Software Development Project Manager Contracts in England

Project Manager - Software Development
UK > England

The median Project Manager - Software Development daily rate in England is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 654 762
Rank change year-on-year +116 +108 -164
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Project Manager 5 4 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.013% 0.008% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.008% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 14
10th Percentile - £435 £441
25th Percentile £413 £465 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £515 £506
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +1.73% +9.46%
75th Percentile £549 £558 £584
90th Percentile £556 £583 £625
UK median daily rate £509 £515 £506
% change year-on-year -1.21% +1.73% +14.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £89.78 -
UK median hourly rate - £89.78 -

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 34,494 48,433 68,665
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.54% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,968 34,321 48,831
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £644 £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 2,386 1,460 1,923
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.63 £48.20
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.07
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Software Development Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Project Manager in England

Software Development Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Software Development Project Manager in England

Software Development Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Development Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Development Project Manager in England

Software Development Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Development Project Manager in England

Software Development 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 Software Development Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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 +108 1 £560 -6.67%
South East +14 1 £450 -12.62%
North of England - 1 £533 -
Yorkshire - 1 £533 -
Software Development Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Software Development 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 Software Development Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (60.00%) Cost Management
2 2 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Kanban
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Fintech
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management

Software Development 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) French Language
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cost Management
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Kanban
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft