IT Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Surrey

IT Project Manager
South East > Surrey

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in Surrey is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 50 72
Rank change year-on-year +2 +22 -12
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 5 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 1.33% 1.54% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 1.64% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 6
10th Percentile £510 £490 £463
25th Percentile £525 £506 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £567 £588 £584
90th Percentile £577 - £594
South East median daily rate £550 £563 £490
% change year-on-year -2.22% +14.85% -10.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 349 427 713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 93.85% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 277 571
10th Percentile £204 £203 £180
25th Percentile £236 £263 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £551 £538 £600
90th Percentile £674 £607 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 25 37
10th Percentile £24.92 - £20.54
25th Percentile £32.01 £15.96 £44.60
Median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -51.32% +36.96%
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £77.97 £75.00 £77.84
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.50 £51.24
% change year-on-year -63.84% +12.22% +44.33%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

IT Project Manager job vacancy trend in Surrey

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Surrey

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Surrey

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 10 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
Epsom -4 2 £561 +12.25%
Woking - 1 - -
IT Project Manager
South East

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 10 November 2025, IT 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 Surrey region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Business Case
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (40.00%) GCP
3 2 (40.00%) Google
3 2 (40.00%) PMO
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) GDPR
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (20.00%) NIST
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Business Case
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Google
1 2 (40.00%) SAP