Senior Manager Contracts in Central London

Senior Manager
London > Central London

The median Senior Manager daily rate in Central London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 103 125
Rank change year-on-year -1 +22 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 23 26 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.15% 1.07% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.12% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 35
10th Percentile £450 £399 £468
25th Percentile £525 £575 £565
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £725 £650
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +11.54% +0.78%
75th Percentile £775 £788 £719
90th Percentile £838 £810 £810
London median daily rate £575 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% -

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 1,857 2,323 3,673
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 95.32% 95.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 1,655 2,515
10th Percentile £350 £342 £325
25th Percentile £455 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +4.91%
75th Percentile £675 £682 £725
90th Percentile £775 £795 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 31 27
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.63 £19.36
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £40.00 £86.32
London median hourly rate £34.65 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +26.00% -21.43% -

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in Central London

Senior Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Manager in Central London

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in Central London

Senior Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Manager in Central London

Senior 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 Senior Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 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 -4 17 £600 -17.21% 20
City of Westminster - 3 £575 - 2
Senior Manager
London

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Manager in the job title.

1 18 (78.26%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (56.52%) Project Management
2 13 (56.52%) Finance
3 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
4 9 (39.13%) Agile
5 6 (26.09%) PRINCE2
5 6 (26.09%) Azure
6 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (21.74%) Business Transformation
6 5 (21.74%) Change Management
6 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
7 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (17.39%) PMP
7 4 (17.39%) Banking
7 4 (17.39%) Retail
7 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Transformation
7 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
8 3 (13.04%) Migration
8 3 (13.04%) Product Management
8 3 (13.04%) Change Control
8 3 (13.04%) Degree
8 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
8 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
8 3 (13.04%) ITIL
8 3 (13.04%) Business Case
9 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
9 2 (8.70%) Technology Transformation
9 2 (8.70%) Impact Assessments
9 2 (8.70%) Business Strategy

Senior 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 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (4.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 13 (56.52%) Finance
2 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Banking
3 4 (17.39%) Retail
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.35%) Billing
5 1 (4.35%) Front Office
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Local Government
5 1 (4.35%) Marketing
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (4.35%) FMCG
1 1 (4.35%) PMI
1 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (56.52%) Project Management
3 9 (39.13%) Agile
4 6 (26.09%) PRINCE2
5 5 (21.74%) Business Transformation
5 5 (21.74%) Change Management
5 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
6 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Transformation
6 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
7 3 (13.04%) Business Case
7 3 (13.04%) Change Control
7 3 (13.04%) ITIL
7 3 (13.04%) Migration
7 3 (13.04%) Product Management
8 2 (8.70%) CRM
8 2 (8.70%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 2 (8.70%) Scrum
8 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) PMP
2 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
3 2 (8.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe
2 1 (4.35%) Google
2 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.35%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow