Project Manager Contracts in East London

Project Manager
London > East London

The median Project Manager daily rate in East London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 6 17
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 8 37 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East London 7.69% 15.95% 8.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.25% 17.79% 8.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 31 11
10th Percentile £310 £475 £328
25th Percentile £356 £540 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +8.33% +10.34%
75th Percentile £543 - £653
90th Percentile £589 - £688
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £35.96 -
London median hourly rate £54.25 £35.96 £64.50
% change year-on-year +50.86% -44.25% +18.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East 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 East London with a recognized job title 97 208 171
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 89.66% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 179 141
10th Percentile £278 £320 £188
25th Percentile £400 £425 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £688
90th Percentile £675 £770 £775
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 2
10th Percentile £14.66 £11.95 £20.64
25th Percentile £24.66 £12.84 £23.20
Median hourly rate £28.60 £22.91 £27.47
Median % change year-on-year +24.84% -16.58% +39.84%
75th Percentile £37.00 £28.37 £31.73
90th Percentile £38.80 £38.28 £34.29
London median hourly rate £34.33 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +24.82% -21.43% -

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in East London

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in East London.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in East London

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in East London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in East London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in East London

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in East London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in East London

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in East 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 East London region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Live
Jobs
Tower Hamlets -5 2 £590 -9.31%
Lewisham -1 1 £500 -
Project Manager
London

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 East London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Logistics
4 2 (25.00%) Local Government
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) SCCM
4 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (25.00%) C#
4 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (25.00%) SQL
4 2 (25.00%) .NET
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) Lucidchart
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
1 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
1 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
1 1 (12.50%) VLAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Local Government
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Environmental Health
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
1 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Logistics
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (12.50%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 1 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Virtualisation
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Threat Management
4 1 (12.50%) User Stories
4 1 (12.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
4 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C#
1 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix