Project Manager Contracts in Central London

Project Manager
London > Central London

The median Project Manager daily rate in Central London is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 25 36
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 187 272 284
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.60% 7.05% 6.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.98% 7.39% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 209 204
10th Percentile £400 £410 £402
25th Percentile £480 £510 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +11.36% -
75th Percentile £688 £713 £638
90th Percentile £779 £800 £725
London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £51.70
25th Percentile - - £53.88
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £35.96 £64.50 £54.25
% change year-on-year -44.25% +18.89% +66.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,342 3,681 4,283
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 95.39% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,665 2,526 3,259
10th Percentile £346 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +4.46% +6.67%
75th Percentile £683 £725 £675
90th Percentile £791 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 26 52
10th Percentile £19.23 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.93 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £48.30 £86.65 £65.43
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% - +12.27%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Central London

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Central London

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Central London

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Central London

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
City of London +6 167 £600 -4.00% 12
Camden +8 10 £453 +13.13% 2
City of Westminster -1 3 £550 -31.25% 1
Southwark +4 1 £550 +37.50% 1
West End of London -4 1 £275 -47.12%
Project Manager
London

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Project 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 Central London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 80 (42.78%) Project Management
2 67 (35.83%) Finance
3 42 (22.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 41 (21.93%) Agile
4 41 (21.93%) Social Skills
5 29 (15.51%) Migration
6 26 (13.90%) Project Delivery
7 20 (10.70%) Legal
8 19 (10.16%) Microsoft
9 17 (9.09%) Banking
10 16 (8.56%) Risk Management
10 16 (8.56%) Waterfall
11 15 (8.02%) Budget Management
12 14 (7.49%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (7.49%) Change Management
13 13 (6.95%) Degree
13 13 (6.95%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (6.42%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (6.42%) Business Case
15 11 (5.88%) PRINCE2
16 10 (5.35%) Front Office
16 10 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
16 10 (5.35%) WhatsApp
17 9 (4.81%) Public Sector
17 9 (4.81%) Microsoft Project
18 8 (4.28%) Marketing
18 8 (4.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
18 8 (4.28%) Azure
18 8 (4.28%) Telecoms
18 8 (4.28%) Accessibility

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 6 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.60%) Documentum
4 2 (1.07%) CMS
4 2 (1.07%) Confluence
5 1 (0.53%) PowerExchange
5 1 (0.53%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.53%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (4.81%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (4.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.67%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.53%) ION MarketView
1 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.53%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (0.53%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.35%) WhatsApp
2 8 (4.28%) Azure
3 7 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.14%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (1.60%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.07%) Asana
6 2 (1.07%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.07%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.53%) AWS
7 1 (0.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.53%) OCI
7 1 (0.53%) SaaS
7 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.07%) Firewall
2 2 (1.07%) Network Security
3 1 (0.53%) 5G
3 1 (0.53%) Broadband
3 1 (0.53%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.53%) Internet
3 1 (0.53%) LAN
3 1 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.07%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.07%) Metadata
2 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.53%) Power BI
2 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.74%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
General
1 67 (35.83%) Finance
2 41 (21.93%) Social Skills
3 20 (10.70%) Legal
4 17 (9.09%) Banking
5 12 (6.42%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.35%) Front Office
7 9 (4.81%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.28%) Marketing
8 8 (4.28%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.74%) Retail
10 6 (3.21%) Local Government
11 5 (2.67%) Advertising
11 5 (2.67%) Fire and Rescue
11 5 (2.67%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.67%) Law
12 4 (2.14%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.07%) Back Office
13 2 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.07%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.07%) ADO
1 2 (1.07%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.74%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.21%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.67%) Photography
4 4 (2.14%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.60%) Smart Meter
6 2 (1.07%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.07%) Derivative
6 2 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.07%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.07%) NHS
6 2 (1.07%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.07%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (1.07%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.53%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.53%) PropTech
7 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.53%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.07%) Windows
1 2 (1.07%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.53%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (42.78%) Project Management
2 42 (22.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (21.93%) Agile
4 29 (15.51%) Migration
5 26 (13.90%) Project Delivery
6 16 (8.56%) Risk Management
6 16 (8.56%) Waterfall
7 15 (8.02%) Budget Management
8 14 (7.49%) Change Management
8 14 (7.49%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (6.95%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (6.42%) Business Case
11 11 (5.88%) PRINCE2
12 8 (4.28%) Risk Register
13 7 (3.74%) Asset Management
13 7 (3.74%) Business Analysis
13 7 (3.74%) Scrum
13 7 (3.74%) Service Delivery
13 7 (3.74%) Supplier Management
14 6 (3.21%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.07%) SQL
2 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (6.95%) Degree
2 5 (2.67%) PMP
2 5 (2.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.60%) PMI Certification
3 3 (1.60%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.07%) CCNA
4 2 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.53%) FFIEC
5 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.28%) Accessibility
1 8 (4.28%) PMO
2 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.60%) NIST
3 2 (1.07%) Basel III
3 2 (1.07%) MiFID
3 2 (1.07%) QA
4 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.53%) EMIR
4 1 (0.53%) IFRS
4 1 (0.53%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.53%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) PowerHA
Vendors
1 19 (10.16%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.67%) Cisco
2 5 (2.67%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.14%) Oracle
3 4 (2.14%) SAP
4 3 (1.60%) Arista
4 3 (1.60%) Bloomberg
4 3 (1.60%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.07%) BT
5 2 (1.07%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.07%) Databricks
5 2 (1.07%) Radianz
5 2 (1.07%) Refinitiv
5 2 (1.07%) Reuters
5 2 (1.07%) Workday
6 1 (0.53%) Calypso
6 1 (0.53%) Charles River
6 1 (0.53%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.53%) Informatica
6 1 (0.53%) Murex