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 £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 August 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
9 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 112 145
Rank change year-on-year -14 +33 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 3 16 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.16% 0.77% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.82% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 20
10th Percentile £680 £445 £546
25th Percentile £688 £520 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £650 £640
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +1.56% +6.67%
75th Percentile £763 £775 £703
90th Percentile £770 £798 £738
Central London median daily rate £725 £650 £640
% change year-on-year +11.54% +1.56% +6.67%

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 1,763 1,957 3,113
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 94.72% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,161 1,310 2,135
10th Percentile £333 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £723
90th Percentile £775 £788 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 12
10th Percentile £17.57 £15.87 £14.42
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.88 £20.09
Median hourly rate £29.75 £27.00 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% -27.84% -10.92%
75th Percentile £62.00 £89.06 £57.50
90th Percentile £86.43 £137.50 £82.25
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +7.67% -22.86% -15.66%

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
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 9 August 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 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (33.33%) PMI
3 1 (33.33%) PMP
3 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) API Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Post-Merger Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PMI
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) Order Management
3 1 (33.33%) Post-Merger Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
18 Senior Project Manager jobs in Central London