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 20 April 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
20 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 222 217
Rank change year-on-year +15 -5 +63
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 195 307 537
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.10% 1.12% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 1.18% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 234 386
10th Percentile £356 £413 £400
25th Percentile £450 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £658 £650 £630
90th Percentile £716 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £521 £520
% change year-on-year +0.77% +0.19% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £30.81 £57.75 £27.73
25th Percentile £31.84 £60.00 £32.29
Median hourly rate £33.55 £62.50 £34.45
Median % change year-on-year -46.32% +81.42% +29.27%
75th Percentile £34.21 £68.44 £43.80
90th Percentile £34.61 £76.88 £44.52
England median hourly rate £30.12 £63.75 £34.83
% change year-on-year -52.75% +83.06% +30.68%

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 16,530 26,066 37,453
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 95.27% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,944 18,827 27,337
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £441 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 295 456
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.99 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.57 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.66% +1.43% +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.95 £77.30 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.76%

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 20 April 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 20 April 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 +31 30 £613 +11.36% 8
West London +3 7 £500 -4.21% 11
East London -1 5 £540 -8.47% 3
South London +9 3 £475 -14.61% 5
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 April 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 85 (43.59%) Finance
2 68 (34.87%) Project Management
3 49 (25.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (24.10%) Banking
5 42 (21.54%) Agile
6 33 (16.92%) Change Management
7 30 (15.38%) Social Skills
8 23 (11.79%) Azure
9 18 (9.23%) Microsoft
10 17 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (8.21%) Project Delivery
11 16 (8.21%) PRINCE2
12 14 (7.18%) Migration
13 13 (6.67%) Waterfall
13 13 (6.67%) Static Application Security Testing
13 13 (6.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
14 12 (6.15%) Public Sector
15 11 (5.64%) Vulnerability Management
15 11 (5.64%) Security Cleared
15 11 (5.64%) Risk Management
16 10 (5.13%) Roadmaps
16 10 (5.13%) Budget Management
17 9 (4.62%) Budgeting
17 9 (4.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 9 (4.62%) PMP
17 9 (4.62%) Windows
17 9 (4.62%) SharePoint
17 9 (4.62%) SC Cleared
18 8 (4.10%) Asset Management
18 8 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001

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 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.51%) Appian
4 1 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.51%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.51%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.51%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 23 (11.79%) Azure
2 17 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.56%) SaaS
3 5 (2.56%) WhatsApp
4 3 (1.54%) AWS
4 3 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.03%) Amazon S3
5 2 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.03%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.03%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.51%) IaaS
6 1 (0.51%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.51%) PaaS
6 1 (0.51%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.51%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.51%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.54%) Firewall
2 2 (1.03%) BGP
2 2 (1.03%) LAN
2 2 (1.03%) VLAN
2 2 (1.03%) VPN
3 1 (0.51%) Intranet
3 1 (0.51%) Network Security
3 1 (0.51%) Skype
3 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.51%) WAN
3 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.51%) Mixpanel
2 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.51%) Power BI
2 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (3.59%) JIRA
General
1 85 (43.59%) Finance
2 47 (24.10%) Banking
3 30 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 12 (6.15%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.59%) Investment Banking
6 6 (3.08%) Local Government
7 5 (2.56%) Law
7 5 (2.56%) Legal
8 4 (2.05%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.05%) Military
9 3 (1.54%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.54%) French Language
9 3 (1.54%) Front Office
9 3 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.03%) Back Office
10 2 (1.03%) Billing
10 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.03%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.03%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.03%) FIDO
1 2 (1.03%) OAuth
1 2 (1.03%) SAML
2 1 (0.51%) ADO
2 1 (0.51%) Express.js
2 1 (0.51%) MERN Stack
2 1 (0.51%) Node.js
2 1 (0.51%) React
2 1 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.59%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.08%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.05%) FMCG
4 4 (2.05%) Smart Meter
5 3 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.54%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.03%) Derivative
6 2 (1.03%) NHS
6 2 (1.03%) PKI
6 2 (1.03%) PMI
6 2 (1.03%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.51%) CCTV
7 1 (0.51%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.51%) Life Science
7 1 (0.51%) LIMS
7 1 (0.51%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.62%) Windows
2 3 (1.54%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.03%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.51%) Linux
4 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.51%) Unix
4 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.51%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (34.87%) Project Management
2 49 (25.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (21.54%) Agile
4 33 (16.92%) Change Management
5 16 (8.21%) PRINCE2
5 16 (8.21%) Project Delivery
6 14 (7.18%) Migration
7 13 (6.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
7 13 (6.67%) Static Application Security Testing
7 13 (6.67%) Waterfall
8 11 (5.64%) Risk Management
8 11 (5.64%) Vulnerability Management
9 10 (5.13%) Budget Management
9 10 (5.13%) Roadmaps
10 9 (4.62%) Budgeting
10 9 (4.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (4.10%) Asset Management
11 8 (4.10%) Decision-Making
11 8 (4.10%) GAP Analysis
11 8 (4.10%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.51%) C#
1 1 (0.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (5.64%) Security Cleared
2 9 (4.62%) PMP
2 9 (4.62%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.10%) PMI Certification
4 7 (3.59%) Degree
5 6 (3.08%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.03%) CCNA
7 2 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.51%) APMP
8 1 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.51%) MCSE
8 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.56%) SLA
3 4 (2.05%) PMO
4 3 (1.54%) EMIR
4 3 (1.54%) NIST
5 2 (1.03%) Basel III
5 2 (1.03%) COBIT
5 2 (1.03%) FedRAMP
5 2 (1.03%) GDPR
5 2 (1.03%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.03%) MiFID
5 2 (1.03%) QA
5 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.51%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.51%) GxP
6 1 (0.51%) IFRS
6 1 (0.51%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (2.05%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.51%) vCloud
2 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.03%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.51%) Avamar
3 1 (0.51%) Matomo
3 1 (0.51%) SCCM
3 1 (0.51%) Terraform
3 1 (0.51%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (9.23%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.59%) Cisco
2 7 (3.59%) SAP
3 5 (2.56%) Adobe
4 4 (2.05%) VMware
5 3 (1.54%) Guidewire
5 3 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.03%) Aruba
6 2 (1.03%) Civica
6 2 (1.03%) Cognizant
6 2 (1.03%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.03%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.03%) Workday
7 1 (0.51%) Apple
7 1 (0.51%) Citrix
7 1 (0.51%) EMC
7 1 (0.51%) Genesys
7 1 (0.51%) Iron Mountain
7 1 (0.51%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.51%) Sage