Payments Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Payments
UK

The median Project Manager - Payments daily rate in the UK is £600 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 576 698 835
Rank change year-on-year +122 +137 -169
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Project Manager 10 18 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.030% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.031% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 13
10th Percentile £323 £519 £480
25th Percentile £356 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% +21.52%
75th Percentile - £688 £650
90th Percentile £668 £750 £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 £613 £550
% change year-on-year -40.82% +11.36% +42.39%

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%

Payments Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Payments Project Manager in the UK

Payments Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Payments Project Manager in the UK

Payments Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Payments Project Manager in the UK

Payments 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 Payments 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 +106 9 £600 -2.04%
London +105 7 £600 -11.11%
Work from Home +126 6 £600 +9.09%
UK excluding London +65 2 £363 -40.82%
North of England +35 1 £363 -40.82%
Yorkshire +18 1 £363 -40.82%
South East - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Payments 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 Payments Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Finance
1 7 (70.00%) Banking
2 5 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Data Mapping
3 4 (40.00%) Financial Institution
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Calypso
4 3 (30.00%) ISO 20022
5 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 1 (10.00%) PMP
6 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
6 1 (10.00%) Apple
6 1 (10.00%) EMV
6 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma
6 1 (10.00%) RTP
6 1 (10.00%) Scrum
6 1 (10.00%) Workflow
6 1 (10.00%) Process Management
6 1 (10.00%) Change Management
6 1 (10.00%) Private Banking
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) QA
6 1 (10.00%) Lean Six Sigma

Payments 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Apple Pay
1 1 (10.00%) Google Pay
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) RTP
General
1 7 (70.00%) Banking
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Financial Institution
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Private Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (10.00%) EMV
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Agile
1 4 (40.00%) Data Mapping
1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
1 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Business Case
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Process Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
3 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) ISO 20022
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Calypso
2 1 (10.00%) Apple
2 1 (10.00%) Google