Senior IT Project Manager Contracts in England

Senior IT Project Manager
UK > England

The median Senior IT Project Manager daily rate in England is £631, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 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
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 520 603
Rank change year-on-year +16 +83 +89
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Project Manager 12 12 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.036% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.039% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 14
10th Percentile £546 £520 £512
25th Percentile £550 £525 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £631 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +14.77% -15.38% +13.04%
75th Percentile £708 £675 £683
90th Percentile £730 £753 £726
UK median daily rate £625 £550 £650
% change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £68.61
UK median hourly rate - - £68.61
% change year-on-year - - -1.99%

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 25,309 30,961 42,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 92.88% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,402 20,374 29,930
10th Percentile £285 £300 £306
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £654
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 1,312 1,814 1,319
10th Percentile £13.65 £14.16 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.66 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.98% +5.88% +66.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -41.51% +0.58% +66.47%

Senior IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Project Manager in England

Senior IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Project Manager in England

Senior IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 8 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Project Manager in England

Senior IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Project Manager in England

Senior 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 Senior IT Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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 +18 4 £600 -14.29% 2
Midlands -9 2 £688 +14.58% 1
North of England -9 2 £525 -4.55% 5
West Midlands -15 2 £688 +14.58% 1
East of England - 2 £594 - 3
South West +31 1 - -
North West -11 1 £525 -4.55% 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
Senior IT Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 August 2025, Senior 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 Senior IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Azure
3 3 (25.00%) DevOps
3 3 (25.00%) Data Lake
3 3 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 3 (25.00%) Housing Management
3 3 (25.00%) Housing Association
3 3 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) CRM
4 2 (16.67%) Aareon
4 2 (16.67%) Northgate
4 2 (16.67%) Civica
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) PMO
5 1 (8.33%) Data Strategy

Senior 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 1 (8.33%) Confluence
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Front Office
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Military
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Housing Association
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (8.33%) Derivative
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.33%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 3 (25.00%) Change Management
2 3 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (25.00%) DevOps
2 3 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (25.00%) Housing Management
2 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (16.67%) CRM
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Business Transformation
4 1 (8.33%) Line Management
4 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
4 1 (8.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C#
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
2 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) Basel III
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Aareon
1 2 (16.67%) Civica
1 2 (16.67%) Northgate
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft