Senior Project Manager Contracts in London

Senior Project Manager
England > London

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in London is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 319 357
Rank change year-on-year +33 +38 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 109 193 261
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.61% 0.70% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.74% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 168 194
10th Percentile £480 £496 £462
25th Percentile £525 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £634 £625
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +1.40% +8.70%
75th Percentile £744 £725 £738
90th Percentile £785 £775 £775
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.65 £61.25 £63.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £62.50 £66.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.46% -6.02% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £71.13 £69.75
90th Percentile £63.00 £75.55 -
England median hourly rate £51.00 £58.75 £66.50
% change year-on-year -13.19% -11.65% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,639 26,231 37,490
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.27% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,042 18,937 27,371
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 300 454
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £22.05
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.53 £76.43 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.25 £22.28
% change year-on-year -19.08% +94.12% -0.62%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior Project 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 Senior Project Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Central London +44 18 £725 +11.54% 1
East London - 9 £775 - 3
West London +18 6 £600 -4.00%
North London - 1 - -
Senior Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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 London region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 45 (41.28%) Project Management
2 41 (37.61%) Agile
3 36 (33.03%) Finance
4 28 (25.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (22.02%) Project Delivery
6 21 (19.27%) PRINCE2
7 18 (16.51%) Migration
7 18 (16.51%) SC Cleared
7 18 (16.51%) Security Cleared
8 15 (13.76%) Social Skills
9 13 (11.93%) Budget Management
10 12 (11.01%) Decision-Making
11 11 (10.09%) Waterfall
11 11 (10.09%) Business Case
12 10 (9.17%) Risk Management
12 10 (9.17%) JIRA
13 9 (8.26%) Microsoft
13 9 (8.26%) People Management
14 8 (7.34%) Data Centre
14 8 (7.34%) Project Governance
14 8 (7.34%) Degree
14 8 (7.34%) Public Sector
14 8 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (6.42%) Coaching
15 7 (6.42%) Azure
15 7 (6.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 7 (6.42%) Data Migration
15 7 (6.42%) PMO
15 7 (6.42%) PMP
15 7 (6.42%) Change Management

Senior Project 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 5 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (3.67%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.92%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.42%) Azure
2 4 (3.67%) SaaS
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.75%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.92%) AWS
5 1 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.92%) Matillion
5 1 (0.92%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.92%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.75%) SNA
2 2 (1.83%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.92%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.75%) Power BI
3 1 (0.92%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.92%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (9.17%) JIRA
General
1 36 (33.03%) Finance
2 15 (13.76%) Social Skills
3 8 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (7.34%) Public Sector
4 5 (4.59%) Banking
4 5 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (4.59%) Legal
4 5 (4.59%) Local Government
5 4 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.67%) Investment Banking
5 4 (3.67%) Retail
6 3 (2.75%) Front Office
6 3 (2.75%) Military
6 3 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.75%) Social Housing
7 2 (1.83%) Electronics
7 2 (1.83%) French Language
7 2 (1.83%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.92%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.92%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.34%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.59%) FMCG
3 3 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.75%) NHS
4 2 (1.83%) Fixed Income
4 2 (1.83%) IVR
4 2 (1.83%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.83%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.92%) Derivative
5 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.92%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.92%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.92%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.92%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.92%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (41.28%) Project Management
2 41 (37.61%) Agile
3 28 (25.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (22.02%) Project Delivery
5 21 (19.27%) PRINCE2
6 18 (16.51%) Migration
7 13 (11.93%) Budget Management
8 12 (11.01%) Decision-Making
9 11 (10.09%) Business Case
9 11 (10.09%) Waterfall
10 10 (9.17%) Risk Management
11 9 (8.26%) People Management
12 8 (7.34%) Project Governance
13 7 (6.42%) Change Management
13 7 (6.42%) Coaching
13 7 (6.42%) Data Migration
13 7 (6.42%) User Acceptance Testing
14 6 (5.50%) Dependency Management
14 6 (5.50%) Project Planning
14 6 (5.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.83%) SQL
2 1 (0.92%) Apex Code
2 1 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 18 (16.51%) SC Cleared
1 18 (16.51%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.34%) Degree
3 7 (6.42%) PMP
3 7 (6.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 6 (5.50%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.92%) CISM
6 1 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.42%) PMO
2 3 (2.75%) SLA
3 1 (0.92%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.92%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (0.92%) IFRS
3 1 (0.92%) IFRS 17
3 1 (0.92%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (8.26%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.50%) SAP
3 3 (2.75%) Progress
4 1 (0.92%) Databricks
4 1 (0.92%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.92%) Workday
4 1 (0.92%) Wrike