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Title: Contracts Manager hourly rate in London, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Contracts Manager pay in London: median wage £34 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £50. Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p.

TLI · United Kingdom · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Contracts Manager hourly rate in London

The market median wage for a Contracts Manager in London is **£34.47 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£50 an hour** on Deftridge, +25% against the United Kingdom rate.

**£50/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£34.47/hr** median wage

**£26-48** middle half of wages

**£1,080** a month at 5 hours a week

## Contracts Manager wage percentiles in London

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | £18.36 | £400 | £38,200 |
| 25th | £26.26 | £570 | £54,600 |
| Median | £34.47 | £750 | £71,700 |
| 75th | £48.04 | £1,040 | £99,900 |
| 90th | £90.65 | £1,960 | £188,600 |

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## London in numbers

What sets London apart for a Contracts Manager, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+25%** median wage against the United Kingdom median of £27.51

- **1st of 12** regions by median wage for this role

- **£23** country floor: no United Kingdom rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Contracts Manager in London by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | £50 | £1,080 |
| Manager | £60 | £1,300 |
| Director | £70 | £1,520 |

- Regular role **£50**

- One-off task **£55**

- Task bundle **£50**

## Contracts Manager pay across United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior Contracts Manager, highest first; 4 of 12 places shown. By median wage London ranks **1 of 12**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| London | £34.47 | £50 |
| South West | £27.66 | £40 |
| South East | £27.20 | £40 |
| West Midlands | £27.07 | £40 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Contracts Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/contracts-manager/) · [Contracts Manager jobs in London](https://deftridge.com/jobs/contracts-manager/london/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
