Software Project Manager Contracts in England

Software Project Manager
UK > England

The median Software Project Manager daily rate in England is £505, 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 471 518 598
Rank change year-on-year +47 +80 +106
Contract jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 14 24 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.057% 0.065% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.070% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 27
10th Percentile £463 £338 £400
25th Percentile £478 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -13.64% +8.64%
75th Percentile £538 £564 £600
90th Percentile £625 £665 £700
UK median daily rate £503 £500 £521
% change year-on-year +0.50% -4.03% +4.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 24
10th Percentile - - £62.38
25th Percentile - £46.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -27.48% -
75th Percentile - £48.75 £65.75
90th Percentile - - £81.15
UK median hourly rate - £47.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year - -27.48% -

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%

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Software Project Manager in England

Software Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Project Manager in England

Software 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 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 +36 6 £500 -10.91% 10
South East +46 3 £475 - 5
Yorkshire - 3 £525 - 4
North of England - 3 £525 - 9
East of England +26 1 £638 +82.14% 4
Midlands +18 1 £480 +1.05%
East Midlands +9 1 £480 +6.67%
Software Project Manager
UK

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

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

1 8 (57.14%) Project Management
2 7 (50.00%) Agile
3 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Finance
4 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
5 3 (21.43%) Software Asset Management
5 3 (21.43%) Asset Management
6 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
6 2 (14.29%) JIRA
6 2 (14.29%) Change Management
6 2 (14.29%) Migration
6 2 (14.29%) Azure
6 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
7 1 (7.14%) Local Government
7 1 (7.14%) Software Testing
7 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (7.14%) Requirements Management
7 1 (7.14%) Marketing
7 1 (7.14%) Project Planning
7 1 (7.14%) Business Development
7 1 (7.14%) Degree
7 1 (7.14%) QA
7 1 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (7.14%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (7.14%) Data Migration
7 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared

Software 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 (7.14%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Asana
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) GitHub
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Local Government
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (7.14%) Mainframe
2 1 (7.14%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Project Management
2 7 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Asset Management
4 3 (21.43%) Software Asset Management
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
5 2 (14.29%) Change Management
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
6 1 (7.14%) Budget Management
6 1 (7.14%) Business Case
6 1 (7.14%) Cost Management
6 1 (7.14%) Culture Change
6 1 (7.14%) Customer Experience
6 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
6 1 (7.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (7.14%) SDLC
6 1 (7.14%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C#
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) IBM
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft