Software Engineering Manager Contracts in London

Software Engineering Manager
England > London

The median Software Engineering Manager daily rate in London is £825, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 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
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 403 468
Rank change year-on-year +50 +65 +106
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineering Manager 1 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.008% 0.023% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.024% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £665 -
25th Percentile £813 £678 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £700 £725
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% -3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £838 £719 £738
90th Percentile - £730 -
England median daily rate £825 £681 £700
% change year-on-year +21.10% -2.68% -9.68%

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 11,717 16,504 23,806
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.38% 93.77% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,942 11,846 17,365
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £799 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 324 274
10th Percentile £19.25 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.17 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -24.37% +5.06%
75th Percentile £50.50 £46.49 £63.94
90th Percentile £64.75 £66.85 £82.43
England median hourly rate £28.88 £39.53 £44.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -10.17% +80.66%

Software Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering Manager in London

Software Engineering Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering Manager in London

Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 23 June 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 +7 1 £825 +17.86% 7
Software Engineering Manager
England

Software Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems

Software Engineering 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning