IT Project Manager Contracts 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 £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 102 158
Rank change year-on-year -8 +56 -8
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 13 20 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.75% 0.93% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.98% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 15
10th Percentile £441 £504 £370
25th Percentile £466 £518 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +7.38%
75th Percentile £642 £664 £663
90th Percentile £676 £749 £717
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £581
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.23% +4.03%

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 1,623 2,042 3,244
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 95.20% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 1,409 2,175
10th Percentile £350 £350 £356
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% +5.26%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £790 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 20
10th Percentile £20.35 £16.33 £15.37
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.83 £22.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.29% -35.00% -13.58%
75th Percentile £63.75 £32.03 £72.50
90th Percentile £92.13 £45.13 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.24% -22.86% -13.58%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager 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 24 June 2025.

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

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Project Management
3 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) JIRA
3 5 (38.46%) Project Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
5 3 (23.08%) Banking
5 3 (23.08%) Degree
5 3 (23.08%) Confluence
5 3 (23.08%) PMO
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Budget Management
6 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
6 2 (15.38%) SaaS
6 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
6 2 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
6 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
6 2 (15.38%) Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Legal
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
7 1 (7.69%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical

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 3 (23.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) SaaS
2 1 (7.69%) Asana
2 1 (7.69%) Veeva
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Legal
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Front Office
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Law
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (7.69%) Publishing
4 1 (7.69%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (7.69%) Credit Risk
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) Derivative
1 1 (7.69%) e-Learning
1 1 (7.69%) Learning Management System
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Market Risk
1 1 (7.69%) PMI
1 1 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Project Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) Budget Management
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
6 1 (7.69%) ERP
6 1 (7.69%) Matrix Management
6 1 (7.69%) Scrum
6 1 (7.69%) Service Management
6 1 (7.69%) Time Management
6 1 (7.69%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.69%) PMP
3 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) PMO
2 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
3 1 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (7.69%) GxP
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Aruba
1 1 (7.69%) Citrix
1 1 (7.69%) Planview