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 17 May 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 212 212
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 +63
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 177 305 534
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.01% 1.18% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.24% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 241 388
10th Percentile £363 £413 £396
25th Percentile £453 £475 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +11.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £31.15 £58.25 £26.21
25th Percentile £32.69 £61.25 £28.49
Median hourly rate £33.90 £62.50 £34.45
Median % change year-on-year -45.76% +81.42% +29.27%
75th Percentile £42.41 £82.50 £40.21
90th Percentile £55.96 £85.50 £42.36
England median hourly rate £30.12 £62.50 £30.73
% change year-on-year -51.81% +103.42% +2.42%

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 16,328 24,595 36,745
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 95.20% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,803 17,870 26,915
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 283 439
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.07 £22.69 £23.12
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +10.62%
75th Percentile £46.05 £62.25 £49.80
90th Percentile £65.32 £80.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +4.55%

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 17 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Manager in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 17 May 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 +34 26 £625 +4.17% 6
West London +7 7 £500 -2.44% 4
South London 0 3 £475 -14.61% 4
East London -2 3 £540 -8.47% 2
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 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 81 (45.76%) Finance
2 57 (32.20%) Project Management
3 42 (23.73%) Banking
4 38 (21.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (20.90%) Agile
6 29 (16.38%) Change Management
7 26 (14.69%) Social Skills
8 18 (10.17%) Azure
9 16 (9.04%) Project Delivery
10 15 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (8.47%) PRINCE2
11 14 (7.91%) Microsoft
12 13 (7.34%) Migration
13 10 (5.65%) PMP
13 10 (5.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 10 (5.65%) Waterfall
13 10 (5.65%) SC Cleared
13 10 (5.65%) Security Cleared
13 10 (5.65%) Public Sector
13 10 (5.65%) Static Application Security Testing
13 10 (5.65%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
13 10 (5.65%) Roadmaps
14 9 (5.08%) Business Case
14 9 (5.08%) Decision-Making
14 9 (5.08%) JIRA
14 9 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 9 (5.08%) PMI Certification
14 9 (5.08%) SharePoint
14 9 (5.08%) Risk Management
15 8 (4.52%) GAP Analysis

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 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.69%) CMS
4 1 (0.56%) Appian
4 1 (0.56%) Confluence
4 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.56%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.17%) Azure
2 15 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.82%) WhatsApp
4 4 (2.26%) SaaS
5 2 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.13%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.56%) AWS
6 1 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.56%) IaaS
6 1 (0.56%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.56%) PaaS
6 1 (0.56%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.56%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.69%) Firewall
1 3 (1.69%) LAN
2 2 (1.13%) Broadband
2 2 (1.13%) WAN
2 2 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.56%) Intranet
3 1 (0.56%) Network Security
3 1 (0.56%) Skype
3 1 (0.56%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.56%) VLAN
3 1 (0.56%) VoIP
3 1 (0.56%) VPN
3 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.13%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.56%) Mixpanel
3 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.56%) Power BI
3 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (5.08%) JIRA
General
1 81 (45.76%) Finance
2 42 (23.73%) Banking
3 26 (14.69%) Social Skills
4 10 (5.65%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.95%) Legal
6 6 (3.39%) Local Government
7 5 (2.82%) Law
8 4 (2.26%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.26%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.26%) Marketing
8 4 (2.26%) Military
9 3 (1.69%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.69%) French Language
9 3 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.13%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.13%) Front Office
11 1 (0.56%) Back Office
11 1 (0.56%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) ADO
1 1 (0.56%) Express.js
1 1 (0.56%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.56%) Node.js
1 1 (0.56%) React
1 1 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.95%) Onboarding
2 5 (2.82%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.26%) FMCG
4 3 (1.69%) CMDB
4 3 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.69%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.13%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.13%) NHS
5 2 (1.13%) PMI
6 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.56%) Life Science
6 1 (0.56%) LIMS
6 1 (0.56%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.56%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.56%) Tandem
6 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.39%) Windows
2 2 (1.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.56%) Linux
3 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.56%) Unix
3 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.56%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.56%) Windows 8
3 1 (0.56%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (32.20%) Project Management
2 38 (21.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (20.90%) Agile
4 29 (16.38%) Change Management
5 16 (9.04%) Project Delivery
6 15 (8.47%) PRINCE2
7 13 (7.34%) Migration
8 10 (5.65%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 10 (5.65%) Roadmaps
8 10 (5.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (5.65%) Static Application Security Testing
8 10 (5.65%) Waterfall
9 9 (5.08%) Business Case
9 9 (5.08%) Decision-Making
9 9 (5.08%) Risk Management
10 8 (4.52%) Asset Management
10 8 (4.52%) Budget Management
10 8 (4.52%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (4.52%) GAP Analysis
10 8 (4.52%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.13%) SQL
2 1 (0.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (5.65%) PMP
1 10 (5.65%) SC Cleared
1 10 (5.65%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.08%) PMI Certification
3 7 (3.95%) Degree
4 4 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.26%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.13%) CCNA
5 2 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.56%) CISM
6 1 (0.56%) CISSP
6 1 (0.56%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.95%) NIST
3 5 (2.82%) SLA
4 4 (2.26%) PMO
5 3 (1.69%) GDPR
6 2 (1.13%) Basel III
6 2 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.13%) EMIR
7 1 (0.56%) GxP
7 1 (0.56%) IFRS
7 1 (0.56%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.56%) MiFID
7 1 (0.56%) QA
7 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.56%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Avamar
1 1 (0.56%) Matomo
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.56%) SCCM
1 1 (0.56%) Terraform
1 1 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (7.91%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.52%) Cisco
3 7 (3.95%) SAP
4 5 (2.82%) Adobe
5 4 (2.26%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.26%) VMware
6 3 (1.69%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.13%) Aruba
7 2 (1.13%) Civica
7 2 (1.13%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.13%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.13%) Workday
8 1 (0.56%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.56%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.56%) EMC
8 1 (0.56%) IBM
8 1 (0.56%) Iron Mountain
8 1 (0.56%) Pega
8 1 (0.56%) Radianz
8 1 (0.56%) Reuters