IT Project Manager Contracts in England

IT Project Manager
UK > England

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in England is £545, 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 346 326 300
Rank change year-on-year -20 -26 -25
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 139 223 417
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.60% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.65% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 183 334
10th Percentile £417 £371 £400
25th Percentile £491 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% - +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £545 £525 £520
% change year-on-year +3.76% +0.96% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £64.45 - -
25th Percentile £69.63 £23.63 £61.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £25.28 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +196.74% -59.56% +29.53%
75th Percentile £77.81 £46.00 £64.38
90th Percentile £78.38 £54.40 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £34.14 £62.50
% change year-on-year +119.70% -45.38% +21.36%

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%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in England

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in England

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in England

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in England

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Project Manager in England

IT 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 IT 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 +1 60 £550 -9.09% 20
North of England +12 27 £500 +9.89% 19
Midlands +17 22 £500 -1.38% 3
Yorkshire +10 14 £500 +11.11% 5
West Midlands +2 14 £513 -0.29% 3
South East +26 12 £545 +6.86% 22
South West +31 11 £523 +10.00% 4
North West +11 11 £570 +12.59% 14
East Midlands +17 8 £488 -2.50%
East of England +31 4 £650 +33.33% 6
North East -2 2 £488 -7.14%
IT Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 80 (57.55%) Project Management
2 58 (41.73%) Finance
3 54 (38.85%) Social Skills
4 48 (34.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 43 (30.94%) Agile
6 34 (24.46%) Project Delivery
7 25 (17.99%) Budget Management
7 25 (17.99%) Risk Management
8 24 (17.27%) Migration
8 24 (17.27%) PRINCE2
9 21 (15.11%) JIRA
10 20 (14.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (14.39%) Banking
11 17 (12.23%) Change Management
11 17 (12.23%) Waterfall
11 17 (12.23%) Azure
12 16 (11.51%) Scrum
13 13 (9.35%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (9.35%) Resource Allocation
14 12 (8.63%) Microsoft
14 12 (8.63%) PMI Certification
15 11 (7.91%) Microsoft Project
15 11 (7.91%) SaaS
15 11 (7.91%) Confluence
16 10 (7.19%) Data Migration
16 10 (7.19%) Degree
16 10 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
16 10 (7.19%) Data Centre
16 10 (7.19%) CRM
16 10 (7.19%) Retail

IT 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 11 (7.91%) Confluence
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (7.91%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.16%) Trello
4 2 (1.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.44%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.72%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.72%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.23%) Azure
2 11 (7.91%) SaaS
3 9 (6.47%) AWS
4 5 (3.60%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.88%) Asana
5 4 (2.88%) GCP
6 3 (2.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (2.16%) IaaS
6 3 (2.16%) PaaS
6 3 (2.16%) Veeva
7 2 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.72%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.72%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.72%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.72%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.32%) WAN
2 4 (2.88%) LAN
2 4 (2.88%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.44%) Firewall
4 1 (0.72%) Internet
4 1 (0.72%) Intranet
4 1 (0.72%) MPLS
4 1 (0.72%) VoIP
4 1 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.60%) Power BI
2 4 (2.88%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 21 (15.11%) JIRA
2 1 (0.72%) GitLab
General
1 58 (41.73%) Finance
2 54 (38.85%) Social Skills
3 20 (14.39%) Banking
4 10 (7.19%) Legal
4 10 (7.19%) Retail
5 9 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.32%) Local Government
6 6 (4.32%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.60%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.88%) Marketing
8 4 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.88%) Retail Banking
9 3 (2.16%) Law
9 3 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.44%) Billing
10 2 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.44%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.72%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.19%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.60%) PMI
2 5 (3.60%) Virtual Team
3 4 (2.88%) Housing Association
3 4 (2.88%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.16%) NHS
5 2 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.44%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.72%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.72%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.72%) EPoS
6 1 (0.72%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.72%) iPad
6 1 (0.72%) LIMS
6 1 (0.72%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.60%) Windows
2 2 (1.44%) Linux
2 2 (1.44%) Unix
3 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (57.55%) Project Management
2 48 (34.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (30.94%) Agile
4 34 (24.46%) Project Delivery
5 25 (17.99%) Budget Management
5 25 (17.99%) Risk Management
6 24 (17.27%) Migration
6 24 (17.27%) PRINCE2
7 20 (14.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (12.23%) Change Management
8 17 (12.23%) Waterfall
9 16 (11.51%) Scrum
10 13 (9.35%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (9.35%) Resource Allocation
11 10 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (7.19%) CRM
11 10 (7.19%) Data Migration
12 9 (6.47%) Project Planning
13 8 (5.76%) Business Case
13 8 (5.76%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.04%) SQL
2 6 (4.32%) Python
3 1 (0.72%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (8.63%) PMI Certification
2 10 (7.19%) Degree
3 9 (6.47%) PMP
4 6 (4.32%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (2.88%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.44%) APMP
7 2 (1.44%) CISA
7 2 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.72%) CISSP
8 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.47%) PMO
2 7 (5.04%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.88%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.16%) NIST
5 2 (1.44%) COBIT
5 2 (1.44%) COSO
5 2 (1.44%) GDPR
5 2 (1.44%) GxP
5 2 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.72%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.72%) QA
6 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.44%) SCCM
3 1 (0.72%) Ansible
3 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (8.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.76%) SAP
3 5 (3.60%) Cisco
4 4 (2.88%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.16%) Planview
5 3 (2.16%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.16%) Siemens
6 2 (1.44%) Aareon
6 2 (1.44%) Arista
6 2 (1.44%) Citrix
6 2 (1.44%) Civica
6 2 (1.44%) Liquidlogic
6 2 (1.44%) Northgate
6 2 (1.44%) Workday
7 1 (0.72%) Aruba
7 1 (0.72%) Google
7 1 (0.72%) LabVantage
7 1 (0.72%) LabWare
7 1 (0.72%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.72%) Sitecore