NHS Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - NHS
UK

The median Project Manager - NHS daily rate in the UK is £275 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 586 689 789
Rank change year-on-year +103 +100 -138
Contract jobs requiring an NHS Project Manager 5 29 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.049% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.052% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 18 58
10th Percentile - £220 £226
25th Percentile £250 £300 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £350 £406
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -13.85% +25.00%
75th Percentile £341 £430 £480
90th Percentile £369 £479 £539
UK excluding London median daily rate £250 £350 £400
% change year-on-year -28.57% -12.50% +18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.11 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £26.11 -

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 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £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 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

NHS Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS Project Manager in the UK

NHS Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for NHS Project Manager in the UK

NHS Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS Project Manager in the UK

NHS Project Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
Work from Home +118 5 £275 -21.43%
England +89 4 £300 -14.29% 2
London +99 3 £338 -15.63%
UK excluding London +47 1 £250 -28.57% 2
West Midlands +23 1 £250 -28.57%
Midlands +21 1 £250 -41.18% 2

NHS Project Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, NHS 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 NHS Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) NHS
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) TrustSec
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco

NHS 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco