Category Manager Contracts in the City of London

Category Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Category Manager daily rate in the City of London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 123 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Category Manager 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.11% 0.092% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.096% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £441 -
25th Percentile £538 £489 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £589 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% - -
75th Percentile £613 £699 -
90th Percentile - £754 -
Central London median daily rate £575 £589 -
% change year-on-year -2.34% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,634 2,075 3,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.10% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,474 2,351
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -5.41%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -5.41%

Category Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Category Manager in the City of London

Category Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Category Manager in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Category Manager in the City of London

Category Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 across the City of London region featuring Category Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Multichannel Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps

Category Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) Multichannel Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Relationship Management