IT Project Manager Contracts in Central London

IT Project Manager
London > Central London

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in Central London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 113 153
Rank change year-on-year +4 +40 -5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 15 22 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.75% 0.90% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.95% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 15
10th Percentile £463 £503 £373
25th Percentile £500 £563 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +12.61%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £650
90th Percentile - £768 £681
London median daily rate £550 £605 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,853 2,328 3,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 95.37% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 1,660 2,513
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 31 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.04%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £40.00 £86.65
London median hourly rate £34.33 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +24.82% -21.43% -

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in Central London

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in Central London

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in Central London

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in Central London

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
City of London 0 15 £600 -4.00% 4
IT Project Manager
London

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 across the Central London region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (80.00%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Budget Management
3 6 (40.00%) Project Management
3 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
5 4 (26.67%) Agile
6 3 (20.00%) Banking
6 3 (20.00%) JIRA
6 3 (20.00%) Planview
6 3 (20.00%) Legal
6 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
6 3 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (20.00%) Migration
7 2 (13.33%) NIST
7 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security
7 2 (13.33%) GDPR
7 2 (13.33%) AWS
7 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (13.33%) Business Case
7 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (13.33%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
7 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 2 (13.33%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (13.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (13.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (6.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
2 1 (6.67%) Veeva
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 12 (80.00%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Legal
4 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Law
5 1 (6.67%) Marketing
5 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (6.67%) Publishing
5 1 (6.67%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (6.67%) e-Learning
3 1 (6.67%) Learning Management System
3 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.67%) PMI
3 1 (6.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Unix
2 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Budget Management
2 6 (40.00%) Project Management
2 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (26.67%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
4 3 (20.00%) Migration
4 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (13.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
5 2 (13.33%) Business Case
5 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (13.33%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
5 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 1 (6.67%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) CISA
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PMP
2 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) COBIT
1 2 (13.33%) COSO
1 2 (13.33%) GDPR
1 2 (13.33%) NIST
1 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) GxP
2 1 (6.67%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Planview
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Aruba
3 1 (6.67%) Citrix