Engineering Manager Contract Job Trends in Central London

Engineering Manager
London > Central London

The median Engineering Manager daily rate in Central London is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 129 161
Rank change year-on-year +5 +32 +43
Contract jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 3 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.15% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.19% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £588 - -
25th Percentile £625 - £656
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £719
Median % change year-on-year - -2.61% -7.26%
75th Percentile £775 - £809
90th Percentile £813 - £849
London median daily rate £625 £681 £725
% change year-on-year -8.26% -6.03% -3.33%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,837 2,160 3,190
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 94.36% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,232 1,426 2,210
10th Percentile £315 £363 £325
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £576
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.09% +2.31%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £782 £800
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 21 13
10th Percentile £18.69 £20.22 £14.67
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.13 £21.25
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -22.86% -15.66%
75th Percentile £41.81 £61.25 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.93 £137.50 £65.50
London median hourly rate £30.50 £34.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year -10.95% -8.67% +15.21%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Engineering Manager in Central London

Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Central London

Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Engineering Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 6 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Engineering Manager in Central London

Engineering Manager
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Engineering Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 September 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
City of London +6 3 £700 - 18
Engineering Manager
London

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 6 September 2025, Engineering 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 Central London region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Planview
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
3 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Planview