% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.36% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 19
10th Percentile £390 £356 £393
25th Percentile £450 £500 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +7.32% +28.13%
75th Percentile £636 £575 £539
90th Percentile £648 £598 £668
England median daily rate £568 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +3.18% +4.76% -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 3,991 3,018 4,794
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.78% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,595 1,878 3,048
10th Percentile £255 £234 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 107 319
10th Percentile £13.88 £19.70 £13.90
25th Percentile £16.55 £24.34 £23.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -15.00% +12.99%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £64.75
90th Percentile £81.50 £71.51 £76.53
England median hourly rate £28.65 £35.00 £40.28
% change year-on-year -18.16% -13.10% +15.07%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Technical Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies 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 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Manager in the South East

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies 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 January 2026. 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 -10 13 £562 +12.40% 13
Hampshire -16 11 £648 +42.97% 7
Berkshire -9 9 £624 - 10
Buckinghamshire - 4 £440 - 3
Kent -1 2 £565 +0.44% 1
East Sussex - 1 - -
Technical Manager
England

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 20 January 2026, Technical Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 12 (48.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (44.00%) Migration
3 9 (36.00%) Agile
4 8 (32.00%) Data Migration
5 7 (28.00%) Oracle
5 7 (28.00%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
6 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (24.00%) Project Management
7 4 (16.00%) ERP
7 4 (16.00%) OCI
7 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
8 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (12.00%) DV Cleared
8 3 (12.00%) JIRA
8 3 (12.00%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
8 3 (12.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
8 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (12.00%) System Integration Testing
9 2 (8.00%) AWS
9 2 (8.00%) Business Transformation
9 2 (8.00%) Confluence
9 2 (8.00%) DSDM
9 2 (8.00%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (8.00%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (8.00%) PRINCE2
9 2 (8.00%) Proactive Management
9 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (8.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) OCI
2 2 (8.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (32.00%) Finance
2 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.00%) French Language
3 1 (4.00%) Greek Language
3 1 (4.00%) Italian Language
3 1 (4.00%) Legal
3 1 (4.00%) Portuguese Language
3 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Spanish Language
3 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (44.00%) Migration
3 9 (36.00%) Agile
4 8 (32.00%) Data Migration
5 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
6 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (24.00%) Project Management
7 4 (16.00%) ERP
7 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
8 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (12.00%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
8 3 (12.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (12.00%) System Integration Testing
9 2 (8.00%) Business Transformation
9 2 (8.00%) Proactive Management
9 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
9 2 (8.00%) SIEM
9 2 (8.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) OCP
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (4.00%) PgMP
2 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.00%) PMP
2 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.00%) Splunk
3 1 (4.00%) Google
3 1 (4.00%) Samsung