IT Manager Contracts in London

IT Manager
England > London

The median IT Manager daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 223 223 213
Rank change year-on-year 0 -10 +84
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 181 294 533
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.02% 1.17% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.23% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 234 394
10th Percentile £363 £413 £400
25th Percentile £456 £473 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.06%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £31.15 £58.25 £26.60
25th Percentile £32.69 £61.25 £29.47
Median hourly rate £33.90 £62.50 £34.44
Median % change year-on-year -45.76% +81.46% -
75th Percentile £42.41 £82.50 £39.22
90th Percentile £55.96 £85.50 £41.97
England median hourly rate £31.84 £62.50 £31.10
% change year-on-year -49.06% +100.96% -4.63%

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 16,560 23,906 36,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 95.05% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,921 17,459 27,030
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 281 404
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.17 £22.63 £23.75
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%
75th Percentile £46.59 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +24 26 £553 -7.92% 8
West London +7 7 £500 -2.44% 8
South London +6 3 £475 -13.64% 3
East London -4 2 £508 -16.80% 2
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 76 (41.99%) Finance
2 61 (33.70%) Project Management
3 42 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (21.55%) Agile
5 37 (20.44%) Banking
6 36 (19.89%) Social Skills
7 28 (15.47%) Change Management
8 22 (12.15%) Azure
9 18 (9.94%) PRINCE2
9 18 (9.94%) Microsoft
10 16 (8.84%) Project Delivery
11 15 (8.29%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (7.73%) JIRA
13 13 (7.18%) Migration
14 12 (6.63%) Risk Management
14 12 (6.63%) PMP
14 12 (6.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 11 (6.08%) Waterfall
15 11 (6.08%) ITIL
15 11 (6.08%) Business Case
16 10 (5.52%) PMI Certification
16 10 (5.52%) Degree
17 9 (4.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 9 (4.97%) Security Cleared
17 9 (4.97%) SC Cleared
17 9 (4.97%) SharePoint
17 9 (4.97%) Budget Management
17 9 (4.97%) Vulnerability Management
17 9 (4.97%) Analytics
18 8 (4.42%) Cybersecurity

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 (4.97%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.21%) Confluence
4 2 (1.10%) CMS
5 1 (0.55%) Appian
5 1 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.55%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.55%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.55%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.55%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.15%) Azure
2 15 (8.29%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.76%) WhatsApp
4 4 (2.21%) AWS
4 4 (2.21%) SaaS
5 3 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.10%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.55%) IaaS
7 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.55%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.55%) PaaS
7 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.55%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.55%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.76%) LAN
1 5 (2.76%) WAN
2 3 (1.66%) Firewall
2 3 (1.66%) SAN
3 2 (1.10%) Broadband
4 1 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.55%) Intranet
4 1 (0.55%) Network Security
4 1 (0.55%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.55%) VLAN
4 1 (0.55%) VoIP
4 1 (0.55%) VPN
4 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.76%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.10%) Tableau
4 1 (0.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.55%) Mixpanel
4 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (7.73%) JIRA
General
1 76 (41.99%) Finance
2 37 (20.44%) Banking
3 36 (19.89%) Social Skills
4 7 (3.87%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (3.31%) Legal
6 4 (2.21%) Law
6 4 (2.21%) Marketing
6 4 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (1.66%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.66%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.66%) French Language
7 3 (1.66%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.66%) Military
7 3 (1.66%) Retail
7 3 (1.66%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.10%) Local Government
8 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.55%) ADO
1 1 (0.55%) Express.js
1 1 (0.55%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.55%) Node.js
1 1 (0.55%) React
1 1 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.87%) Onboarding
2 5 (2.76%) FMCG
3 3 (1.66%) CMDB
3 3 (1.66%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (1.66%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.10%) Life Science
4 2 (1.10%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.10%) NHS
4 2 (1.10%) PMI
4 2 (1.10%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.55%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.55%) EPoS
5 1 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.55%) LIMS
5 1 (0.55%) mPOS
5 1 (0.55%) Tandem
5 1 (0.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.42%) Windows
2 2 (1.10%) Linux
2 2 (1.10%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.10%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.55%) Unix
3 1 (0.55%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.55%) Windows 8
3 1 (0.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (33.70%) Project Management
2 42 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 39 (21.55%) Agile
4 28 (15.47%) Change Management
5 18 (9.94%) PRINCE2
6 16 (8.84%) Project Delivery
7 13 (7.18%) Migration
8 12 (6.63%) Risk Management
8 12 (6.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (6.08%) Business Case
9 11 (6.08%) ITIL
9 11 (6.08%) Waterfall
10 9 (4.97%) Analytics
10 9 (4.97%) Budget Management
10 9 (4.97%) Vulnerability Management
11 8 (4.42%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (4.42%) GAP Analysis
11 8 (4.42%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (4.42%) Resource Allocation
11 8 (4.42%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.10%) SQL
2 1 (0.55%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (6.63%) PMP
2 10 (5.52%) Degree
2 10 (5.52%) PMI Certification
3 9 (4.97%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.97%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.66%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.10%) CCNA
6 2 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.55%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.55%) CISM
7 1 (0.55%) CISSP
7 1 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.87%) NIST
3 5 (2.76%) SLA
4 4 (2.21%) PMO
5 3 (1.66%) GDPR
6 2 (1.10%) Basel III
6 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.55%) COBIT
7 1 (0.55%) EMIR
7 1 (0.55%) GxP
7 1 (0.55%) IFRS
7 1 (0.55%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.55%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.21%) Hyper-V
2 4 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.55%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 2 (1.10%) Terraform
2 1 (0.55%) Avamar
2 1 (0.55%) Matomo
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.55%) SCCM
2 1 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (9.94%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.42%) Cisco
2 8 (4.42%) SAP
2 8 (4.42%) VMware
3 5 (2.76%) Adobe
4 4 (2.21%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.21%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.10%) Aruba
5 2 (1.10%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.10%) Oracle
5 2 (1.10%) Workday
6 1 (0.55%) Apple
6 1 (0.55%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.55%) Citrix
6 1 (0.55%) EMC
6 1 (0.55%) Foundry
6 1 (0.55%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.55%) Pega
6 1 (0.55%) Sage
6 1 (0.55%) Sitecore