Senior Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Senior Project Manager
England > North of England

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in the North of England is £595, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 148 161
Rank change year-on-year -42 +13 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 20 15 21
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.42% 0.42% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.46% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 18
10th Percentile £486 £488 £393
25th Percentile £500 £513 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% -0.90% +5.71%
75th Percentile £644 £688 £609
90th Percentile £666 £710 £647
England median daily rate £603 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +0.42% - +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,337 3,296 4,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 92.12% 93.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,899 1,900 2,898
10th Percentile £213 £230 £270
25th Percentile £363 £368 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 168 206
10th Percentile £16.33 £15.32 £15.61
25th Percentile £20.00 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.99 £24.63 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.82% -16.51% +37.21%
75th Percentile £55.00 £42.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.29 £61.50 £61.99
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Senior Project Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Project Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Project Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in the North of England

Senior Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Project Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Project Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Senior Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Project Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
Yorkshire -40 12 £573 -15.19% 2
North West -24 8 £600 +11.63% 7
Senior Project Manager
England

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Senior 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 North of England region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (45.00%) Project Delivery
1 9 (45.00%) Project Management
2 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (30.00%) ERP
4 5 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 5 (25.00%) Migration
5 4 (20.00%) Agile
5 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (20.00%) PMP
5 4 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 4 (20.00%) Supplier Management
5 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 3 (15.00%) Business Case
6 3 (15.00%) Business Transformation
6 3 (15.00%) Logistics
6 3 (15.00%) Oracle
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.00%) Project Governance
6 3 (15.00%) QA
6 3 (15.00%) SAP
7 2 (10.00%) Boomi
7 2 (10.00%) Commercial Awareness
7 2 (10.00%) E-Commerce
7 2 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 2 (10.00%) Integration Testing
7 2 (10.00%) Inventory Management
7 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
7 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (10.00%) OCI

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Boomi
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (10.00%) OCI
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) IaaS
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Retail
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Project Delivery
1 9 (45.00%) Project Management
2 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (30.00%) ERP
4 5 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 5 (25.00%) Migration
5 4 (20.00%) Agile
5 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 4 (20.00%) Supplier Management
5 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 3 (15.00%) Business Case
6 3 (15.00%) Business Transformation
6 3 (15.00%) Logistics
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.00%) Project Governance
7 2 (10.00%) Commercial Awareness
7 2 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 2 (10.00%) Inventory Management
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) PMP
2 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle
1 3 (15.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Ariba
3 1 (5.00%) NEC