Applications Project Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Applications Project Manager
UK > England

The median Applications Project Manager daily rate in England is £549, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 500 558
Rank change year-on-year -9 +58 +143
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Project Manager 10 23 34
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.036% 0.073% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.078% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 26
10th Percentile £496 £509 £447
25th Percentile £513 £559 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £644 £700 £600
90th Percentile £730 £738 £631
UK median daily rate £531 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -11.46% +9.09% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,642 29,384 38,493
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 93.02% 93.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,472 17,925 26,842
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,469 1,199 1,415
10th Percentile £13.83 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -6.28% +58.75%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +66.48%

Applications Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Applications Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Applications Project Manager job vacancy trend in England

Applications Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Project Manager job vacancies in England

Applications Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Project Manager in England

Applications Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Project Manager job vacancies in England

Applications Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
London +8 4 £525 -17.65%
North of England - 3 £525 - 1
West Midlands -17 2 £650 +8.33%
Midlands -22 2 £650 +8.33%
Yorkshire - 2 £549 - 1
South East +10 1 £650 -
North West - 1 £500 -
Applications Project Manager
UK

Applications Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Applications Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Applications Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Project Management
2 6 (60.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Migration
3 4 (40.00%) PMI Certification
3 4 (40.00%) PMP
3 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) DevOps
5 2 (20.00%) Azure
5 2 (20.00%) Business Case
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (20.00%) JIRA
5 2 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Project Governance
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (10.00%) AWS
6 1 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
6 1 (10.00%) CMS
6 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (10.00%) Confluence
6 1 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
6 1 (10.00%) CRM
6 1 (10.00%) Data Governance
6 1 (10.00%) Data Migration

Applications Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (10.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Private Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Retail Banking
5 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Automotive
5 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (10.00%) Law
5 1 (10.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (20.00%) Mobile Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Project Management
2 6 (60.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Migration
3 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) DevOps
5 2 (20.00%) Business Case
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Project Governance
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
6 1 (10.00%) CRM
6 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
6 1 (10.00%) Scrum
6 1 (10.00%) Server Migrations
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (40.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) QA
1 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley