Support Manager Contracts in London

Support Manager
England > London

The median Support Manager daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 August 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
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 376 442
Rank change year-on-year +26 +66 +126
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Support Manager 16 7 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.043% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.046% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 18
10th Percentile £323 £334 £200
25th Percentile £388 £406 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -19.05% +2.44%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £575
90th Percentile £572 £570 -
England median daily rate £500 £375 £525
% change year-on-year +33.33% -28.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.89 - -
England median hourly rate £35.89 - -

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,473 15,272 21,808
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 94.05% 94.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,393 10,641 16,002
10th Percentile £325 £350 £358
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 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 198 234
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.88 £18.50
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.56
Median hourly rate £29.07 £33.29 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year -12.66% -11.05% +8.24%
75th Percentile £49.63 £54.69 £63.94
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.88 £79.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +5.88% +65.50%

Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Manager in London

Support Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Manager job vacancies in London

Support Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Manager in London over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Manager in London

Support Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Manager job vacancies in London

Support Manager
DemandTrendContract 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 Support Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South London -3 2 £402 -
West London - 1 - - 2
Support Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 August 2025, Support 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 Support Manager in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) ITIL
2 7 (43.75%) Service Management
3 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (37.50%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (37.50%) Agile
3 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) AWS
3 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 5 (31.25%) SIAM
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 4 (25.00%) Windows
5 4 (25.00%) Azure
6 3 (18.75%) Apple iOS
6 3 (18.75%) SaaS
6 3 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (18.75%) Android
6 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
6 3 (18.75%) Finance
6 3 (18.75%) Identity Management
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (18.75%) IT Asset Management
6 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (18.75%) OneDrive
6 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
6 3 (18.75%) Multi-Factor Authentication

Support 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 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) AWS
2 4 (25.00%) Azure
3 3 (18.75%) Asana
3 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (18.75%) OneDrive
3 3 (18.75%) SaaS
3 3 (18.75%) Slack
4 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) NHS
3 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Android
2 3 (18.75%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.25%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Unix
3 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) ITIL
2 7 (43.75%) Service Management
3 6 (37.50%) Agile
3 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (31.25%) SIAM
5 3 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
5 3 (18.75%) Identity Management
5 3 (18.75%) IT Asset Management
5 3 (18.75%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 2 (12.50%) People Management
6 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (12.50%) Project Management
6 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
6 2 (12.50%) Workflow
7 1 (6.25%) Commercial Awareness
7 1 (6.25%) DevOps
7 1 (6.25%) Incident Response
7 1 (6.25%) Product Strategy
7 1 (6.25%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) A+ Certification
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (6.25%) MCSE
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft