Banking Project Manager Contracts in England

Project Manager - Banking
UK > England

The median Project Manager - Banking daily rate in England is £644, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 453 516 589
Rank change year-on-year +63 +73 +116
Contract jobs requiring a Banking Project Manager 32 26 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.070% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.075% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 17 22
10th Percentile £352 £380 £478
25th Percentile £382 £400 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £594 £563
Median % change year-on-year +8.38% +5.60% -6.25%
75th Percentile £703 £700 £630
90th Percentile £764 £730 £709
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Banking Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Banking Project Manager in England

Banking Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Banking Project Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Banking Project Manager in England

Banking Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking Project Manager in England

Banking Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Banking Project Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Banking Project Manager in England

Banking 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 Banking Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +43 27 £675 +12.50% 2
North of England +21 3 £358 -1.24%
North West - 3 £358 -
Midlands +22 1 £725 +107.14% 1
South East - 1 £550 -
West Midlands - 1 £725 -
Banking Project Manager
UK

Banking Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Banking 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 England region featuring Banking Project Manager in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Banking
2 29 (90.63%) Finance
3 13 (40.63%) Change Management
4 11 (34.38%) Project Management
5 8 (25.00%) Agile
6 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
7 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
8 5 (15.63%) Asset Management
8 5 (15.63%) Change Control
9 4 (12.50%) Dependency Management
9 4 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
9 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (9.38%) JIRA
10 3 (9.38%) Wealth Management
10 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (9.38%) Budget Management
11 2 (6.25%) Roadmaps
11 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
11 2 (6.25%) Continuous Delivery
11 2 (6.25%) Vendor Relationship Management
11 2 (6.25%) Product Roadmap
11 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
11 2 (6.25%) Kanban
11 2 (6.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 2 (6.25%) Contract Management
11 2 (6.25%) PSD2
11 2 (6.25%) Retail
11 2 (6.25%) SaaS
11 2 (6.25%) Business Analysis
11 2 (6.25%) PRINCE2

Banking Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.13%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
General
1 32 (100.00%) Banking
2 29 (90.63%) Finance
3 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Legal
4 2 (6.25%) Retail
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Private Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
1 2 (6.25%) Fixed Income
1 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
1 2 (6.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (3.13%) Credit Risk
2 1 (3.13%) Digital Wallet
2 1 (3.13%) Equities
2 1 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (3.13%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.13%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Change Management
2 11 (34.38%) Project Management
3 8 (25.00%) Agile
4 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 5 (15.63%) Asset Management
5 5 (15.63%) Change Control
6 4 (12.50%) Dependency Management
6 4 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (9.38%) Budget Management
7 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (9.38%) Wealth Management
8 2 (6.25%) Business Analysis
8 2 (6.25%) Contract Management
8 2 (6.25%) PRINCE2
8 2 (6.25%) Product Roadmap
8 2 (6.25%) Programme Management
8 2 (6.25%) Roadmaps
8 2 (6.25%) Scrum
8 2 (6.25%) Vendor Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Python
1 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.13%) Degree
1 1 (3.13%) ISTQB
1 1 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) PSD2
2 1 (3.13%) Basel III
2 1 (3.13%) GRC
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (3.13%) Citrix
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle
1 1 (3.13%) Temenos
1 1 (3.13%) VMware