Senior IT Project Manager Contracts

Senior IT Project Manager
UK

The median Senior IT Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £545 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 678 773
Rank change year-on-year +108 +95 -123
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Project Manager 12 34 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.057% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.060% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 27 70
10th Percentile £488 £423 £412
25th Percentile £500 £518 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% +8.57% -1.41%
75th Percentile £584 £663 £623
90th Percentile £640 £850 £676
UK excluding London median daily rate £545 £550 £518
% change year-on-year -0.91% +6.23% +21.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £68.02
Median % change year-on-year - -8.12% -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £68.02

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 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
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 £750 £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 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Senior IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +104 12 £545 -4.39% 4
UK excluding London +43 7 £545 -0.91% 3
London +97 5 £555 -12.94% 1
Work from Home +116 4 £523 -16.40% 1
Midlands +35 3 £525 -4.55%
West Midlands +29 2 £535 -2.73%
South West +18 2 £550 -
North of England +33 1 £593 +12.93%
North West +13 1 £593 +12.93%
East Midlands +13 1 £500 -
South East +9 1 £525 -38.24% 2

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Senior IT 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 Senior IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) Agile
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
1 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (33.33%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) People Management
3 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (8.33%) VLE
5 1 (8.33%) CRM
5 1 (8.33%) SLA
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (8.33%) Change Management
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
5 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 1 (8.33%) Coaching
5 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (8.33%) FMCG
5 1 (8.33%) Moodle
5 1 (8.33%) Azure

Senior IT 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 (8.33%) Moodle
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) FMCG
1 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
1 1 (8.33%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Agile
1 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (33.33%) People Management
2 4 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (8.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 1 (8.33%) Change Management
5 1 (8.33%) CRM
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (8.33%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft