Lead Project Manager Contracts

Lead Project Manager
UK

The median Lead Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £663 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 555 660 792
Rank change year-on-year +105 +132 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 23 56 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.095% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.10% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 30 52
10th Percentile £455 £437 £364
25th Percentile £528 £472 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £588 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.77% -2.08% +23.39%
75th Percentile £722 £700 £800
90th Percentile £784 £786 £872
UK excluding London median daily rate £663 £475 £538
% change year-on-year +39.47% -11.63% +36.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 4
10th Percentile - £65.00 -
25th Percentile - £65.25 -
Median hourly rate £26.73 £65.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.19% -0.76% -
75th Percentile - £65.75 £70.13
90th Percentile - - £77.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.73 £65.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year -59.19% -18.13% -

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 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £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 £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 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Project Manager in the UK

Lead Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Project Manager in the UK

Lead Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Lead Project Manager in the UK

Lead Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead Project Manager in the UK

Lead Project Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 +80 19 £675 +3.85% 13
UK excluding London +40 11 £663 +39.47% 10
Work from Home +109 10 £675 +24.14% 2
London +101 9 £675 -3.57% 3
South East +22 4 £775 +63.16% 2
South West +19 3 - - 1
East of England +3 2 £500 +14.29%
Scotland +34 1 £400 -22.89%
Midlands +30 1 £675 -1.82% 4
West Midlands +19 1 £675 -1.82% 3

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

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

1 11 (47.83%) Social Skills
1 11 (47.83%) Project Management
2 9 (39.13%) Finance
3 8 (34.78%) Agile
4 6 (26.09%) Project Delivery
5 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (17.39%) Degree
6 4 (17.39%) SAP
6 4 (17.39%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (17.39%) Budget Management
7 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
7 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (13.04%) DevOps
7 3 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
7 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
7 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
7 3 (13.04%) Migration
7 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
7 3 (13.04%) Azure
7 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (13.04%) PMP
7 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
7 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
7 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
7 3 (13.04%) Change Management
7 3 (13.04%) Supplier Management
7 3 (13.04%) Scrum
8 2 (8.70%) JIRA

Lead 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) AutoCAD
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
1 3 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (4.35%) ChatGPT
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) LSMW
General
1 11 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 9 (39.13%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Local Government
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
1 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Project Management
2 8 (34.78%) Agile
3 6 (26.09%) Project Delivery
4 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (17.39%) Budget Management
5 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.04%) Change Management
6 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (13.04%) DevOps
6 3 (13.04%) Migration
6 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
6 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
6 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
6 3 (13.04%) Scrum
6 3 (13.04%) Supplier Management
7 2 (8.70%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 2 (8.70%) Coaching
7 2 (8.70%) Data Migration
7 2 (8.70%) Kanban
7 2 (8.70%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
2 3 (13.04%) PMP
2 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) Ariba
2 1 (4.35%) Autodesk
2 1 (4.35%) Databricks
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) UiPath
2 1 (4.35%) Virgin Media
2 1 (4.35%) VMware