NHS Project Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Project Manager - NHS
England > London

The median Project Manager - NHS daily rate in London is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 - 399
Rank change year-on-year - - +79
Contract jobs requiring an NHS Project Manager 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.032% - 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% - 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £262 - £284
25th Percentile £311 - £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - £338
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.90%
75th Percentile £484 - £372
90th Percentile £500 - £381
England median daily rate £363 - £300
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 17,373 11,436 16,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 93.54% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,474 7,725 11,851
10th Percentile £356 £349 £325
25th Percentile £435 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £761 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 163 327
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.87 £24.42 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +15.07% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.25 £46.68
90th Percentile £76.83 £63.65 £67.40
England median hourly rate £45.56 £29.33 £39.50
% change year-on-year +55.32% -25.75% -12.22%

NHS Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

NHS Project Manager job vacancy trend in London

NHS Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

NHS Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NHS Project Manager in London

NHS Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

NHS Project Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, NHS 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 NHS Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Electronic Patient Records
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Business Case
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Demand Management
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (16.67%) Line Management
4 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (16.67%) PMO
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint

NHS 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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Health
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) NHS
2 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Business Case
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Demand Management
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (16.67%) Line Management
4 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft