IT Services Manager Contracts in London

IT Service Manager
England > London

The median IT Service Manager daily rate in London is £445, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 367 460
Rank change year-on-year +23 +93 +74
Contract jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 9 24 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.072% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 26
10th Percentile £400 £473 £429
25th Percentile £400 £550 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £650 £511
Median % change year-on-year -31.54% +27.33% -9.24%
75th Percentile £544 £675 £590
90th Percentile £636 - £705
England median daily rate £500 £575 £469
% change year-on-year -13.04% +22.73% -10.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £33.56 -
25th Percentile - £33.57 £56.25
Median hourly rate - £33.90 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - -41.04% +66.91%
75th Percentile - £34.54 £58.75
90th Percentile - £34.74 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £33.90 £57.50
% change year-on-year +106.49% -41.04% +66.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Services Manager in London

IT Services Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Services Manager in London

IT Services Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Services Manager in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Services Manager in London

IT Services Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Services Manager in London

IT Services 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 Services Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +2 1 - - 1
IT Services Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Services 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 Services Manager in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
3 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) Service Management
3 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
3 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
3 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 3 (33.33%) SIAM
4 3 (33.33%) Customer Experience
4 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
4 3 (33.33%) Banking
4 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) Legal
5 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
5 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
5 2 (22.22%) ITSM
5 2 (22.22%) Replication
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
5 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
6 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps

IT Services 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Banking
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
3 1 (11.11%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
3 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
3 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
3 4 (44.44%) Service Management
4 3 (33.33%) Customer Experience
4 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 3 (33.33%) SIAM
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
5 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
5 2 (22.22%) ITSM
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) BMC
2 1 (11.11%) Remedy