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 £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 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
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 113 132
Rank change year-on-year +10 +19 +27
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 13 15 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.74% 0.72% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.77% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 16
10th Percentile £480 £503 £466
25th Percentile £563 £520 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -2.21% +2.26%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £641
90th Percentile £713 £760 £769
Central London median daily rate £625 £575 £576
% change year-on-year +8.70% -0.17% +0.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,643 1,960 2,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 94.37% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,245 2,008
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £423 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £706
90th Percentile £775 £785 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £580
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 12
10th Percentile £17.35 £16.49 £14.42
25th Percentile £23.98 £21.25 £16.90
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -23.94% -14.97%
75th Percentile £53.50 £85.63 £44.87
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £67.13
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.57% - -15.66%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager 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 15 September 2025.

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
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Moorgate - 1 £625 -
IT Project Manager
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 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 City of London region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (46.15%) Project Management
3 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Project Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Banking
5 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (23.08%) PMO
5 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
5 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
6 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Asana
6 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
6 2 (15.38%) Degree
6 2 (15.38%) JIRA
6 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (15.38%) PMP
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (15.38%) Logistics
6 2 (15.38%) Scrum
6 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
7 1 (7.69%) Validation
7 1 (7.69%) Legal

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.69%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Asana
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Banking
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Front Office
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Credit Risk
2 1 (7.69%) Derivative
2 1 (7.69%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (7.69%) IoT
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Market Risk
2 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
1 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Project Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
3 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
4 2 (15.38%) Logistics
4 2 (15.38%) Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Scrum
4 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.69%) Business Case
5 1 (7.69%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (7.69%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (7.69%) Epics
5 1 (7.69%) Smart Manufacturing
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) PMP
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) AVEVA
1 1 (7.69%) Citrix
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle