Financial Services Project Manager Contracts in London

Project Manager - Financial Services
England > London

The median Project Manager - Financial Services daily rate in London is £521, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 376 453
Rank change year-on-year +30 +77 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Services Project Manager 7 19 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.11% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 41
10th Percentile £388 £550 £513
25th Percentile £427 £563 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £663 £625
Median % change year-on-year -21.36% +6.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £525 £688 £700
90th Percentile £600 £700 £750
England median daily rate £525 £675 £623
% change year-on-year -22.22% +8.43% +3.75%

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 11,753 16,611 25,696
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.26% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,049 12,008 18,613
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £679 £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 142 338 287
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.05 £20.02 £22.57
Median hourly rate £34.33 £27.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.82% -21.43% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.88 £64.67 £76.10
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

Financial Services Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Services Project Manager in London

Financial Services Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Services Project Manager in London

Financial Services Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Services Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Services Project Manager in London

Financial Services 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 Financial Services Project Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London +12 3 £525 -
Financial Services Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Financial Services 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 Financial Services Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Banking
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Line Management
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Legal
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) Fixed Income
5 1 (14.29%) Equities
5 1 (14.29%) Change Management
5 1 (14.29%) Firewall
5 1 (14.29%) Back Office
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Kanban
5 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Azure
5 1 (14.29%) AWS
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Asset Management

Financial Services 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Back Office
4 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Private Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Equities
1 1 (14.29%) Fixed Income
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Line Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (14.29%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Contract Management
4 1 (14.29%) Kanban
4 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared