The median contractor rate for a Project Manager was £558 per day in advertised job vacancies in the City of London during the 6 months to 18 January 2022.
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.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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
3,699
1,883
4,608
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
92.48%
92.26%
93.45%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,864
1,420
3,638
10th Percentile
£356
£305
£300
25th Percentile
£463
£413
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£520
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+5.77%
+4.00%
-
75th Percentile
£650
£602
£600
90th Percentile
£750
£688
£675
Central London median daily rate
£550
£513
£500
% change year-on-year
+7.32%
+2.50%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
46
20
60
10th Percentile
£13.88
£16.58
£12.38
25th Percentile
£18.63
£20.74
£14.19
Median hourly rate
£33.75
£24.75
£19.75
Median % change year-on-year
+36.36%
+25.32%
+5.61%
75th Percentile
£51.50
£36.69
£25.50
90th Percentile
£62.50
£46.18
£49.50
Central London median hourly rate
£34.50
£26.50
£19.75
% change year-on-year
+30.19%
+34.18%
+5.61%
Project Manager Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Project Manager Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in the City of London.
Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 January 2022.
Project Manager Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in the City of London.
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 Project Manager within the City of London region over the 6 months to 18 January 2022. 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
Project Manager Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 18 January 2022, Project Manager contract jobs required the following IT skills 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 Project Manager in the job title.
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:
