Support Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Support Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Support Manager daily rate in the City of London is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 - 124
Rank change year-on-year - - +52
Contract jobs requiring a Support Manager 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.090% - 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% - 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £403
25th Percentile £713 - £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £413
75th Percentile £738 - £528
90th Percentile - - £594
Central London median daily rate £725 - £413

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 2,098 1,638 2,123
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 92.75% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,425 1,033 1,517
10th Percentile £354 £351 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -5.86%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £795
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 17
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £16.46
25th Percentile £18.90 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £36.28 £32.83 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +42.72% -34.29%
75th Percentile £52.41 £52.50 £27.50
90th Percentile £62.36 £96.38 £44.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £26.56
% change year-on-year -10.18% +9.45% -24.11%

Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Support Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Support Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Support Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Support Manager Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, Support 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 Support Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Support 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL