IT Manager Contracts in the City of London

IT Manager
Central London > City of London

The median IT Manager daily rate in the City of 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 98 98 135
Rank change year-on-year 0 +37 -9
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 25 29 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.42% 1.32% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 1.39% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 32
10th Percentile £461 £363 £279
25th Percentile £525 £495 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £588
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +4.26% +4.68%
75th Percentile £642 £676 £675
90th Percentile £688 £741 £719
Central London median daily rate £600 £613 £569
% change year-on-year -2.04% +7.69% +1.34%

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 2,084 3,467
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.07% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,026 1,480 2,358
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £561 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% -6.46% +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% -6.67%
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% -6.67%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the City of London

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the City of London

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the City of London

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the City of London

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 3 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 City of London region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 19 (76.00%) Finance
2 11 (44.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (32.00%) Project Management
3 8 (32.00%) Budget Management
4 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
5 6 (24.00%) Legal
6 5 (20.00%) Agile
6 5 (20.00%) Banking
6 5 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (16.00%) CISA
7 4 (16.00%) Migration
7 4 (16.00%) COBIT
7 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 4 (16.00%) Resource Allocation
7 4 (16.00%) NIST
8 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
8 3 (12.00%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
8 3 (12.00%) Regulatory Compliance
8 3 (12.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
8 3 (12.00%) GDPR
8 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
8 3 (12.00%) Network Architecture
8 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
8 3 (12.00%) JIRA
8 3 (12.00%) Planview
8 3 (12.00%) COSO
8 3 (12.00%) Degree
8 3 (12.00%) Management Information System

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.00%) Confluence
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) AWS
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
1 2 (8.00%) SaaS
2 1 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 19 (76.00%) Finance
2 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Legal
4 5 (20.00%) Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.00%) International Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Law
6 1 (4.00%) Marketing
6 1 (4.00%) Publishing
6 1 (4.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.00%) FMCG
2 1 (4.00%) Learning Management System
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.00%) PMI
2 1 (4.00%) Replication
2 1 (4.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
1 2 (8.00%) Unix
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (32.00%) Budget Management
2 8 (32.00%) Project Management
3 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
4 5 (20.00%) Agile
4 5 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 4 (16.00%) Migration
5 4 (16.00%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 3 (12.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 3 (12.00%) Network Architecture
6 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (12.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (12.00%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
6 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
7 2 (8.00%) Business Analysis
7 2 (8.00%) Change Management
7 2 (8.00%) Cloud Security
7 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) CISA
2 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (8.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.00%) CISM
4 1 (4.00%) CISSP
4 1 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) COBIT
1 4 (16.00%) NIST
2 3 (12.00%) COSO
2 3 (12.00%) GDPR
2 3 (12.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (8.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (8.00%) PMO
4 1 (4.00%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (12.00%) Planview
2 1 (4.00%) Aruba
2 1 (4.00%) Citrix