IT Manager Contracts in Central London

IT Manager
London > Central London

The median IT Manager daily rate in Central London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 103 130
Rank change year-on-year +2 +27 -5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 28 30 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.40% 1.23% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 1.29% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 33
10th Percentile £461 £363 £283
25th Percentile £525 £495 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +6.52% +2.22%
75th Percentile £641 £676 £675
90th Percentile £688 £741 £715
London median daily rate £550 £575 £556
% change year-on-year -4.30% +3.37% +1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
London median hourly rate £35.00 £33.55 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% -46.32% +81.42%

All Contract 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 1,852 2,329 3,676
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 95.22% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,658 2,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £454 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £682 £725
90th Percentile £775 £794 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 32 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.81 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £43.38 £86.65
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Central London

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in Central London.

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in Central London

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in Central London

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in Central London

IT 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 IT Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +3 25 £600 -2.04% 24
West End of London - 1 £550 - 4
City of Westminster - 1 £550 -
IT Manager
London

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 IT Manager in the job title.

1 19 (67.86%) Finance
2 13 (46.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (32.14%) Project Management
4 8 (28.57%) Agile
4 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 8 (28.57%) Budget Management
5 7 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 6 (21.43%) Legal
7 5 (17.86%) Banking
7 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2
7 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (14.29%) CISA
8 4 (14.29%) Migration
8 4 (14.29%) COBIT
8 4 (14.29%) Azure
8 4 (14.29%) NIST
8 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 4 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
9 3 (10.71%) GDPR
9 3 (10.71%) Regulatory Compliance
9 3 (10.71%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
9 3 (10.71%) Project Delivery
9 3 (10.71%) Roadmaps
9 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (10.71%) Network Architecture
9 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (10.71%) Waterfall
9 3 (10.71%) Data Centre
9 3 (10.71%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
9 3 (10.71%) COSO

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) AWS
2 2 (7.14%) SaaS
3 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.57%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
General
1 19 (67.86%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Legal
4 5 (17.86%) Banking
5 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.57%) International Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Law
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
6 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Publishing
6 1 (3.57%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Data Centre
1 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.57%) e-Learning
2 1 (3.57%) FMCG
2 1 (3.57%) Learning Management System
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.57%) PMI
2 1 (3.57%) Replication
2 1 (3.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Linux
1 2 (7.14%) Unix
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (32.14%) Project Management
3 8 (28.57%) Agile
3 8 (28.57%) Budget Management
4 7 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2
6 4 (14.29%) Migration
6 4 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
6 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 3 (10.71%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (10.71%) Information Security
7 3 (10.71%) Network Architecture
7 3 (10.71%) Programme Management
7 3 (10.71%) Project Delivery
7 3 (10.71%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (10.71%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
7 3 (10.71%) Roadmaps
7 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (10.71%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) CISA
2 3 (10.71%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) PMI Certification
3 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.57%) CISM
4 1 (3.57%) CISSP
4 1 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (3.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) COBIT
1 4 (14.29%) NIST
2 3 (10.71%) COSO
2 3 (10.71%) GDPR
2 3 (10.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (7.14%) Accessibility
3 2 (7.14%) PMO
4 1 (3.57%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
1 3 (10.71%) Planview
2 1 (3.57%) Aruba
2 1 (3.57%) Citrix