ICT Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

ICT Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median ICT Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £338 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 453 510
Rank change year-on-year +62 +57 -75
Contract jobs requiring an ICT Project Manager 7 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% 0.008% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.009% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 9
10th Percentile £277 - £218
25th Percentile £313 £413 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% +13.33% +18.48%
75th Percentile £362 £438 £434
90th Percentile £368 - £438
UK median daily rate £338 £425 £388
% change year-on-year -20.59% +9.68% +20.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.26 £46.75 -
Median hourly rate £27.52 £48.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.27% - -
75th Percentile £27.77 £50.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £27.52 £41.16 -
% change year-on-year -33.15% - -

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 19,163 22,551 29,607
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.20% 95.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,700 15,818 20,751
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £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 2,248 1,160 1,483
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

ICT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

ICT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ICT Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

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

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

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

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

ICT 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 ICT Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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 West +30 4 £325 -
South East - 2 £366 -
Midlands - 1 £350 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £350 - 1
ICT Project Manager
UK

ICT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, ICT 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 ICT Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Local Government
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Business Case
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (14.29%) BT
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification

ICT 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 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
General
1 3 (42.86%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (14.29%) Business Case
3 1 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) BT
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft