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 £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 113 131
Rank change year-on-year +6 +18 +38
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 17 11 17
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.99% 0.52% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.56% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 10
10th Percentile - £509 £468
25th Percentile £525 £518 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £563 £588
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -4.34% +6.91%
75th Percentile £672 £609 £644
90th Percentile £706 £656 £746
Central London median daily rate £575 £563 £588
% change year-on-year +2.22% -4.34% +4.53%

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 1,611 1,961 2,608
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 93.34% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,119 1,200 1,825
10th Percentile £325 £363 £351
25th Percentile £418 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 15
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.06 £17.97
Median hourly rate £27.50 £57.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +51.32% -6.17%
75th Percentile £41.75 £112.00 £50.63
90th Percentile £64.11 £137.50 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -7.89% -6.17%

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 5 November 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 5 November 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 & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, 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 10 (58.82%) Project Management
2 8 (47.06%) Project Delivery
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (35.29%) PMO
5 5 (29.41%) Degree
5 5 (29.41%) Logistics
5 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (29.41%) Scrum
6 4 (23.53%) Agile
6 4 (23.53%) Time Management
6 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (17.65%) Arista
7 3 (17.65%) Change Management
7 3 (17.65%) Cisco
7 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
7 3 (17.65%) LAN
7 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
7 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (17.65%) MS Visio
7 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
7 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow
7 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
7 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (17.65%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (17.65%) WAN
7 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (11.76%) Asana
8 2 (11.76%) Budget Management

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 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (17.65%) MS Visio
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (5.88%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Asana
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) LAN
1 3 (17.65%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (17.65%) WAN
1 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 10 (58.82%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (17.65%) Banking
4 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
5 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Front Office
6 1 (5.88%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Credit Risk
2 1 (5.88%) Derivative
2 1 (5.88%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (5.88%) IoT
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Market Risk
2 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Project Management
2 8 (47.06%) Project Delivery
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (29.41%) Logistics
4 5 (29.41%) Scrum
5 4 (23.53%) Agile
5 4 (23.53%) Time Management
5 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Change Management
6 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
6 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (11.76%) Budget Management
7 2 (11.76%) Migration
7 2 (11.76%) Supplier Management
7 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
8 1 (5.88%) AI
8 1 (5.88%) Business Analysis
8 1 (5.88%) Data Management
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) PMP
3 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Arista
1 3 (17.65%) Cisco
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
1 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.88%) AVEVA
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle