Senior Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Senior Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Manager daily rate in the City of London is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 104 107
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 39 13 26
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.85% 0.73% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% 0.79% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 8 19
10th Percentile £536 £578 £507
25th Percentile £585 £647 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £700 £730
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% -4.11% +12.31%
75th Percentile £738 £838 £800
90th Percentile £885 - £825
Central London median daily rate £625 £700 £730
% change year-on-year -10.71% -4.11% +12.31%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,985 1,643 2,218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.72% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,368 1,041 1,582
10th Percentile £350 £363 £340
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -5.46%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 8 18
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £15.73
25th Percentile £19.05 £24.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.75 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year -11.81% +36.56% -33.57%
75th Percentile £49.83 £38.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £90.38 £49.20
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -15.77% +11.47% -20.54%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Senior Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Manager in the City of London

Senior Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 21 March 2026, Senior 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 Senior Manager in the job title.

1 14 (35.90%) Agile
1 14 (35.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (33.33%) Project Management
3 9 (23.08%) Business Case
3 9 (23.08%) Scrum
4 7 (17.95%) Change Management
4 7 (17.95%) Migration
4 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (15.38%) CRM
5 6 (15.38%) PMP
6 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
6 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
7 4 (10.26%) Business Development
7 4 (10.26%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.26%) Degree
7 4 (10.26%) JIRA
7 4 (10.26%) Project Delivery
7 4 (10.26%) Waterfall
8 3 (7.69%) B2B
8 3 (7.69%) Budget Management
8 3 (7.69%) Budgeting
8 3 (7.69%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 3 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (7.69%) Impact Assessments
8 3 (7.69%) Line Management
8 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.69%) QA
8 3 (7.69%) Salesforce

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.56%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (7.69%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.56%) Aladdin
3 1 (2.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.56%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.56%) ChatGPT
3 1 (2.56%) dbt
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.56%) SaaS
3 1 (2.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) BT 21CN
1 1 (2.56%) NaaS
1 1 (2.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (10.26%) JIRA
General
1 18 (46.15%) Finance
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.95%) Law
4 6 (15.38%) Banking
5 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (10.26%) Marketing
6 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
7 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.13%) Retail
8 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.56%) Front Office
8 1 (2.56%) Legal
8 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.56%) Publishing
8 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.13%) Reinsurance
2 2 (5.13%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.56%) Derivative
3 1 (2.56%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.56%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) Agile
1 14 (35.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (33.33%) Project Management
3 9 (23.08%) Business Case
3 9 (23.08%) Scrum
4 7 (17.95%) Change Management
4 7 (17.95%) Migration
4 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (15.38%) CRM
6 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
7 4 (10.26%) Business Development
7 4 (10.26%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.26%) Project Delivery
7 4 (10.26%) Waterfall
8 3 (7.69%) Budget Management
8 3 (7.69%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 3 (7.69%) Impact Assessments
8 3 (7.69%) Line Management
8 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.69%) Stakeholder Map
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) PMP
2 4 (10.26%) Degree
3 2 (5.13%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.56%) MBA
4 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) QA
2 2 (5.13%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) Salesforce
2 3 (7.69%) SAP
3 2 (5.13%) Workday
4 1 (2.56%) Adaptive Insights
4 1 (2.56%) BT
4 1 (2.56%) Charles River
4 1 (2.56%) Oracle
4 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow