Strategic Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Paddington

Strategic Project Manager
City of Westminster > Paddington

The median Strategic Project Manager daily rate in Paddington is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Strategic Project Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Paddington 10.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £688 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £763 - -
90th Percentile - - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £725 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Paddington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Paddington. 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 Paddington with a recognized job title 8 17 15
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 80.00% 89.47% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 14
10th Percentile - - £440
25th Percentile £500 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £538
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -20.93% -14.00%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £569
90th Percentile £689 £600 £575
City of Westminster median daily rate £550 £550 £550

Strategic Project Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Paddington

For the 6 months to 5 June 2026, Strategic 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 Paddington region featuring Strategic Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler

Strategic Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Paddington 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler