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 £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 161 176
Rank change year-on-year +5 +15 +54
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 19 20 36
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.52% 0.47% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.51% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 23
10th Percentile £385 £364 £413
25th Percentile £483 £374 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £594 £574 £640
90th Percentile £684 £588 £778
England median daily rate £550 £519 £525
% change year-on-year +6.02% -1.19% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £53.25 £66.00
% change year-on-year -1.41% -19.32% -7.39%

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 3,259 3,910 5,211
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.51% 92.24% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,113 2,339 3,506
10th Percentile £204 £250 £210
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -0.98% +2.50%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £614
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 232 253
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.74 £27.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.79 £58.17 £51.90
Median % change year-on-year -64.26% +12.09% +66.61%
75th Percentile £50.00 £74.03 £67.50
90th Percentile £71.35 £75.38 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.94 £45.88
% change year-on-year -41.43% -6.41% +60.98%

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 21 October 2025.

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 21 October 2025. 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 10 £525 +5.00% 28
Hampshire +8 7 £525 +41.23% 2
Berkshire +14 5 £587 - 22
Buckinghamshire +10 5 £500 +25.00% 6
Kent -2 2 £565 +0.44% 3
East Sussex +2 1 - - 2
Technical Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, 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 8 (42.11%) Agile
1 8 (42.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) Project Management
3 5 (26.32%) Migration
4 4 (21.05%) Data Migration
4 4 (21.05%) JIRA
4 4 (21.05%) Oracle
4 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
4 4 (21.05%) Scrum
5 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.79%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
6 2 (10.53%) AWS
6 2 (10.53%) Confluence
6 2 (10.53%) DSDM
6 2 (10.53%) ERP
6 2 (10.53%) OCI
6 2 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (10.53%) PMI Certification
6 2 (10.53%) PMP
6 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
6 2 (10.53%) Project Governance
6 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
6 2 (10.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (10.53%) Service Management
6 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (10.53%) System Integration Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
7 1 (5.26%) 5G

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 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) AWS
1 2 (10.53%) OCI
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.26%) OpenShift
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) 5G
1 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
General
1 6 (31.58%) Finance
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) French Language
3 1 (5.26%) Greek Language
3 1 (5.26%) Italian Language
3 1 (5.26%) Legal
3 1 (5.26%) Portuguese Language
3 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Agile
1 8 (42.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) Project Management
3 5 (26.32%) Migration
4 4 (21.05%) Data Migration
4 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
4 4 (21.05%) Scrum
5 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
6 2 (10.53%) DSDM
6 2 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
6 2 (10.53%) Project Governance
6 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
6 2 (10.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (10.53%) Service Management
6 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (10.53%) System Integration Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) PMI Certification
1 2 (10.53%) PMP
2 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) OCP
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PgMP
2 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco
2 1 (5.26%) Google
2 1 (5.26%) Samsung