Payments Project Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Project Manager - Payments
England > London

The median Project Manager - Payments daily rate in London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 370 415
Rank change year-on-year +4 +45 +156
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Project Manager 5 11 15
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.036% 0.070% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.075% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 7
10th Percentile £402 £387 £528
25th Percentile £497 £500 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £700
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -17.86% +27.27%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £750
90th Percentile £710 £680 -
England median daily rate £600 £563 £700
% change year-on-year +6.67% -19.64% +25.84%

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 12,869 14,724 19,083
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 93.99% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,538 9,507 13,876
10th Percentile £333 £338 £344
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £798
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 153 219
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.30
25th Percentile £21.75 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -3.23% +19.23%
75th Percentile £47.50 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.31 £80.75 £74.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +50.70%

Payments Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Payments Project Manager job vacancy trend in London

Payments Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Payments Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payments Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payments Project Manager in London

Payments 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 Payments Project Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 £339 -
Payments Project Manager
England

Payments Project Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, Payments 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 Payments Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 1 (20.00%) Apple
3 1 (20.00%) Apple Pay
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (20.00%) Google Pay
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) KYC
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) PSD2
3 1 (20.00%) SEPA
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Straight-Through Processing
3 1 (20.00%) TARGET2
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall

Payments 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Apple Pay
1 1 (20.00%) Google Pay
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) KYC
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Straight-Through Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PSD2
1 1 (20.00%) SEPA
1 1 (20.00%) TARGET2
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Apple
1 1 (20.00%) Google