IT Project Manager Contracts in London

IT Project Manager
England > London

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 302 315
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 -3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 52 95 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.43% 0.54% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.58% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 77 135
10th Percentile £473 £415 £401
25th Percentile £500 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £641 £675 £638
90th Percentile £692 £751 £694
England median daily rate £545 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +3.81% -2.33% +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.00 - £61.25
Median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £63.00 - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £34.14 £62.50
% change year-on-year +119.70% -45.38% +21.36%

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 11,371 16,351 24,216
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 93.53% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,722 11,827 17,651
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £441 £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 £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 322 279
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.07 £22.69
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.66 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -23.18% +2.86%
75th Percentile £49.75 £46.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £61.85 £65.03 £82.50
England median hourly rate £29.30 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.87% -16.67% +91.49%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in London

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager 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 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in London

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager 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 30 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 +1 9 £550 -12.00%
South London +4 2 - -
East London +19 1 £500 -1.48%
West London +7 1 - - 10
IT Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, IT 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 IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 22 (42.31%) Project Management
2 19 (36.54%) Finance
2 19 (36.54%) Social Skills
3 16 (30.77%) Agile
4 14 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 12 (23.08%) Budget Management
7 11 (21.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (19.23%) Banking
8 10 (19.23%) Risk Management
9 9 (17.31%) PRINCE2
10 8 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (13.46%) Change Management
11 7 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (11.54%) Azure
12 6 (11.54%) JIRA
13 5 (9.62%) Windows
13 5 (9.62%) SAP
13 5 (9.62%) Migration
14 4 (7.69%) Data Security
14 4 (7.69%) Scrum
14 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
14 4 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (7.69%) Marketing
14 4 (7.69%) Degree
14 4 (7.69%) Budgeting
14 4 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 4 (7.69%) Programme Delivery
14 4 (7.69%) Accessibility
14 4 (7.69%) ServiceNow

IT 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 2 (3.85%) Confluence
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.85%) Trello
3 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Teamcenter
2 2 (3.85%) SAP PLM
3 1 (1.92%) Aladdin
3 1 (1.92%) Infor LN
3 1 (1.92%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.54%) Azure
2 3 (5.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 3 (5.77%) SaaS
2 3 (5.77%) Veeva
3 2 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.92%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.92%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) Firewall
2 1 (1.92%) LAN
2 1 (1.92%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (11.54%) JIRA
General
1 19 (36.54%) Finance
1 19 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 10 (19.23%) Banking
3 4 (7.69%) Marketing
3 4 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.77%) Legal
5 2 (3.85%) Law
5 2 (3.85%) Local Government
5 2 (3.85%) Retail
5 2 (3.85%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.92%) Billing
6 1 (1.92%) Front Office
6 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.92%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.77%) Housing Association
2 3 (5.77%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.92%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.92%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.92%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.92%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.92%) LIMS
4 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.92%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.92%) PMI
4 1 (1.92%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (42.31%) Project Management
2 16 (30.77%) Agile
3 14 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 12 (23.08%) Budget Management
6 11 (21.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (19.23%) Risk Management
8 9 (17.31%) PRINCE2
9 8 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (13.46%) Change Management
10 7 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (9.62%) Migration
12 4 (7.69%) Budgeting
12 4 (7.69%) Data Privacy
12 4 (7.69%) Data Security
12 4 (7.69%) DevOps
12 4 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 4 (7.69%) Global Marketing
12 4 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
12 4 (7.69%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.85%) Python
1 2 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (7.69%) Degree
2 3 (5.77%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.77%) PMP
3 1 (1.92%) APMP
3 1 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.85%) GxP
2 2 (3.85%) PMO
3 1 (1.92%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (9.62%) SAP
2 4 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.77%) Cisco
3 3 (5.77%) Siemens
4 2 (3.85%) Aareon
4 2 (3.85%) Arista
4 2 (3.85%) Civica
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.85%) Northgate
5 1 (1.92%) Ariba
5 1 (1.92%) Aruba
5 1 (1.92%) Baan
5 1 (1.92%) Citrix
5 1 (1.92%) Google
5 1 (1.92%) Infor
5 1 (1.92%) LabVantage
5 1 (1.92%) LabWare
5 1 (1.92%) Planview
5 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.92%) Workday