IT Project Manager Contract Job Trends in London

IT Project Manager
England > London

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in London is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 317 297
Rank change year-on-year +2 -20 +51
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 65 61 117
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.45% 0.40% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.43% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 45 95
10th Percentile £350 £448 £400
25th Percentile £494 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £726 £767 £795
England median daily rate £550 £550 £548
% change year-on-year - +0.46% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate £69.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +97.14% -30.00% -23.43%

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 13,250 14,157 17,713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 93.49% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,799 9,163 12,804
10th Percentile £340 £338 £328
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 152 210
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.19 £17.98
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.56
Median hourly rate £27.86 £35.75 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +1.23% +0.90%
75th Percentile £56.69 £54.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.16 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IT Project Manager job vacancy trend in London

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in London

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

IT 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 IT Project Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 16 December 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 +2 17 £594 -1.04%
West London -14 2 £410 -8.89%
South London - 1 £600 - 1
IT Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, IT 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 IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 38 (58.46%) Project Management
2 25 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (33.85%) Agile
4 17 (26.15%) Degree
5 15 (23.08%) Project Delivery
6 14 (21.54%) PRINCE2
6 14 (21.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (18.46%) Migration
7 12 (18.46%) PMP
8 10 (15.38%) PMI Certification
8 10 (15.38%) PMO
9 9 (13.85%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (12.31%) Decision-Making
10 8 (12.31%) Logistics
10 8 (12.31%) Risk Management
10 8 (12.31%) Scrum
10 8 (12.31%) Waterfall
11 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Office
11 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Project
11 7 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (9.23%) Budget Management
12 6 (9.23%) Microsoft
12 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
12 6 (9.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 5 (7.69%) Change Management
13 5 (7.69%) JIRA
13 5 (7.69%) MS Visio
13 5 (7.69%) SAP
13 5 (7.69%) Time Management
13 5 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing

IT 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 4 (6.15%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.08%) Confluence
3 1 (1.54%) Documentum
Applications
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (7.69%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.54%) Loan IQ
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.54%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.54%) SAP MDG
2 1 (1.54%) SAP PLM
2 1 (1.54%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.54%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (3.08%) SaaS
2 1 (1.54%) Asana
2 1 (1.54%) AWS
2 1 (1.54%) Azure
2 1 (1.54%) OneDrive
2 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.54%) Smartsheet
2 1 (1.54%) Veeva
2 1 (1.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) LAN
1 4 (6.15%) Structured Cabling
1 4 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (4.62%) WAN
3 2 (3.08%) Network Security
4 1 (1.54%) Firewall
4 1 (1.54%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.54%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 5 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.54%) LSMW
General
1 26 (40.00%) Finance
2 21 (32.31%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.92%) Banking
4 7 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.77%) Telecoms
5 5 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.15%) Japanese Language
6 4 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (6.15%) Retail
7 3 (4.62%) Marketing
8 2 (3.08%) Front Office
8 2 (3.08%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.08%) Local Government
8 2 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.08%) Portuguese Language
8 2 (3.08%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.54%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.54%) Legal
9 1 (1.54%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.15%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.62%) Credit Risk
2 3 (4.62%) Market Risk
3 2 (3.08%) Derivative
3 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.08%) NHS
3 2 (3.08%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.54%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.54%) FMCG
4 1 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.54%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (1.54%) IoT
4 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.54%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (58.46%) Project Management
2 25 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (33.85%) Agile
4 15 (23.08%) Project Delivery
5 14 (21.54%) PRINCE2
5 14 (21.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (18.46%) Migration
7 9 (13.85%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (12.31%) Decision-Making
8 8 (12.31%) Logistics
8 8 (12.31%) Risk Management
8 8 (12.31%) Scrum
8 8 (12.31%) Waterfall
9 7 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (9.23%) Budget Management
11 5 (7.69%) Change Management
11 5 (7.69%) Time Management
11 5 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
12 4 (6.15%) ERP
12 4 (6.15%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) Python
1 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (26.15%) Degree
2 12 (18.46%) PMP
3 10 (15.38%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (3.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.38%) PMO
2 2 (3.08%) GDPR
2 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.54%) Basel III
3 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (9.23%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.69%) SAP
3 3 (4.62%) Arista
3 3 (4.62%) Cisco
3 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.08%) Oracle
5 1 (1.54%) AVEVA
5 1 (1.54%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.54%) LabVantage
5 1 (1.54%) NEC
5 1 (1.54%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.54%) Siemens
5 1 (1.54%) Workday