Software Project Manager Contracts in England

Software Project Manager
UK > England

The median Software Project Manager daily rate in England is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 605 708
Rank change year-on-year +80 +103 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 23 51 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.062% 0.10% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 25 66
10th Percentile £331 £400 £403
25th Percentile £416 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £506
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +1.25%
75th Percentile £566 £600 £625
90th Percentile £676 £680 £713
UK median daily rate £501 £517 £500
% change year-on-year -3.05% +3.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 21 0
10th Percentile - £61.25 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.48% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.50 -
% change year-on-year -27.48% - -

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 34,362 47,263 67,966
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,836 33,555 48,392
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% +7.69%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,442 1,404 1,879
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.86 £77.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Project Manager in England

Software 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 Software Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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 +111 8 £561 -6.46% 6
East of England +4 5 £350 - 1
Midlands +32 4 £523 +22.94% 3
West Midlands +22 3 £545 +35.40% 1
South East +15 3 £475 +5.56% 2
East Midlands +18 1 £450 +5.26% 2
Software Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Software 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 Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (43.48%) Project Management
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (39.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (26.09%) Agile
4 5 (21.74%) Business Analysis
4 5 (21.74%) Marketing
4 5 (21.74%) Finance
4 5 (21.74%) Manufacturing
4 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
4 5 (21.74%) Software Delivery
5 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
5 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
5 4 (17.39%) .NET
5 4 (17.39%) E-Commerce
5 4 (17.39%) Electronics
5 4 (17.39%) Magento
5 4 (17.39%) Retail
5 4 (17.39%) Workflow
6 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
6 3 (13.04%) Azure
6 3 (13.04%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
6 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
6 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
6 3 (13.04%) SAP
6 3 (13.04%) Waterfall
6 3 (13.04%) Target Operating Model
6 3 (13.04%) Cost Management
7 2 (8.70%) Technology Transformation

Software 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 1 (4.35%) Confluence
1 1 (4.35%) Moodle
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Magento
2 2 (8.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Manufacturing
2 5 (21.74%) Marketing
3 4 (17.39%) Electronics
3 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 4 (17.39%) Retail
4 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.35%) Automotive
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
1 1 (4.35%) Smartcard
1 1 (4.35%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Project Management
2 9 (39.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (26.09%) Agile
4 5 (21.74%) Business Analysis
4 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
4 5 (21.74%) Software Delivery
5 4 (17.39%) E-Commerce
5 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
5 4 (17.39%) Workflow
6 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (13.04%) Cost Management
6 3 (13.04%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
6 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
6 3 (13.04%) Target Operating Model
6 3 (13.04%) Waterfall
7 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
7 2 (8.70%) DevOps
7 2 (8.70%) Microservices
7 2 (8.70%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
1 2 (8.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) GRC
1 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
1 3 (13.04%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) Blue Prism
2 1 (4.35%) Cadence