Category Manager Contracts

Category Manager
UK

The median Category Manager daily rate in the UK is £613, 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 554 682 834
Rank change year-on-year +128 +152 -108
Contract jobs requiring a Category Manager 30 15 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.027% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.029% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 11 11
10th Percentile £434 £306 £275
25th Percentile £563 £445 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £550 £485
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +13.40% -13.78%
75th Percentile £626 £644 £563
90th Percentile £700 £684 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £619 £550 £408
% change year-on-year +12.55% +34.78% -13.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40.75 £31.17 -
Median hourly rate £41.50 £31.92 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.01% - -
75th Percentile £42.25 £32.67 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Category Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Category Manager in the UK

Category Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Category Manager in the UK

Category Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Category Manager in the UK

Category Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Category Manager in the UK

Category Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Category Manager within the UK 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
England +90 19 £588 +6.82% 30
UK excluding London +38 19 £619 +12.55% 17
Work from Home +118 9 £607 +3.23% 17
London +85 8 £600 -4.00% 16
Scotland - 8 £626 -
South East +16 5 £700 +124.00% 7
East of England +7 3 £310 -43.64% 1
North of England +16 2 - - 1
Yorkshire - 2 - -
South West +1 1 £450 -28.00% 2

Category Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Category 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 featuring Category Manager in the job title.

1 16 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (36.67%) Degree
3 10 (33.33%) Finance
4 8 (26.67%) Oracle
5 7 (23.33%) Customer Service
6 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 6 (20.00%) Legal
6 6 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
6 6 (20.00%) Agile
7 5 (16.67%) IT Strategy
8 4 (13.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (13.33%) Digital Strategy
9 3 (10.00%) Business Strategy
9 3 (10.00%) Marketing
9 3 (10.00%) Contract Management
9 3 (10.00%) FMCG
9 3 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
9 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
9 3 (10.00%) Master's Degree
9 3 (10.00%) Risk Management
9 3 (10.00%) Law
9 3 (10.00%) Supplier Management
10 2 (6.67%) NEC
10 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
10 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
10 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
11 1 (3.33%) Due Diligence
11 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (3.33%) Cost Reduction

Category Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
General
1 10 (33.33%) Finance
2 6 (20.00%) Legal
2 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Law
4 3 (10.00%) Marketing
4 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.33%) Banking
5 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) FMCG
2 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (23.33%) Customer Service
3 6 (20.00%) Agile
3 6 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
4 5 (16.67%) IT Strategy
5 4 (13.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (13.33%) Digital Strategy
6 3 (10.00%) Business Strategy
6 3 (10.00%) Contract Management
6 3 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
6 3 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (10.00%) Supplier Management
7 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (3.33%) Cost Reduction
8 1 (3.33%) Customer Requirements
8 1 (3.33%) Decision-Making
8 1 (3.33%) Due Diligence
8 1 (3.33%) Logistics
8 1 (3.33%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (3.33%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Oracle
2 2 (6.67%) NEC
3 1 (3.33%) IBM
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.33%) SAP