Project Director Contracts in England

Projects Director
UK > England

The median Projects Director daily rate in England is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 523 616
Rank change year-on-year +14 +93 +172
Contract jobs requiring a Project Director 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.011% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.003% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £635 - -
25th Percentile £650 £925 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £950 £700
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +35.71% -8.20%
75th Percentile £988 £975 £725
90th Percentile £1,085 - -
UK median daily rate £750 £975 £825
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% +8.20%

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 25,316 30,940 42,102
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.59% 92.85% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,372 20,287 29,693
10th Percentile £285 £300 £306
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,337 1,796 1,314
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.21 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.48 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £41.90
Median % change year-on-year -43.73% +7.40% +63.16%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.16
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.00% +64.15%

Project Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Director in England

Project Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Director in England

Project Director
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Director in England over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Director in England

Project Director
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Director in England

Project Director
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 Project Director within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +20 2 £875 -7.89% 7
North West - 1 £750 -
North of England - 1 £750 -
Project Director
UK

Project Director Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, Project Director 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 Project Director in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) B2C
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 1 (33.33%) Quote-to-Cash
2 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
2 1 (33.33%) RIBA

Project Director 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) B2B
1 1 (33.33%) B2C
1 1 (33.33%) Business Case
1 1 (33.33%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
1 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Quote-to-Cash
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) RIBA
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce