IT Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

IT Project Manager
Central London > City of London

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in the City of London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 102 112
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 +48
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 12 15 21
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.57% 0.85% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.91% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 9
10th Percentile - £462 £479
25th Percentile £525 £488 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £725 £638 £673
90th Percentile £738 £638 £698
Central London median daily rate £575 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,985 1,643 2,218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.72% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,368 1,041 1,582
10th Percentile £350 £363 £340
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -5.46%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 8 18
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £15.73
25th Percentile £19.05 £24.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.75 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year -11.81% +36.56% -33.57%
75th Percentile £49.83 £38.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £90.38 £49.20
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -15.77% +11.47% -20.54%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

IT Project Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in the City of London

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in the City of London

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in the City of London

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 21 March 2026, IT Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Project Management
2 6 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 5 (41.67%) PMO
4 4 (33.33%) Degree
4 4 (33.33%) Scrum
4 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
4 4 (33.33%) Time Management
4 4 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Arista
5 3 (25.00%) Change Management
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco
5 3 (25.00%) LAN
5 3 (25.00%) Logistics
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (25.00%) WAN
6 2 (16.67%) Agile
6 2 (16.67%) Business Case
6 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
7 1 (8.33%) Behavioural Change

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) LAN
1 3 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (16.67%) Front Office
3 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Publishing
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (8.33%) Housing Association
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Project Management
2 6 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (33.33%) Scrum
3 4 (33.33%) Time Management
3 4 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (25.00%) Logistics
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Business Case
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (8.33%) Kanban
6 1 (8.33%) Supplier Management
6 1 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
2 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 3 (25.00%) Arista
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft