Digital Project Manager Contracts in England

Digital Project Manager
UK > England

The median Digital Project Manager daily rate in England is £419 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 537 569
Rank change year-on-year +52 +32 -49
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Project Manager 58 111 215
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.22% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.23% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 94 165
10th Percentile £263 £307 £327
25th Percentile £295 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +4.74% +18.75%
75th Percentile £538 £597 £550
90th Percentile £638 £660 £625
UK median daily rate £413 £498 £475
% change year-on-year -17.09% +4.74% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £25.45 £21.39 -
25th Percentile £26.49 £21.97 £71.25
Median hourly rate £28.61 £23.83 £76.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.04% -68.85% +215.92%
75th Percentile £30.35 £25.58 £81.75
90th Percentile £31.16 £26.10 -
UK median hourly rate £28.61 £23.83 £53.25
% change year-on-year +20.04% -55.25% +119.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,513 47,748 67,861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.62% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,922 33,906 48,257
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,408 1,904
10th Percentile £12.96 £14.34 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.65 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

Digital Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Project Manager in England

Digital Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Project Manager in England

Digital Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Project Manager in England

Digital Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Project Manager in England

Digital 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 Digital Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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 +91 32 £400 -11.11% 5
South East +12 11 £413 -16.67% 6
South West +8 5 £575 +2.22% 2
West Midlands +29 4 £500 +123.71% 1
Midlands +20 4 £500 - 2
North of England +17 3 £525 +16.67% 5
Yorkshire +15 2 - -
East of England +7 2 £227 -47.47% 4
North West +21 1 £525 - 3
Digital Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Digital 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 Digital Project Manager in the job title.

1 30 (51.72%) Agile
2 24 (41.38%) Project Management
3 15 (25.86%) Finance
4 14 (24.14%) E-Commerce
4 14 (24.14%) CMS
4 14 (24.14%) Marketing
5 13 (22.41%) JIRA
5 13 (22.41%) Social Skills
6 10 (17.24%) Scrum
6 10 (17.24%) Retail
6 10 (17.24%) Change Management
7 9 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (15.52%) Digital Marketing
7 9 (15.52%) Project Delivery
7 9 (15.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (13.79%) User Experience
8 8 (13.79%) Publishing
8 8 (13.79%) SAP
9 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
9 7 (12.07%) PMO
10 6 (10.34%) Public Sector
10 6 (10.34%) CI/CD
10 6 (10.34%) DevOps
10 6 (10.34%) Performance Metrics
11 5 (8.62%) Drupal
11 5 (8.62%) SDLC
11 5 (8.62%) User Stories
11 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (8.62%) QA
11 5 (8.62%) QMS

Digital 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 14 (24.14%) CMS
2 5 (8.62%) Drupal
3 3 (5.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.72%) Confluence
4 1 (1.72%) Joomla!
4 1 (1.72%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.90%) Asana
1 4 (6.90%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (22.41%) JIRA
General
1 15 (25.86%) Finance
2 14 (24.14%) Marketing
3 13 (22.41%) Social Skills
4 10 (17.24%) Retail
5 9 (15.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (13.79%) Publishing
7 6 (10.34%) Public Sector
8 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (3.45%) Electronics
9 2 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.45%) Legal
9 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.72%) Local Government
10 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.72%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Over-the-Top Content
1 4 (6.90%) Video\Live Streaming
2 3 (5.17%) NHS
3 2 (3.45%) FMCG
3 2 (3.45%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.72%) Contactless
4 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.72%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.72%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (51.72%) Agile
2 24 (41.38%) Project Management
3 14 (24.14%) E-Commerce
4 10 (17.24%) Change Management
4 10 (17.24%) Scrum
5 9 (15.52%) Digital Marketing
5 9 (15.52%) Project Delivery
5 9 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (13.79%) User Experience
7 6 (10.34%) CI/CD
7 6 (10.34%) DevOps
7 6 (10.34%) Performance Metrics
8 5 (8.62%) Migration
8 5 (8.62%) QMS
8 5 (8.62%) SDLC
8 5 (8.62%) User Stories
9 4 (6.90%) B2C
9 4 (6.90%) CRM
9 4 (6.90%) PRINCE2
9 4 (6.90%) SEO
Qualifications
1 4 (6.90%) SC Cleared
1 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.17%) Degree
3 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) PMO
2 5 (8.62%) Accessibility
2 5 (8.62%) ISO 9001
2 5 (8.62%) QA
3 1 (1.72%) P3O
3 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (13.79%) SAP
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.90%) Hotjar
3 4 (6.90%) Screaming Frog
4 3 (5.17%) Adobe
5 2 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.72%) Palantir
6 1 (1.72%) Progress
6 1 (1.72%) VMware