Development Project Manager Contracts in London

Project Manager - Development
England > London

The median Project Manager - Development daily rate in London is £600, 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 352 383 481
Rank change year-on-year +31 +98 +103
Contract jobs requiring a Development Project Manager 1 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.008% 0.045% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.048% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 12
10th Percentile - £372 £363
25th Percentile - £441 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £560 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £566 -
90th Percentile - £570 -
England median daily rate £480 £438 £550
% change year-on-year +9.71% -20.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £36.33 -
England median hourly rate - £36.34 £89.78
% change year-on-year - -59.53% -

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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Development Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Project Manager in London

Development Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Development Project Manager in London

Development Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Development Project Manager in London

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 London region featuring Development Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) B2C
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) Google Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Optimizely
1 1 (100.00%) Funnel Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Global Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Chatbot

Development 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Commercetools
1 1 (100.00%) Contentful
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) B2C
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (100.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Funnel Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Global Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) OneTrust
1 1 (100.00%) Optimizely
1 1 (100.00%) SAP