Digital Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Digital Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Digital Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 390 395
Rank change year-on-year +26 +5 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Project Manager 24 63 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.27% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.28% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 50 87
10th Percentile £355 £340 £313
25th Percentile £363 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% +18.75%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £534
90th Percentile £588 £638 £575
UK median daily rate £413 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £21.39 £33.23
25th Percentile £24.75 £21.97 £39.56
Median hourly rate £25.50 £23.83 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +7.01% -55.25% +154.42%
75th Percentile £26.25 £25.58 £69.06
90th Percentile - £26.10 £76.68
UK median hourly rate £28.61 £23.83 £53.25
% change year-on-year +20.04% -55.25% +119.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,947 22,165 29,135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.32% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,551 15,483 20,411
10th Percentile £213 £225 £202
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,261 1,134 1,449
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.31
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%

Digital Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Digital Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Digital Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Digital Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Digital Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Digital Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +13 12 £413 -13.16% 4
South West +9 5 £575 - 2
Midlands +24 4 £500 +5.26% 3
West Midlands +18 4 £500 +123.71% 1
East of England +3 2 £227 -47.47% 3
North West +20 1 £525 +5.00% 2
North of England +12 1 £525 +16.67% 8
Digital Project Manager
UK

Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Digital 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 UK excluding London region featuring Digital Project Manager in the job title.

1 16 (66.67%) Agile
2 14 (58.33%) Project Management
3 10 (41.67%) E-Commerce
3 10 (41.67%) Finance
4 9 (37.50%) Change Management
5 8 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 7 (29.17%) SAP
6 7 (29.17%) Retail
7 6 (25.00%) DevOps
7 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
7 6 (25.00%) CI/CD
7 6 (25.00%) PMO
8 5 (20.83%) ISO 9001
8 5 (20.83%) QMS
8 5 (20.83%) JIRA
9 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (16.67%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 4 (16.67%) NHS
9 4 (16.67%) CRM
9 4 (16.67%) Scrum
10 3 (12.50%) Publishing
10 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
10 3 (12.50%) DSDM
10 3 (12.50%) Adobe
10 3 (12.50%) Tableau
10 3 (12.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (12.50%) Operations Management
10 3 (12.50%) SAP Hybris
10 3 (12.50%) Digital Strategy

Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 3 (12.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (4.17%) CMS
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Retail
3 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 3 (12.50%) Publishing
6 2 (8.33%) Electronics
6 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 2 (8.33%) Marketing
6 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) NHS
2 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.17%) Contactless
3 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Agile
2 14 (58.33%) Project Management
3 10 (41.67%) E-Commerce
4 9 (37.50%) Change Management
5 8 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 6 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 6 (25.00%) DevOps
6 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (20.83%) QMS
8 4 (16.67%) CRM
8 4 (16.67%) Scrum
9 3 (12.50%) Digital Strategy
9 3 (12.50%) DSDM
9 3 (12.50%) Operations Management
9 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
10 2 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
10 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (8.33%) Contingency Planning
10 2 (8.33%) Performance Metrics
10 2 (8.33%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
1 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) PMO
2 5 (20.83%) ISO 9001
3 1 (4.17%) P3O
3 1 (4.17%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) SAP
2 3 (12.50%) Adobe
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Palantir
3 1 (4.17%) Salesforce