Technical Project Manager Contracts

Technical Project Manager
UK

The median Technical Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 455 484 500
Rank change year-on-year +29 +16 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Project Manager 143 243 396
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.41% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.43% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 174 271
10th Percentile £323 £406 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% +9.74%
75th Percentile £588 £615 £625
90th Percentile £722 £700 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile - - £41.00
25th Percentile - - £43.31
Median hourly rate £34.21 £65.00 £55.13
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +17.91% +69.62%
75th Percentile - - £62.97
90th Percentile - - £66.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.21 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -47.37% -7.14% -

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 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
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 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Technical Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Project Manager in the UK

Technical Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Project Manager in the UK

Technical Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Project Manager over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Project Manager in the UK

Technical Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Project Manager in the UK

Technical Project Manager
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +41 125 £525 - 52
London +40 74 £550 +1.85% 15
UK excluding London +51 57 £500 - 35
Work from Home +87 55 £500 -1.23% 15
South East +30 20 £520 +15.56% 13
North of England +22 13 £500 - 7
North West +13 10 £500 - 6
Scotland +37 8 £525 +2.44% 1
East of England +20 7 £500 -20.00% 8
South West +15 5 £550 +11.39% 3
West Midlands +24 4 £475 -9.52% 5
Midlands +14 4 £475 -9.52% 5
Yorkshire +12 3 £363 -19.44% 1

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Technical 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 Technical Project Manager in the job title.

1 73 (51.05%) Project Management
2 51 (35.66%) Finance
3 50 (34.97%) Agile
4 36 (25.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 31 (21.68%) Social Skills
6 29 (20.28%) Project Delivery
7 20 (13.99%) Migration
8 18 (12.59%) Waterfall
9 17 (11.89%) Banking
10 16 (11.19%) Change Management
11 14 (9.79%) Scrum
11 14 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (9.79%) Budget Management
12 12 (8.39%) SAP
12 12 (8.39%) PRINCE2
12 12 (8.39%) ERP
13 11 (7.69%) Risk Management
13 11 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
13 11 (7.69%) JIRA
13 11 (7.69%) Public Sector
14 10 (6.99%) Data Centre
14 10 (6.99%) Microsoft
15 9 (6.29%) PMP
15 9 (6.29%) PMI Certification
15 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Project
15 9 (6.29%) Azure
15 9 (6.29%) Security Cleared
15 9 (6.29%) Roadmaps
16 8 (5.59%) Budgeting
16 8 (5.59%) Decision-Making

Technical 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 6 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.10%) Confluence
3 3 (2.10%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.70%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.70%) ColdFusion
4 1 (0.70%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.70%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.40%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.70%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.70%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.70%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.70%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.29%) Azure
2 7 (4.90%) SaaS
3 4 (2.80%) GCP
4 3 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.40%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.70%) AWS
6 1 (0.70%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.70%) GitHub
6 1 (0.70%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.70%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.90%) WAN
2 6 (4.20%) LAN
2 6 (4.20%) VPN
2 6 (4.20%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.80%) Firewall
3 4 (2.80%) Wireless
4 3 (2.10%) Network Security
5 2 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.40%) SAN
5 2 (1.40%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.40%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.70%) DHCP
6 1 (0.70%) MPLS
6 1 (0.70%) NAS
6 1 (0.70%) NFC
6 1 (0.70%) RTP
6 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.50%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.10%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.40%) Metadata
4 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.70%) Power BI
4 1 (0.70%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 11 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 51 (35.66%) Finance
2 31 (21.68%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.89%) Banking
4 11 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.20%) Retail
6 5 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.80%) Law
7 4 (2.80%) Police
8 3 (2.10%) Back Office
8 3 (2.10%) Front Office
8 3 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.40%) Automotive
9 2 (1.40%) French Language
9 2 (1.40%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.40%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.70%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.70%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.40%) OpenID
1 2 (1.40%) SAML
2 1 (0.70%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.70%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.99%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.90%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.90%) NHS
3 6 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.10%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.10%) FMCG
4 3 (2.10%) Taxonomies
4 3 (2.10%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.40%) CSOC
5 2 (1.40%) Digital TV
5 2 (1.40%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.40%) STB
5 2 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.70%) HACMP
6 1 (0.70%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.80%) Linux
2 3 (2.10%) Windows
3 2 (1.40%) AIX
4 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (51.05%) Project Management
2 50 (34.97%) Agile
3 36 (25.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 29 (20.28%) Project Delivery
5 20 (13.99%) Migration
6 18 (12.59%) Waterfall
7 16 (11.19%) Change Management
8 14 (9.79%) Budget Management
8 14 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (9.79%) Scrum
9 12 (8.39%) ERP
9 12 (8.39%) PRINCE2
10 11 (7.69%) Risk Management
11 9 (6.29%) Roadmaps
12 8 (5.59%) Budgeting
12 8 (5.59%) Decision-Making
12 8 (5.59%) Programme Management
12 8 (5.59%) Project Planning
12 8 (5.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 6 (4.20%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.59%) Python
2 7 (4.90%) SQL
3 2 (1.40%) Perl
4 1 (0.70%) C
4 1 (0.70%) C#
4 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (6.29%) PMI Certification
1 9 (6.29%) PMP
1 9 (6.29%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.59%) Degree
3 5 (3.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.10%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.10%) HNC
4 3 (2.10%) NVQ Level 4
5 2 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.70%) APMG
6 1 (0.70%) APMP
6 1 (0.70%) CCNA
6 1 (0.70%) CCNP
6 1 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.59%) QA
2 3 (2.10%) GDPR
2 3 (2.10%) SLA
3 2 (1.40%) ISO 20022
3 2 (1.40%) PMO
4 1 (0.70%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.70%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (1.40%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.70%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 3 (2.10%) TrustSec
2 2 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (8.39%) SAP
2 10 (6.99%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.20%) Splunk
4 4 (2.80%) Cisco
5 3 (2.10%) Google
5 3 (2.10%) Juniper
6 2 (1.40%) AlgoSec
6 2 (1.40%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.40%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.40%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.40%) Guidewire
6 2 (1.40%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.40%) Temenos
7 1 (0.70%) Ariba
7 1 (0.70%) F5
7 1 (0.70%) Genesys
7 1 (0.70%) IBM
7 1 (0.70%) Infoblox
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle
7 1 (0.70%) Red Hat
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