IT Manager Contracts in London

IT Manager
England > London

The median IT Manager daily rate in London is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 224 224
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +50
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 178 307 522
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.01% 1.15% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.20% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 243 375
10th Percentile £363 £407 £384
25th Percentile £463 £471 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £632
90th Percentile £728 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £30.81 £57.75 £26.97
25th Percentile £31.84 £60.00 £30.39
Median hourly rate £33.55 £62.50 £39.13
Median % change year-on-year -46.32% +59.74% +46.81%
75th Percentile £34.21 £68.44 £44.10
90th Percentile £34.61 £76.88 £44.64
England median hourly rate £30.12 £62.50 £34.45
% change year-on-year -51.81% +81.42% +18.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,498 25,529 37,134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.28% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,929 18,487 27,116
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £680
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 291 449
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.45
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.57 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% +1.43% +9.38%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.25 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.80 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in London

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in London.

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in London

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in London

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in London

IT Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Central London +23 27 £625 +6.38% 8
West London +7 5 £500 -2.44% 7
South London +8 3 £475 -14.61% 6
East London -3 3 £540 -8.47% 1
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, IT 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 London region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 82 (46.07%) Finance
2 59 (33.15%) Project Management
3 44 (24.72%) Banking
4 41 (23.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (20.22%) Agile
6 30 (16.85%) Change Management
7 29 (16.29%) Social Skills
8 19 (10.67%) Azure
9 15 (8.43%) PRINCE2
9 15 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (7.30%) Migration
10 13 (7.30%) Microsoft
10 13 (7.30%) Project Delivery
11 11 (6.18%) PMP
11 11 (6.18%) Waterfall
11 11 (6.18%) Static Application Security Testing
11 11 (6.18%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
12 10 (5.62%) Public Sector
12 10 (5.62%) Roadmaps
12 10 (5.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (5.62%) PMI Certification
12 10 (5.62%) Risk Management
13 9 (5.06%) SharePoint
13 9 (5.06%) SC Cleared
13 9 (5.06%) Security Cleared
13 9 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 9 (5.06%) Vulnerability Management
13 9 (5.06%) Problem-Solving
14 8 (4.49%) Cybersecurity
14 8 (4.49%) Budget Management

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 9 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.69%) CMS
4 1 (0.56%) Appian
4 1 (0.56%) Confluence
4 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.56%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 19 (10.67%) Azure
2 15 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.81%) SaaS
3 5 (2.81%) WhatsApp
4 3 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.12%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.56%) AWS
6 1 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.56%) IaaS
6 1 (0.56%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.56%) PaaS
6 1 (0.56%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.56%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.12%) Firewall
1 2 (1.12%) LAN
2 1 (0.56%) Intranet
2 1 (0.56%) Network Security
2 1 (0.56%) Skype
2 1 (0.56%) WAN
2 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.56%) Mixpanel
2 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.56%) Power BI
2 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (4.49%) JIRA
General
1 82 (46.07%) Finance
2 44 (24.72%) Banking
3 29 (16.29%) Social Skills
4 10 (5.62%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.37%) Legal
5 6 (3.37%) Local Government
6 5 (2.81%) Law
7 4 (2.25%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.25%) Investment Banking
7 4 (2.25%) Marketing
7 4 (2.25%) Military
8 3 (1.69%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.69%) French Language
8 3 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.12%) Back Office
9 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.12%) Front Office
9 2 (1.12%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.56%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) ADO
1 1 (0.56%) Express.js
1 1 (0.56%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.56%) Node.js
1 1 (0.56%) React
1 1 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.93%) Onboarding
2 5 (2.81%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.25%) FMCG
3 4 (2.25%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.69%) CMDB
4 3 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.12%) PMI
5 2 (1.12%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.12%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.56%) Derivative
6 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.56%) Life Science
6 1 (0.56%) LIMS
6 1 (0.56%) NHS
6 1 (0.56%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.56%) Tandem
6 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.81%) Windows
2 1 (0.56%) Linux
2 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.56%) Unix
2 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.56%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (33.15%) Project Management
2 41 (23.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (20.22%) Agile
4 30 (16.85%) Change Management
5 15 (8.43%) PRINCE2
6 13 (7.30%) Migration
6 13 (7.30%) Project Delivery
7 11 (6.18%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
7 11 (6.18%) Static Application Security Testing
7 11 (6.18%) Waterfall
8 10 (5.62%) Risk Management
8 10 (5.62%) Roadmaps
8 10 (5.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (5.06%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (5.06%) Vulnerability Management
10 8 (4.49%) Budget Management
10 8 (4.49%) Budgeting
10 8 (4.49%) Business Case
10 8 (4.49%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (4.49%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.56%) C#
1 1 (0.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (6.18%) PMP
2 10 (5.62%) PMI Certification
3 9 (5.06%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.06%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.93%) Degree
5 5 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.25%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.12%) CCNA
7 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.56%) CISM
8 1 (0.56%) CISSP
8 1 (0.56%) MCSE
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.37%) NIST
3 5 (2.81%) SLA
4 4 (2.25%) PMO
5 3 (1.69%) EMIR
5 3 (1.69%) GDPR
6 2 (1.12%) Basel III
6 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.12%) MiFID
7 1 (0.56%) COBIT
7 1 (0.56%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.56%) FedRAMP
7 1 (0.56%) GxP
7 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.56%) IFRS
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.56%) QA
7 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.56%) vCloud
2 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Avamar
1 1 (0.56%) Matomo
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.56%) SCCM
1 1 (0.56%) Terraform
1 1 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (7.30%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.93%) Cisco
2 7 (3.93%) SAP
3 5 (2.81%) Adobe
4 4 (2.25%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.25%) VMware
5 3 (1.69%) Guidewire
6 2 (1.12%) Aruba
6 2 (1.12%) Civica
6 2 (1.12%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.12%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.12%) Workday
7 1 (0.56%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.56%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.56%) Citrix
7 1 (0.56%) EMC
7 1 (0.56%) Iron Mountain
7 1 (0.56%) Pega
7 1 (0.56%) Radianz
7 1 (0.56%) Reuters