Senior IT Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Senior IT Manager
England > London

The median Senior IT Manager daily rate in London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 337 388
Rank change year-on-year -39 +51 +131
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 2 12 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.087% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.093% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £459 £268
25th Percentile £625 £583 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +45.95% -16.67%
75th Percentile £675 £697 £500
90th Percentile - £750 £570
England median daily rate £614 £800 £513
% change year-on-year -23.28% +56.10% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate - £35.00 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 13,339 12,909 16,989
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 93.56% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,849 8,291 12,234
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 139 273
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.60 £16.07
25th Percentile £23.55 £23.99 £18.93
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +16.67% -9.53%
75th Percentile £63.00 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £67.80
England median hourly rate £28.65 £35.00 £40.28
% change year-on-year -18.16% -13.10% +15.07%

Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Senior IT Manager job vacancy trend in London

Senior IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Senior IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Senior 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 Senior IT Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 20 January 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
Central London -3 1 £650 -3.70%
Senior IT Manager
England

Senior IT Manager Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 January 2026, Senior 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 London region featuring Senior IT Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (50.00%) Guidewire
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management

Senior IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Publishing
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Guidewire