Project Manager Contracts in the City of London

The median contractor rate for a Project Manager was £500 per day in advertised job vacancies in the City of London during the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Project Manager London / City of London
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	34	28	16
Rank change year-on-year	-6	-12
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager	185	222	517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London	5.66%	6.56%	8.88%
As % of the Job Titles category	5.93%	6.85%	9.37%
Number of daily rates quoted	138	176	395
Median daily rate	£500	£525	£500
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-4.76%	+5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£375	£355	£325
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£650	£650
UK excluding London median daily rate	£425	£425	£414
% change year-on-year	-	+2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	1	4
Median hourly rate	-	£31.50	£30.03
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-	+4.91%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£38.75	£35.75	£37.75
% change year-on-year	+8.39%	-5.29%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles City of London
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	3118	3240	5517
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London	95.47%	95.77%	94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted	2387	2631	4253
Median daily rate	£500	£475	£450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.26%	+5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£313	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£625	£625
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£370
% change year-on-year	-	+8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted	37	38	98
Median hourly rate	£18.70	£19.00	£19.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-1.60%	-
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.54	£12.50	£10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£30.00	£31.50	£37.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.48	£16.00
% change year-on-year	+0.14%	+9.21%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the City of London that featured Project Manager in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the City of London

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Project Manager in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate trend for Project Manager in the City of London

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Project Manager in the City of London over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the City of London

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, Project Manager contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the City of London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1	178 (44.50%)	Project Management
2	137 (34.25%)	Finance
3	118 (29.50%)	Stakeholder Management
4	94 (23.50%)	PRINCE2
5	87 (21.75%)	Agile Software Development
6	71 (17.75%)	Banking
7	48 (12.00%)	Migration
8	41 (10.25%)	PMI Certification
9	36 (9.00%)	Investment Banking
10	35 (8.75%)	PMP
11	30 (7.50%)	Legal
12	26 (6.50%)	Waterfall
13	24 (6.00%)	Law
13	24 (6.00%)	Change Management
13	24 (6.00%)	Scrum

13	24 (6.00%)	Retail
14	23 (5.75%)	PMI
14	23 (5.75%)	MiFID
15	22 (5.50%)	SDLC
15	22 (5.50%)	Windows
15	22 (5.50%)	Marketing
16	21 (5.25%)	Risk Management
16	21 (5.25%)	Security Cleared
17	20 (5.00%)	PRINCE2 Certification
18	19 (4.75%)	Business Intelligence
18	19 (4.75%)	CRM
18	19 (4.75%)	ITIL
18	19 (4.75%)	Front Office
19	18 (4.50%)	Data Centre
19	18 (4.50%)	Project Governance

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	8 (2.00%)	SharePoint
2	6 (1.50%)	Drupal
3	5 (1.25%)	CMS
3	5 (1.25%)	Confluence
3	5 (1.25%)	Skype for Business
4	2 (0.50%)	WebSphere
5	1 (0.25%)	Exchange Server 2010
5	1 (0.25%)	Exchange Server 2013
5	1 (0.25%)	IIS
5	1 (0.25%)	MS Exchange
5	1 (0.25%)	Oracle Coherence
5	1 (0.25%)	Sitecore CMS

Applications
1	18 (4.50%)	Microsoft Project
2	8 (2.00%)	Microsoft Excel
3	4 (1.00%)	MS Visio
4	3 (0.75%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	2 (0.50%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	10 (2.50%)	Dynamics CRM
2	3 (0.75%)	SAP ERP
2	3 (0.75%)	thinkFolio
3	2 (0.50%)	Salesforce.com CRM
3	2 (0.50%)	SAP BPC
4	1 (0.25%)	Bloomberg AIM
4	1 (0.25%)	Bloomberg TOMS
4	1 (0.25%)	Exstream
4	1 (0.25%)	iTrent
4	1 (0.25%)	LatentZero
4	1 (0.25%)	Magento
4	1 (0.25%)	Oracle EBS R12

Cloud Services
1	9 (2.25%)	Dynamics 365
2	8 (2.00%)	Amazon AWS
3	7 (1.75%)	Microsoft Azure
3	7 (1.75%)	Office 365
4	3 (0.75%)	OneDrive
4	3 (0.75%)	SaaS
5	1 (0.25%)	Amazon EC2
5	1 (0.25%)	Amazon S3
5	1 (0.25%)	Asana
5	1 (0.25%)	Google Analytics
5	1 (0.25%)	IaaS
5	1 (0.25%)	Mimecast
5	1 (0.25%)	Salesforce Sales Cloud
5	1 (0.25%)	Slack
5	1 (0.25%)	Trello

Communications & Networking
1	7 (1.75%)	WAN
2	6 (1.50%)	Skype
3	5 (1.25%)	Firewall
3	5 (1.25%)	LAN
4	3 (0.75%)	3G
4	3 (0.75%)	4G
4	3 (0.75%)	Intranet
4	3 (0.75%)	IP Telephony
4	3 (0.75%)	SAN
4	3 (0.75%)	VoIP
5	2 (0.50%)	DNS
5	2 (0.50%)	Internet
5	2 (0.50%)	NAS
5	2 (0.50%)	Structured Cabling
5	2 (0.50%)	Unified Communications
5	2 (0.50%)	Wireless
6	1 (0.25%)	DMZ
6	1 (0.25%)	FTP
6	1 (0.25%)	TCP/IP
6	1 (0.25%)	Wi-Fi

Database & Business Intelligence
1	10 (2.50%)	Data Warehouse
2	6 (1.50%)	SQL Server
3	3 (0.75%)	BusinessObjects
3	3 (0.75%)	SQL Server Integration Services
4	2 (0.50%)	Big Data
4	2 (0.50%)	SAP BW
5	1 (0.25%)	Hadoop
5	1 (0.25%)	Mixpanel
5	1 (0.25%)	Oracle Reports
5	1 (0.25%)	Spatial Data
5	1 (0.25%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
5	1 (0.25%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	18 (4.50%)	JIRA

General
1	137 (34.25%)	Finance
2	71 (17.75%)	Banking
3	36 (9.00%)	Investment Banking
4	30 (7.50%)	Legal
5	24 (6.00%)	Law
5	24 (6.00%)	Retail
6	22 (5.50%)	Marketing
7	19 (4.75%)	Front Office
8	9 (2.25%)	Advertising
9	8 (2.00%)	Financial Institution
9	8 (2.00%)	Retail Banking
9	8 (2.00%)	Telecoms
10	7 (1.75%)	Back Office
11	5 (1.25%)	French Language
12	4 (1.00%)	Corporate Banking
12	4 (1.00%)	Games
13	3 (0.75%)	International Banking
14	2 (0.50%)	Billing
14	2 (0.50%)	Italian Language
14	2 (0.50%)	Spanish Language

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	2 (0.50%)	Laravel
1	2 (0.50%)	REST
1	2 (0.50%)	SOAP
1	2 (0.50%)	Web Services
2	1 (0.25%)	.NET
2	1 (0.25%)	FIX Protocol
2	1 (0.25%)	HTML
2	1 (0.25%)	Middleware
2	1 (0.25%)	PySpark
2	1 (0.25%)	Velocity
2	1 (0.25%)	Visualforce
2	1 (0.25%)	WebSphere MQ

Miscellaneous
1	23 (5.75%)	PMI
2	18 (4.50%)	Data Centre
3	13 (3.25%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
4	10 (2.50%)	Analytical Skills
5	9 (2.25%)	Virtual Team
6	8 (2.00%)	NHS
7	7 (1.75%)	Fintech
7	7 (1.75%)	User Experience
8	6 (1.50%)	Equities
9	5 (1.25%)	Fixed Income
9	5 (1.25%)	Hedge funds
10	4 (1.00%)	Computer Science
10	4 (1.00%)	Greenfield Project
10	4 (1.00%)	Management Information System
10	4 (1.00%)	Mobile App
11	3 (0.75%)	Data Protection Act
11	3 (0.75%)	Derivative
11	3 (0.75%)	Reference Data
12	2 (0.50%)	FMCG
12	2 (0.50%)	iSeries

Operating Systems
1	22 (5.50%)	Windows
2	11 (2.75%)	Windows 10
3	8 (2.00%)	Windows Server
4	3 (0.75%)	Unix
5	2 (0.50%)	Android
5	2 (0.50%)	Apple iOS
5	2 (0.50%)	Linux
5	2 (0.50%)	Windows 7
5	2 (0.50%)	Windows Server 2012
6	1 (0.25%)	Windows Server 2003
6	1 (0.25%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	178 (44.50%)	Project Management
2	118 (29.50%)	Stakeholder Management
3	94 (23.50%)	PRINCE2
4	87 (21.75%)	Agile Software Development
5	48 (12.00%)	Migration
6	26 (6.50%)	Waterfall
7	24 (6.00%)	Change Management
7	24 (6.00%)	Scrum
8	22 (5.50%)	SDLC
9	21 (5.25%)	Risk Management
10	19 (4.75%)	Business Intelligence
10	19 (4.75%)	CRM
10	19 (4.75%)	ITIL
11	18 (4.50%)	Matrix Organization
11	18 (4.50%)	Project Governance
12	17 (4.25%)	Stakeholder Engagement
13	15 (3.75%)	Data Protection
13	15 (3.75%)	Programme Management
14	14 (3.50%)	Business Analysis
14	14 (3.50%)	Data Migration

Programming Languages
1	11 (2.75%)	C
2	7 (1.75%)	SQL
3	5 (1.25%)	Java
4	2 (0.50%)	PHP
4	2 (0.50%)	Python
4	2 (0.50%)	Ruby
5	1 (0.25%)	Apex Code
5	1 (0.25%)	JavaScript
5	1 (0.25%)	Lingo
5	1 (0.25%)	Tcl
5	1 (0.25%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	41 (10.25%)	PMI Certification
2	35 (8.75%)	PMP
3	21 (5.25%)	Security Cleared
4	20 (5.00%)	PRINCE2 Certification
5	17 (4.25%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
6	15 (3.75%)	Degree
7	13 (3.25%)	SC Cleared
8	8 (2.00%)	DV Cleared
9	7 (1.75%)	ISEB
10	6 (1.50%)	CISSP
11	4 (1.00%)	CISM
11	4 (1.00%)	ITIL Certification
12	3 (0.75%)	BPSS Clearance
13	2 (0.50%)	CISA
13	2 (0.50%)	Computer Science Degree
13	2 (0.50%)	CTC Cleared
14	1 (0.25%)	APMP
14	1 (0.25%)	MCITP
14	1 (0.25%)	MCTS
14	1 (0.25%)	Microsoft Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	23 (5.75%)	MiFID
2	11 (2.75%)	GDPR
2	11 (2.75%)	QA
3	9 (2.25%)	PMO
4	8 (2.00%)	SEPA
5	6 (1.50%)	EMIR
5	6 (1.50%)	FATCA
6	5 (1.25%)	Dodd-Frank
6	5 (1.25%)	ISO/IEC 27001
7	4 (1.00%)	PCI DSS
8	3 (0.75%)	Cyber Essentials
9	2 (0.50%)	COBIT
9	2 (0.50%)	CRD IV
9	2 (0.50%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
10	1 (0.25%)	Basel II
10	1 (0.25%)	DICOM
10	1 (0.25%)	Disclosure Scotland
10	1 (0.25%)	Solvency II

System Software
1	9 (2.25%)	Active Directory
2	5 (1.25%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	4 (1.00%)	Virtual Machines
4	1 (0.25%)	Hyper-V

Systems Management
1	3 (0.75%)	SCCM
2	1 (0.25%)	AirWatch
2	1 (0.25%)	Cisco CUCM
2	1 (0.25%)	Cisco UCCE
2	1 (0.25%)	Microsoft Clustering
2	1 (0.25%)	Puppet

Vendors
1	12 (3.00%)	Microsoft
2	11 (2.75%)	SAP
3	9 (2.25%)	iManage
3	9 (2.25%)	VMware
4	8 (2.00%)	Oracle
5	7 (1.75%)	Salesforce.com
6	6 (1.50%)	Cisco
7	5 (1.25%)	CheckPoint
7	5 (1.25%)	HP
8	4 (1.00%)	Bloomberg
8	4 (1.00%)	Citrix
9	3 (0.75%)	Concur
10	2 (0.50%)	Charles River
10	2 (0.50%)	EMC
10	2 (0.50%)	Fidessa
10	2 (0.50%)	Murex
10	2 (0.50%)	NetApp
10	2 (0.50%)	Netezza
10	2 (0.50%)	Reuters
11	1 (0.25%)	Fujitsu