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 £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 100 106
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manager 27 22 31
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.48% 1.06% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 1.14% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 15 22
10th Percentile £500 £529 £533
25th Percentile £525 £556 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -
75th Percentile £731 £725 £750
90th Percentile £819 £838 £800
Central London median daily rate £625 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% +3.85%

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 1,706 1,922 2,383
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.58% 93.03% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,182 1,714
10th Percentile £328 £363 £350
25th Percentile £423 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -
75th Percentile £675 £685 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £569
% change year-on-year -4.35% +1.05% -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 14
10th Percentile £19.98 £15.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.36 £22.00 £19.51
Median hourly rate £31.00 £57.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.09% +134.69% -30.00%
75th Percentile £43.33 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £55.25 £132.40 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £24.99
% change year-on-year -25.40% +40.08% -23.12%

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 December 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 & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, 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 12 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (40.74%) Project Management
3 9 (33.33%) Business Case
4 8 (29.63%) Agile
5 7 (25.93%) Migration
5 7 (25.93%) Scrum
6 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (18.52%) Business Strategy
7 5 (18.52%) CRM
7 5 (18.52%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (18.52%) JIRA
7 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
8 4 (14.81%) B2B
8 4 (14.81%) Change Management
8 4 (14.81%) QA
8 4 (14.81%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
9 3 (11.11%) Degree
9 3 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (11.11%) Line Management
9 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
9 3 (11.11%) Programme Management
9 3 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
9 3 (11.11%) SAP
9 3 (11.11%) Target Operating Model
9 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
10 2 (7.41%) Adobe
10 2 (7.41%) Analytics
10 2 (7.41%) AWS

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 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (7.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (7.41%) AWS
2 2 (7.41%) GCP
2 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.70%) Azure
3 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.70%) ChatGPT
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) JIRA
General
1 14 (51.85%) Finance
2 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Banking
4 3 (11.11%) Marketing
4 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Legal
5 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.70%) Front Office
6 1 (3.70%) Games
6 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.70%) Law
6 1 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Publishing
6 1 (3.70%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.41%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.41%) Reinsurance
2 2 (7.41%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) Derivative
3 1 (3.70%) Fixed Income
3 1 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (40.74%) Project Management
3 9 (33.33%) Business Case
4 8 (29.63%) Agile
5 7 (25.93%) Migration
5 7 (25.93%) Scrum
6 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (18.52%) Business Strategy
7 5 (18.52%) CRM
7 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
8 4 (14.81%) B2B
8 4 (14.81%) Change Management
8 4 (14.81%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
9 3 (11.11%) Line Management
9 3 (11.11%) Programme Management
9 3 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
9 3 (11.11%) Target Operating Model
9 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.41%) PMP
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) APMG
3 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.70%) MBA
3 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) QA
2 2 (7.41%) PMO
3 1 (3.70%) Dodd-Frank
3 1 (3.70%) EMIR
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
3 1 (3.70%) MiFID
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 3 (11.11%) SAP
2 2 (7.41%) Adobe
2 2 (7.41%) Google
2 2 (7.41%) Salesforce
2 2 (7.41%) Workday
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle