Banking Project Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Project Manager - Banking
England > London

The median Project Manager - Banking daily rate in London is £589, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 327 373
Rank change year-on-year -42 +46 +72
Contract jobs requiring a Banking Project Manager 26 27 22
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.16% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.22% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 12
10th Percentile £425 £463 £405
25th Percentile £475 £559 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £589 £675 £597
Median % change year-on-year -12.74% +13.07% -0.50%
75th Percentile £603 £744 £700
90th Percentile £690 £838 £779
England median daily rate £478 £644 £575
% change year-on-year -25.83% +11.96% -4.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 15,206 12,012 16,987
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.71% 93.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,176 8,111 12,274
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 143 336
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.04 £15.97
25th Percentile £22.05 £24.66 £19.45
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year - +23.89% -19.29%
75th Percentile £61.00 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.22 £64.77
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%

Banking Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Banking Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Banking Project Manager job vacancy trend in London

Banking Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Banking Project Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Banking Project Manager job vacancies in London

Banking Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Banking Project Manager in London

Banking Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Banking Project Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Banking Project Manager job vacancies in London

Banking Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking Project Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 18 March 2026. 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
Central London - 4 £525 -
Banking Project Manager
England

Banking Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, Banking Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Banking Project Manager in the job title.

1 17 (65.38%) Project Management
2 12 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (38.46%) PMP
4 5 (19.23%) Agile
4 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2
5 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
6 3 (11.54%) APMP
6 3 (11.54%) Change Management
6 3 (11.54%) Degree
6 3 (11.54%) Kanban
6 3 (11.54%) Okta
6 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (11.54%) Programme Management
6 3 (11.54%) Project Planning
6 3 (11.54%) RSA Archer
6 3 (11.54%) SailPoint
6 3 (11.54%) Scrum
6 3 (11.54%) Waterfall
7 2 (7.69%) Asana
7 2 (7.69%) Business Case
7 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (7.69%) Cisco
7 2 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (7.69%) Configuration Management
7 2 (7.69%) Confluence
7 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 2 (7.69%) GRC

Banking Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.69%) Confluence
1 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (7.69%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Asana
1 2 (7.69%) Miro
1 2 (7.69%) OneDrive
1 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
1 2 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 26 (100.00%) Banking
2 22 (84.62%) Finance
3 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Investment Banking
5 3 (11.54%) Front Office
5 3 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Fixed Income
2 2 (7.69%) Derivative
2 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) CMDB
3 1 (3.85%) Equities
3 1 (3.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Project Management
2 12 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (19.23%) Agile
3 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2
4 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 3 (11.54%) Change Management
5 3 (11.54%) Kanban
5 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (11.54%) Programme Management
5 3 (11.54%) Project Planning
5 3 (11.54%) Scrum
5 3 (11.54%) Waterfall
6 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.69%) Configuration Management
6 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (7.69%) Migration
6 2 (7.69%) SIEM
6 2 (7.69%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) PMP
2 3 (11.54%) APMP
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) GRC
2 1 (3.85%) MiFID
2 1 (3.85%) PMO
2 1 (3.85%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) TARGET2
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) RSA Archer
2 1 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
2 3 (11.54%) Okta
3 2 (7.69%) Cisco
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft