Senior Project Manager Contracts in the City of London

Senior Project Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in the City of London is £788, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 108 148
Rank change year-on-year -3 +40 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 11 17 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.63% 0.78% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.82% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 21
10th Percentile £600 £361 £506
25th Percentile £688 £550 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £788 £725 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.62% +11.54% +7.66%
75th Percentile £838 £781 £713
90th Percentile - £815 £775
Central London median daily rate £750 £725 £650
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% +7.66%

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 1,634 2,075 3,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.10% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,474 2,351
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -5.41%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -5.41%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the City of London

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Project Manager in the City of London

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

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

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

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Project Management
1 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (63.64%) Finance
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
3 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 3 (27.27%) Banking
4 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
4 3 (27.27%) Business Transformation
5 2 (18.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) QA
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) PMP
5 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
5 2 (18.18%) SLA
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Business Case
6 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (9.09%) API Management
6 1 (9.09%) Order Management
6 1 (9.09%) Regulatory Change
6 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
6 1 (9.09%) Contingency Planning
6 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (9.09%) PMI
6 1 (9.09%) Microsoft

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Front Office
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) PMI
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Project Management
1 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
2 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
3 3 (27.27%) Business Transformation
3 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
4 2 (18.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (18.18%) Business Case
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (9.09%) Order Management
5 1 (9.09%) Post-Merger Integration
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Regulatory Change
5 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
1 2 (18.18%) PMP
1 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
2 1 (9.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow