Commercial Project Manager Contracts

Commercial Project Manager
UK

The median Commercial Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £490 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 693 824
Rank change year-on-year +119 +131 -125
Contract jobs requiring a Commercial Project Manager 9 3 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.005% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.005% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 14
10th Percentile £413 £460 £437
25th Percentile £431 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +9.09% -21.43%
75th Percentile £650 - £650
90th Percentile £650 - £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% +38.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.75 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £36.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,665 55,057 84,118
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,784 38,442 59,095
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,534 2,069
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.26 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +3.98%

Commercial Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Project Manager in the UK

Commercial Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Commercial Project Manager in the UK

Commercial Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Project Manager over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Project Manager in the UK

Commercial Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Commercial Project Manager in the UK

Commercial Project Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Commercial Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +110 8 £470 -10.48% 6
UK excluding London +75 6 £450 -25.00% 6
South East - 5 £450 - 1
Work from Home - 3 £650 - 1
London +88 2 £490 -6.67%
North West - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 - - 2

Commercial Project Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Commercial 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 featuring Commercial Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
1 3 (33.33%) IT Governance
1 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (22.22%) SIAM
3 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Governance
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment

Commercial Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (11.11%) Law
1 1 (11.11%) Local Government
1 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) IT Governance
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) SIAM
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Governance
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow