Financial Services Project Manager Contracts in England

Project Manager - Financial Services
UK > England

The median Project Manager - Financial Services daily rate in England is £517, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 August 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
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 518 555
Rank change year-on-year +19 +37 +118
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Financial Services Project Manager 17 15 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.062% 0.045% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.049% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 46
10th Percentile £367 £608 £506
25th Percentile £415 £669 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £700 £625
Median % change year-on-year -26.14% +12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £745 £684
90th Percentile £695 £809 £769
UK median daily rate £510 £675 £621
% change year-on-year -24.44% +8.65% +3.54%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,261 30,872 41,287
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.53% 92.96% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,305 20,072 29,090
10th Percentile £281 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,365 1,728 1,321
10th Percentile £13.67 £14.16 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.48 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +5.88% +65.50%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.35
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.55% +64.89%

Financial Services Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Services Project Manager in England

Financial Services Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Financial Services Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Services Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Services Project Manager in England

Financial Services Project Manager
DemandTrendContract 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 Financial Services Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +12 7 £484 -30.93% 3
South East - 4 £580 - 1
Midlands -1 3 £405 -52.35% 2
West Midlands -3 3 £405 -52.35% 2
North of England -17 2 £600 -
Yorkshire -6 1 - -
North West - 1 £600 -
South West - 1 £525 -
Financial Services Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 August 2025, Financial Services 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 Financial Services Project Manager in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Finance
2 12 (70.59%) Project Management
3 6 (35.29%) Banking
4 5 (29.41%) Agile
4 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
5 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
5 4 (23.53%) Scrum
5 4 (23.53%) Project Governance
5 4 (23.53%) Business Transformation
6 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (17.65%) PMP
6 3 (17.65%) PMI Certification
6 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (11.76%) Line Management
7 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
7 2 (11.76%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (11.76%) Budget Management
7 2 (11.76%) Change Management
7 2 (11.76%) Legal
7 2 (11.76%) Test Strategy
7 2 (11.76%) Wealth Management
7 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
8 1 (5.88%) Resource Management
8 1 (5.88%) Portuguese Language
8 1 (5.88%) Spanish Language
8 1 (5.88%) Business Analysis
8 1 (5.88%) Private Banking
8 1 (5.88%) Project Planning

Financial Services 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
General
1 17 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Banking
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Back Office
5 1 (5.88%) Portuguese Language
5 1 (5.88%) Private Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.88%) Equities
1 1 (5.88%) Fixed Income
1 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Project Management
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
3 4 (23.53%) Business Transformation
3 4 (23.53%) Project Governance
3 4 (23.53%) Scrum
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.76%) Budget Management
5 2 (11.76%) Change Management
5 2 (11.76%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 2 (11.76%) Line Management
5 2 (11.76%) Test Strategy
5 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Wealth Management
6 1 (5.88%) Data Migration
6 1 (5.88%) Kanban
6 1 (5.88%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) PMI Certification
1 3 (17.65%) PMP
2 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) CheckPoint
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft