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 £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 99 116
Rank change year-on-year -1 +17 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 22 28 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.25% 1.35% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 1.44% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 17 27
10th Percentile £403 £502 £475
25th Percentile £500 £525 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -6.40% -1.19%
75th Percentile £725 £700 £725
90th Percentile £777 £780 £793
Central London median daily rate £588 £585 £625
% change year-on-year +0.43% -6.40% +1.83%

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 1,651 1,950 2,878
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 94.25% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,105 1,232 1,990
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £423 £463 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £774 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £580
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 13
10th Percentile £17.35 £16.49 £14.67
25th Percentile £23.98 £21.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -22.86% -16.17%
75th Percentile £53.50 £85.63 £42.32
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £65.50
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year -19.57% +14.75% -26.51%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager 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 16 September 2025.

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 and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Senior 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 Senior Manager in the job title.

1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 12 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (45.45%) Finance
4 7 (31.82%) Project Management
5 6 (27.27%) Change Management
5 6 (27.27%) Agile
5 6 (27.27%) AWS
5 6 (27.27%) Business Case
5 6 (27.27%) Business Strategy
6 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (22.73%) Strategic Thinking
6 5 (22.73%) Marketing
6 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
7 4 (18.18%) Adobe
7 4 (18.18%) B2B
7 4 (18.18%) CRM
7 4 (18.18%) Salesforce
7 4 (18.18%) Banking
7 4 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (18.18%) Google
7 4 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (18.18%) Azure
7 4 (18.18%) Marketing Strategy
7 4 (18.18%) Business Transformation
7 4 (18.18%) Target Operating Model
7 4 (18.18%) B2B Marketing
7 4 (18.18%) Lead Generation
7 4 (18.18%) Value Proposition
7 4 (18.18%) GCP

Senior 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 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) AWS
2 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 10 (45.45%) Finance
3 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Marketing
4 4 (18.18%) Banking
5 3 (13.64%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Legal
6 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
7 1 (4.55%) Front Office
7 1 (4.55%) Games
7 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
7 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (4.55%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (4.55%) AS400
1 1 (4.55%) Derivative
1 1 (4.55%) Fixed Income
1 1 (4.55%) FMCG
1 1 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (4.55%) iSeries
1 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
1 1 (4.55%) PMI
1 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (31.82%) Project Management
3 6 (27.27%) Agile
3 6 (27.27%) Business Case
3 6 (27.27%) Business Strategy
3 6 (27.27%) Change Management
4 5 (22.73%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (18.18%) B2B
5 4 (18.18%) B2B Marketing
5 4 (18.18%) Business Transformation
5 4 (18.18%) CRM
5 4 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (18.18%) GTM Strategy
5 4 (18.18%) Lead Generation
5 4 (18.18%) Marketing Strategy
5 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 4 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (18.18%) Target Operating Model
5 4 (18.18%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) COBOL
1 1 (4.55%) RPG
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (4.55%) APMG
3 1 (4.55%) CFA
3 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) PMO
1 2 (9.09%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) Dodd-Frank
2 1 (4.55%) EMIR
2 1 (4.55%) MiFID
2 1 (4.55%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Adobe
2 4 (18.18%) Google
2 4 (18.18%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.55%) Avaloq
3 1 (4.55%) FNZ
3 1 (4.55%) IBM