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 £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 154 147
Rank change year-on-year +46 -7 -22
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 21 18 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.95% 0.49% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.52% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 36
10th Percentile £502 £329 £367
25th Percentile £560 £569 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £555
Median % change year-on-year - +12.61% +0.91%
75th Percentile £700 £656 £650
90th Percentile £771 £684 £713
Central London median daily rate £625 £625 £550
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

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 2,111 3,471 3,990
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 95.20% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,503 2,350 3,011
10th Percentile £350 £350 £369
25th Percentile £450 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £792 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £560
% change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 50
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £44.10 £86.65 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024, 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 12 (57.14%) Project Management
2 9 (42.86%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
3 5 (23.81%) WhatsApp
4 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Law
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (14.29%) Change Management
5 3 (14.29%) Smart Meter
5 3 (14.29%) Azure
5 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 3 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
6 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
6 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
6 2 (9.52%) NIST
6 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.52%) Basel III
6 2 (9.52%) Banking
6 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (9.52%) Degree
6 2 (9.52%) Financial Institution
6 2 (9.52%) Cisco
6 2 (9.52%) Migration
6 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (4.76%) Progress
7 1 (4.76%) LAN
7 1 (4.76%) B2B
7 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project

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 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) WhatsApp
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) LAN
1 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 9 (42.86%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Law
2 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Banking
3 2 (9.52%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Back Office
4 1 (4.76%) Front Office
4 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Private Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Smart Meter
2 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Project Management
2 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 3 (14.29%) Change Management
3 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (9.52%) Migration
4 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.76%) Agile
5 1 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (4.76%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.76%) Data Analytics
5 1 (4.76%) Decision-Making
5 1 (4.76%) Electronic Trading
5 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.76%) Risk Management
5 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.76%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.76%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) CCNA
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Basel III
1 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (9.52%) NIST
2 1 (4.76%) EMIR
2 1 (4.76%) MiFID
2 1 (4.76%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco
2 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.76%) Arista
3 1 (4.76%) Bloomberg
3 1 (4.76%) BT
3 1 (4.76%) Concur
3 1 (4.76%) Meraki
3 1 (4.76%) Progress
3 1 (4.76%) Radianz
3 1 (4.76%) Refinitiv
3 1 (4.76%) Reuters
3 1 (4.76%) SAP