IT Manager Contracts in the City of London

IT Manager
Central London > City of London

The median IT Manager daily rate in the City of London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 115 147
Rank change year-on-year +16 +32 -32
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 28 35 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.32% 1.26% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 1.34% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 22 37
10th Percentile £400 £463 £260
25th Percentile £469 £481 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £638 £729 £690
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,978 2,612 4,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 94.06% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,214 1,841 2,835
10th Percentile £363 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £792
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 55
10th Percentile £15.95 £17.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £28.06 £17.97 £18.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £38.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.63% -9.52% +29.63%
75th Percentile £112.00 £50.63 £58.13
90th Percentile £137.50 £71.75 £78.75
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £38.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -7.89% -6.17% +20.90%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the City of London

IT Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for IT Manager in the City of London

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in the City of London

IT Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Manager in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 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 City of London region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 12 (42.86%) Finance
1 12 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 9 (32.14%) Service Management
3 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (21.43%) Project Management
4 6 (21.43%) ITSM
4 6 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 6 (21.43%) ITIL
4 6 (21.43%) Agile
4 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (17.86%) Public Sector
5 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
5 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
6 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 4 (14.29%) Migration
6 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (14.29%) Degree
6 4 (14.29%) Budget Management
6 4 (14.29%) Business Case
7 3 (10.71%) Business Analysis
7 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (10.71%) Linux
7 3 (10.71%) Change Management
7 3 (10.71%) Azure
7 3 (10.71%) JIRA
7 3 (10.71%) Time Management
7 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) AWS
2 2 (7.14%) WhatsApp
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) LAN
1 1 (3.57%) MPLS
1 1 (3.57%) NAS
1 1 (3.57%) WAN
1 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (3.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
General
1 12 (42.86%) Finance
1 12 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.14%) Banking
3 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Law
4 1 (3.57%) Aviation
4 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) CCTV
1 1 (3.57%) CMDB
1 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.57%) Derivative
1 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
1 1 (3.57%) Market Risk
1 1 (3.57%) Reinsurance
1 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Linux
2 2 (7.14%) Unix
3 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Service Management
2 8 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (21.43%) Agile
3 6 (21.43%) ITIL
3 6 (21.43%) ITSM
3 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (21.43%) Project Management
3 6 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 4 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 4 (14.29%) Business Case
4 4 (14.29%) Migration
4 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 3 (10.71%) Business Analysis
5 3 (10.71%) Change Management
5 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 3 (10.71%) Time Management
5 3 (10.71%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
1 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.57%) PMP
4 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Basel III
1 1 (3.57%) COBIT
1 1 (3.57%) QA
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Dell
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle
2 2 (7.14%) Planview
3 1 (3.57%) Apple
3 1 (3.57%) Arista
3 1 (3.57%) Aruba
3 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco
3 1 (3.57%) Google
3 1 (3.57%) SAP
3 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.57%) Synology