ICT Project Manager Contracts

ICT Project Manager
UK

The median ICT Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 713 838
Rank change year-on-year +133 +125 -169
Contract jobs requiring an ICT Project Manager 6 3 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.005% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.005% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 16
10th Percentile £270 - £263
25th Percentile £313 £413 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £425 £388
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +9.68% +20.90%
75th Percentile £350 £438 £456
90th Percentile £363 - £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £425 £375
% change year-on-year -23.53% +13.33% +18.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £35.11 -
25th Percentile £27.26 £37.05 -
Median hourly rate £27.52 £41.16 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.15% - -
75th Percentile £27.77 £46.14 -
90th Percentile - £48.61 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.52 £48.50 -
% change year-on-year -43.27% - -

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 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £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 £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

ICT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ICT Project Manager in the UK

ICT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ICT Project Manager in the UK

ICT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ICT Project Manager over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ICT Project Manager in the UK

ICT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ICT Project Manager in the UK

ICT 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 ICT Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 +119 6 £325 - 2
UK excluding London +74 6 £325 -23.53% 2
South West +28 4 £325 -
Work from Home +125 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £350 - 1
South East - 1 £371 -
West Midlands - 1 £350 -

ICT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 featuring ICT Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
1 3 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (16.67%) BT
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Business Case
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills

ICT 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
General
1 3 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Business Case
2 1 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) BT
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft