Senior Project Manager Contracts in England

Senior Project Manager
UK > England

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in England is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 343 350
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 +69
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 211 367 539
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.73% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.77% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 308 403
10th Percentile £465 £429 £443
25th Percentile £513 £511 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £755 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +11.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 2
10th Percentile - £27.38 £49.78
25th Percentile £33.65 £41.50 £52.02
Median hourly rate £51.00 £55.00 £58.02
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -5.20% -18.27%
75th Percentile £58.25 £63.75 £65.01
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.85
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £55.00 £58.02
% change year-on-year -7.27% -5.20% -18.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,448 47,601 67,845
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.62% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,861 33,797 48,247
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,402 1,905
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.95 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in England

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Project Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Senior Project Manager in England

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in England

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Project Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Project Manager in England

Senior Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in England

Senior Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +18 101 £600 -6.98% 43
South East 0 42 £600 +9.09% 31
North of England +13 20 £593 +9.19% 16
Midlands +21 18 £600 +9.59% 11
West Midlands +26 16 £600 +9.34% 8
South West +2 15 £525 -12.50% 11
North West +21 12 £593 +12.93% 11
Yorkshire +16 7 £588 -4.08% 5
East of England +3 7 £500 -9.09% 12
East Midlands +13 2 £500 +25.00% 3
North East +22 1 - - 1
Senior Project Manager
UK

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 92 (43.60%) Project Management
2 86 (40.76%) Agile
3 72 (34.12%) Finance
4 64 (30.33%) Project Delivery
5 56 (26.54%) Social Skills
6 50 (23.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 47 (22.27%) Security Cleared
8 40 (18.96%) PRINCE2
9 37 (17.54%) SC Cleared
10 32 (15.17%) Public Sector
11 31 (14.69%) Migration
12 22 (10.43%) Waterfall
12 22 (10.43%) Business Case
13 21 (9.95%) SAP
14 20 (9.48%) Project Governance
15 19 (9.00%) Decision-Making
16 16 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
16 16 (7.58%) Azure
17 15 (7.11%) PMP
17 15 (7.11%) Risk Management
17 15 (7.11%) Change Management
18 14 (6.64%) Microsoft
18 14 (6.64%) Scrum
18 14 (6.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 14 (6.64%) Degree
19 13 (6.16%) JIRA
19 13 (6.16%) Target Operating Model
19 13 (6.16%) ERP
19 13 (6.16%) Budget Management
20 12 (5.69%) PMI Certification

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.37%) Confluence
3 1 (0.47%) Moodle
Applications
1 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.47%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.47%) PeopleSoft HRMS
3 1 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.58%) Azure
2 8 (3.79%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.84%) SaaS
4 5 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.90%) AWS
6 2 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (0.95%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.47%) GCP
7 1 (0.47%) Matillion
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.47%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.42%) SNA
2 2 (0.95%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.47%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.47%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.79%) Power BI
2 7 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.42%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.47%) GIS
4 1 (0.47%) IDMS
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (6.16%) JIRA
General
1 72 (34.12%) Finance
2 56 (26.54%) Social Skills
3 32 (15.17%) Public Sector
4 11 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.32%) Legal
8 7 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.84%) Banking
9 6 (2.84%) Local Government
9 6 (2.84%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.37%) Retail
11 4 (1.90%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.90%) Military
11 4 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.42%) Front Office
12 3 (1.42%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.95%) Electronics
13 2 (0.95%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (0.47%) Middleware
1 1 (0.47%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.79%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.32%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.84%) FMCG
3 6 (2.84%) NHS
4 5 (2.37%) PMI
5 3 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.95%) IVR
6 2 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.47%) Derivative
7 1 (0.47%) EMV
7 1 (0.47%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.47%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.47%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (0.47%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.47%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.42%) Windows
2 2 (0.95%) Linux
3 1 (0.47%) Android
3 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (43.60%) Project Management
2 86 (40.76%) Agile
3 64 (30.33%) Project Delivery
4 50 (23.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (18.96%) PRINCE2
6 31 (14.69%) Migration
7 22 (10.43%) Business Case
7 22 (10.43%) Waterfall
8 20 (9.48%) Project Governance
9 19 (9.00%) Decision-Making
10 16 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (7.11%) Change Management
11 15 (7.11%) Risk Management
12 14 (6.64%) Scrum
13 13 (6.16%) Budget Management
13 13 (6.16%) ERP
13 13 (6.16%) Target Operating Model
14 12 (5.69%) Programme Management
15 11 (5.21%) Continuous Improvement
16 10 (4.74%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.90%) SQL
2 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
2 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (0.47%) Java
2 1 (0.47%) Python
2 1 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (22.27%) Security Cleared
2 37 (17.54%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.11%) PMP
4 14 (6.64%) Degree
4 14 (6.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 12 (5.69%) PMI Certification
6 9 (4.27%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.47%) CISM
9 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.21%) PMO
2 4 (1.90%) QA
2 4 (1.90%) SLA
3 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.47%) GDPR
3 1 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (0.47%) IFRS
3 1 (0.47%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 21 (9.95%) SAP
2 14 (6.64%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.37%) Progress
4 4 (1.90%) Oracle
5 2 (0.95%) Cadence
5 2 (0.95%) Databricks
5 2 (0.95%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.47%) Avaya
6 1 (0.47%) Genesys
6 1 (0.47%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.47%) VMware
6 1 (0.47%) Workday
6 1 (0.47%) Wrike