Development Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Development
UK

The median Project Manager - Development daily rate in the UK is £509 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 559 667 827
Rank change year-on-year +108 +160 -175
Contract jobs requiring a Development Project Manager 20 33 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.055% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.058% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 27 30
10th Percentile £390 £363 £398
25th Percentile £413 £375 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.16% +4.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £561 £600 £534
90th Percentile £572 - £603
UK excluding London median daily rate £509 £515 £513
% change year-on-year -1.21% +0.49% +28.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £36.33 - -
25th Percentile £36.33 £87.39 -
Median hourly rate £36.34 £89.78 -
Median % change year-on-year -59.53% - -
75th Percentile £42.54 £92.16 -
90th Percentile £46.27 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £89.78 -
% change year-on-year -47.09% - -

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 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £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 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Development Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Project Manager in the UK

Development Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Development Project Manager in the UK

Development Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Development Project Manager over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Development Project Manager in the UK

Development Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Development Project Manager in the UK

Development Project Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Development Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +100 14 £438 -20.45% 5
UK excluding London +59 9 £509 -1.21% 6
London +107 8 £560 -6.67%
Work from Home +109 5 £425 -2.86%
Wales - 3 £515 -
Scotland +32 2 - - 1
South East +24 2 £525 +1.94% 1
Midlands +25 1 £400 -8.57%
North of England +20 1 £400 -30.43% 3
North West +15 1 £400 -30.43% 2
East of England - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £400 -

Development Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Development 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 Development Project Manager in the job title.

1 14 (70.00%) Project Management
2 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (35.00%) Agile
4 6 (30.00%) Kanban
4 6 (30.00%) Finance
4 6 (30.00%) Project Delivery
5 5 (25.00%) Project Governance
5 5 (25.00%) Budget Management
5 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (20.00%) Scrum
6 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (20.00%) Degree
6 4 (20.00%) JIRA
6 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (15.00%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (15.00%) Product Ownership
7 3 (15.00%) Cost Management
7 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (15.00%) Azure
7 3 (15.00%) DevOps
7 3 (15.00%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (15.00%) Microservices
7 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (15.00%) SDLC
7 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (15.00%) Atlassian
7 3 (15.00%) Marketing
7 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office

Development 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
1 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Finance
3 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (15.00%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Marketing
5 2 (10.00%) Electronics
5 2 (10.00%) Local Government
5 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (5.00%) Banking
6 1 (5.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Project Management
2 7 (35.00%) Agile
3 6 (30.00%) Kanban
3 6 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 5 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (20.00%) Scrum
6 3 (15.00%) Cost Management
6 3 (15.00%) DevOps
6 3 (15.00%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (15.00%) Microservices
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.00%) Programme Management
6 3 (15.00%) SDLC
7 2 (10.00%) Data Analytics
7 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
7 2 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (10.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.00%) PMP
2 1 (5.00%) RIBA
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Atlassian
3 2 (10.00%) SAP
4 1 (5.00%) Cadence
4 1 (5.00%) Databricks
4 1 (5.00%) Progress
4 1 (5.00%) Salesforce