Banking Project Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Project Manager - Banking
UK > England

The median Project Manager - Banking daily rate in England is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 491 545
Rank change year-on-year -20 +54 +82
Contract jobs requiring a Banking Project Manager 33 28 38
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.091% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.098% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 14 14
10th Percentile £416 £466 £477
25th Percentile £452 £503 £554
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £544 £625
Median % change year-on-year +7.59% -13.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £620 £574 £750
90th Percentile £704 £756 £784
UK median daily rate £580 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +5.45% -6.38% +3.30%

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 27,286 28,665 37,074
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 92.97% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,533 17,518 25,682
10th Percentile £281 £300 £295
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
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 1,618 1,075 1,417
10th Percentile £14.08 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.15 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%
75th Percentile £53.59 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £74.82 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +60.48%

Banking Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Banking Project Manager job vacancy trend in England

Banking Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Banking Project Manager job vacancies 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 12 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Banking Project Manager in England

Banking Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Banking Project Manager job vacancies 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 12 November 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 +17 27 £600 +11.63% 2
North of England -45 4 £438 -18.60% 1
North West -18 3 £438 +11.75%
East Midlands -10 1 £438 +11.75%
Midlands -27 1 £438 +11.75%
Yorkshire -36 1 - - 1
South West - 1 £575 -
Banking Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, Banking 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 Banking Project Manager in the job title.

1 19 (57.58%) Project Management
2 15 (45.45%) Agile
3 13 (39.39%) Change Management
3 13 (39.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 10 (30.30%) Business Case
5 10 (30.30%) PMP
6 9 (27.27%) Degree
6 9 (27.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 9 (27.27%) PMI Certification
6 9 (27.27%) PRINCE2
7 8 (24.24%) Resource Allocation
8 7 (21.21%) Contract Negotiation
9 6 (18.18%) Customer Experience
9 6 (18.18%) Lean Six Sigma
9 6 (18.18%) SDLC
9 6 (18.18%) Six Sigma
10 5 (15.15%) JIRA
10 5 (15.15%) Migration
11 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery
11 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
11 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 3 (9.09%) Budget Management
12 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
12 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
12 3 (9.09%) Project Governance
12 3 (9.09%) Resource Management
12 3 (9.09%) Windows

Banking 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 2 (6.06%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.03%) Apple Pay
2 1 (3.03%) Asana
2 1 (3.03%) Google Pay
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (3.03%) Miro
2 1 (3.03%) Nutanix
2 1 (3.03%) OneDrive
2 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Power BI
1 1 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) JIRA
General
1 33 (100.00%) Banking
2 32 (96.97%) Finance
3 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Investment Banking
5 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (9.09%) Front Office
6 3 (9.09%) Legal
6 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (9.09%) Retail Banking
7 2 (6.06%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (6.06%) Private Banking
8 1 (3.03%) Back Office
8 1 (3.03%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Fixed Income
2 2 (6.06%) Derivative
2 2 (6.06%) Mobile Banking
2 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) CMDB
3 1 (3.03%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Equities
3 1 (3.03%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) Market Risk
3 1 (3.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (3.03%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Project Management
2 15 (45.45%) Agile
3 13 (39.39%) Change Management
3 13 (39.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 10 (30.30%) Business Case
6 9 (27.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 9 (27.27%) PRINCE2
7 8 (24.24%) Resource Allocation
8 7 (21.21%) Contract Negotiation
9 6 (18.18%) Customer Experience
9 6 (18.18%) Lean Six Sigma
9 6 (18.18%) SDLC
9 6 (18.18%) Six Sigma
10 5 (15.15%) Migration
11 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery
11 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
11 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Python
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) PMP
2 9 (27.27%) Degree
2 9 (27.27%) PMI Certification
3 2 (6.06%) BC Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) GDPR
1 1 (3.03%) GRC
1 1 (3.03%) MiFID
1 1 (3.03%) QA
1 1 (3.03%) TARGET2
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.03%) Apple
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco
3 1 (3.03%) Citrix
3 1 (3.03%) Google
3 1 (3.03%) Wyse