Business Project Manager Contracts in London

Business Project Manager
England > London

The median Business Project Manager daily rate in London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 July 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
29 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 357 440
Rank change year-on-year +21 +83 +136
Contract jobs requiring a Business Project Manager 30 21 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 20
10th Percentile £358 £324 £445
25th Percentile £381 £544 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £663 £565
Median % change year-on-year -13.21% +17.26% -5.83%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £681
90th Percentile £727 £788 £701
England median daily rate £468 £663 £530
% change year-on-year -29.43% +25.00% +0.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 12,629 15,559 23,269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 94.23% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,555 11,067 17,053
10th Percentile £330 £342 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 228 250
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.00 £23.39
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.40 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% -13.43% +14.96%
75th Percentile £49.88 £52.44 £64.88
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.44 £80.00
England median hourly rate £26.28 £43.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year -38.88% -1.58% +71.33%

Business Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Project Manager in London

Business Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Project Manager in London.

Daily rate trend for Business Project Manager in London

Business Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 29 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Project Manager in London

Business Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Project Manager in London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Project Manager in London

Business 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 Business Project Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 29 July 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
Central London +7 6 £500 -14.89%
South London - 1 £388 -
Business Project Manager
England

Business Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 29 July 2025, Business 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 London region featuring Business Project Manager in the job title.

1 20 (66.67%) Finance
2 15 (50.00%) Project Management
3 14 (46.67%) Social Skills
4 12 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (40.00%) Business Analysis
5 11 (36.67%) Agile
6 7 (23.33%) Front Office
6 7 (23.33%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (16.67%) Change Management
7 5 (16.67%) Scrum
7 5 (16.67%) Banking
7 5 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (13.33%) Asset Management
8 4 (13.33%) Marketing
8 4 (13.33%) Validation
8 4 (13.33%) SQL
8 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
8 4 (13.33%) System Testing
8 4 (13.33%) Requirements Analysis
8 4 (13.33%) Wealth Management
8 4 (13.33%) Project Governance
8 4 (13.33%) PMO
9 3 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
9 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
9 3 (10.00%) Project Delivery
9 3 (10.00%) Roadmaps
9 3 (10.00%) Budget Management
9 3 (10.00%) User Stories

Business Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (6.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) Asana
2 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.33%) BigCommerce
2 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
1 1 (3.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 20 (66.67%) Finance
2 14 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (23.33%) Front Office
4 5 (16.67%) Banking
4 5 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (13.33%) Marketing
6 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (10.00%) Back Office
6 3 (10.00%) Investment Banking
6 3 (10.00%) Legal
7 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (6.67%) Retail
8 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.33%) Law
8 1 (3.33%) Private Banking
8 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Equities
1 3 (10.00%) Fixed Income
2 2 (6.67%) Hedge funds
3 1 (3.33%) Derivative
3 1 (3.33%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.33%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) Project Management
2 12 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 12 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (36.67%) Agile
4 7 (23.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (16.67%) Change Management
5 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (16.67%) Scrum
6 4 (13.33%) Asset Management
6 4 (13.33%) Project Governance
6 4 (13.33%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (13.33%) System Testing
6 4 (13.33%) Validation
6 4 (13.33%) Wealth Management
7 3 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (10.00%) Business Transformation
7 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (10.00%) Project Delivery
7 3 (10.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) SQL
2 3 (10.00%) C#
2 3 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) PMO
2 1 (3.33%) Basel III
2 1 (3.33%) EMIR
2 1 (3.33%) MiFID
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.67%) Concur
2 2 (6.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.33%) Adobe
3 1 (3.33%) Planview
3 1 (3.33%) SAP
3 1 (3.33%) Sitecore