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 £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 95 128
Rank change year-on-year -1 +33 +13
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IT Manager 26 25 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.42% 1.22% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 1.28% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 33
10th Percentile £421 £457 £481
25th Percentile £474 £509 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £569 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.20% -5.21% +7.38%
75th Percentile £673 £638 £723
90th Percentile £730 £708 £820
Central London median daily rate £581 £569 £600
% change year-on-year +2.20% -5.21% +5.49%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,722 1,947 3,016
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 94.65% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,136 1,279 2,074
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 12
10th Percentile £17.62 £15.87 £14.42
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.88 £20.09
Median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% -27.03% -11.90%
75th Percentile £50.25 £89.06 £56.56
90th Percentile £65.21 £137.50 £76.63
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +4.26% -23.94% -14.46%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies 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 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the City of London

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in the City of London

IT Manager
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Moorgate - 1 £625 -
IT Manager
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 23 August 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 14 (53.85%) Finance
2 10 (38.46%) Banking
3 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (34.62%) Project Management
4 6 (23.08%) ITIL
4 6 (23.08%) Project Delivery
5 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
5 5 (19.23%) Service Management
5 5 (19.23%) ITSM
5 5 (19.23%) Risk Management
5 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (15.38%) Change Management
6 4 (15.38%) Legal
6 4 (15.38%) PMO
6 4 (15.38%) Agile
7 3 (11.54%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (11.54%) Budget Management
7 3 (11.54%) Migration
7 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
7 3 (11.54%) SaaS
7 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (11.54%) Degree
7 3 (11.54%) JIRA
8 2 (7.69%) Supplier Management
8 2 (7.69%) International Banking
8 2 (7.69%) FMCG
8 2 (7.69%) Process Improvement

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 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.85%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) SaaS
2 2 (7.69%) Asana
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.85%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.85%) DHCP
2 1 (3.85%) DNS
2 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
General
1 14 (53.85%) Finance
2 10 (38.46%) Banking
3 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Legal
5 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (7.69%) Financial Institution
6 2 (7.69%) International Banking
6 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.85%) Front Office
7 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) FMCG
1 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Replication
1 2 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (3.85%) Credit Risk
2 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.85%) Derivative
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Market Risk
2 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Project Management
1 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (23.08%) ITIL
2 6 (23.08%) Project Delivery
3 5 (19.23%) ITSM
3 5 (19.23%) Risk Management
3 5 (19.23%) Service Management
3 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (15.38%) Agile
4 4 (15.38%) Change Management
5 3 (11.54%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (11.54%) Budget Management
5 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (11.54%) Migration
5 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
5 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.69%) Cost Reduction
6 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.69%) Roadmaps
6 2 (7.69%) Scenario Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (7.69%) PMP
2 2 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.85%) CISA
3 1 (3.85%) CRISC
3 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) PMO
2 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.85%) GDPR
2 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) Citrix
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle
1 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
1 1 (3.85%) Sophos
1 1 (3.85%) VMware