IT Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

IT Manager
Central London > City of Westminster

The median IT Manager daily rate in the City of Westminster is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 11 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 2.08% 2.27% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.27% 2.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% - -
Central London median daily rate £688 £600 £613
% change year-on-year +14.58% -2.04% +6.52%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of Westminster. 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 Westminster with a recognized job title 44 40 44
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 90.91% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 31 30
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £416 £411 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £556
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% -1.12% +1.14%
75th Percentile £630 £621 £799
90th Percentile £650 £675 £919
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £20.78 - -
25th Percentile £24.21 - -
Median hourly rate £26.11 - £40.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £25.78
% change year-on-year -10.18% +12.76% -26.34%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

IT Manager job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

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

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

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 Westminster region over the 6 months to 1 May 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Paddington - 1 £350 -
IT Manager
Central London

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster

For the 6 months to 1 May 2026, IT 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 Westminster region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Analysis

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification