IT Services Manager Contract Job Trends in London

IT Service Manager
England > London

The median IT Service Manager daily rate in London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 September 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
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 377 420
Rank change year-on-year +18 +43 +125
Contract jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 14 15 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.10% 0.092% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.098% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 32
10th Percentile £418 £508 £427
25th Percentile £475 £528 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.13% +5.62%
75th Percentile £686 £675 £823
90th Percentile £721 £708 -
England median daily rate £525 £581 £510
% change year-on-year -9.68% +13.97% -7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £57.50
% change year-on-year - - +94.92%

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 12,429 15,270 21,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 94.10% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,328 10,419 15,697
10th Percentile £325 £344 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £681 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 187 235
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.73 £18.30
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.56 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.50 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% -6.67% +15.03%
75th Percentile £50.38 £55.50 £63.88
90th Percentile £66.34 £71.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.25 £43.86
% change year-on-year -46.77% +7.72% +65.51%

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
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies 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 7 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Services Manager in London

IT Services Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies 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 7 September 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 +9 4 £617 +2.83%
West London - 1 £525 -
IT Services Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 September 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 9 (64.29%) ITIL
2 7 (50.00%) Finance
3 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
4 5 (35.71%) Change Management
5 4 (28.57%) ITSM
5 4 (28.57%) Service Management
5 4 (28.57%) Project Management
5 4 (28.57%) Business Continuity
5 4 (28.57%) Banking
6 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
6 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (21.43%) Scenario Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Legal
6 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (21.43%) Replication
6 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
6 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
7 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
7 2 (14.29%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
7 2 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
7 2 (14.29%) International Banking
7 2 (14.29%) Problem Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Legal
4 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
4 2 (14.29%) International Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Portuguese Language
5 1 (7.14%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Replication
2 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.14%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) ITIL
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (35.71%) Change Management
3 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
4 4 (28.57%) Business Continuity
4 4 (28.57%) ITSM
4 4 (28.57%) Project Management
4 4 (28.57%) Service Management
5 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
5 3 (21.43%) Scenario Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
5 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
6 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
6 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.14%) BMC
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Remedy