Engineering Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Engineering Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Engineering Manager daily rate in the City of London is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 129 143
Rank change year-on-year +10 +14 +51
Contract jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.12% 0.048% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.051% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £588 - -
25th Percentile £625 - £656
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £663
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.67%
75th Percentile £775 - £728
90th Percentile £813 - £764
Central London median daily rate £700 - £663
% change year-on-year - - -11.67%

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 1,600 1,958 2,629
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.46% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,203 1,841
10th Percentile £325 £363 £353
25th Percentile £418 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £775 £782 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 15
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.06 £17.97
Median hourly rate £27.50 £57.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +51.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £41.75 £112.00 £50.63
90th Percentile £64.11 £137.50 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.09% -5.41% -8.64%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Engineering Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Engineering Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Engineering Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Engineering Manager in the City of London

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, Engineering Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning