Banking Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - Banking
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager - Banking daily rate in the UK excluding London is £448, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 342 393
Rank change year-on-year -35 +51 +83
Contract jobs requiring a Banking Project Manager 15 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.083% 0.015% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.016% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 2
10th Percentile £313 £537 -
25th Percentile £350 £539 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £556 £435
Median % change year-on-year -19.55% +27.87% -13.00%
75th Percentile £479 £572 -
90th Percentile £539 £573 -
UK median daily rate £480 £606 £550
% change year-on-year -20.82% +10.23% -7.37%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,411 12,634 18,203
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.22% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,069 7,482 11,719
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% -4.60% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,655 688 1,382
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.26 £17.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.62 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.85% -31.97% +64.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.08 £76.24
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +26.87%

Banking Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Banking Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Banking Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Banking Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Banking Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Banking Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Banking Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Banking Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Banking Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Banking Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Banking Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Banking Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
North of England - 8 £458 - 1
Midlands - 6 £333 -
North West - 5 £438 - 1
East Midlands - 5 £333 -
Yorkshire - 3 £512 -
Scotland - 2 £539 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £500 -
West Midlands - 1 £474 -
Banking Project Manager
UK

Banking Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Banking 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 UK excluding London region featuring Banking Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (60.00%) Change Management
2 9 (60.00%) Project Management
3 8 (53.33%) Agile
4 6 (40.00%) PMI Certification
4 6 (40.00%) PMP
4 6 (40.00%) Project Delivery
5 5 (33.33%) Degree
5 5 (33.33%) JIRA
5 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 5 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
5 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (26.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (26.67%) Confluence
6 4 (26.67%) Kanban
6 4 (26.67%) Master's Degree
6 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (26.67%) QA
6 4 (26.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (26.67%) Scrum
7 3 (20.00%) Basel III
7 3 (20.00%) Budget Management
7 3 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (20.00%) Data Governance
7 3 (20.00%) Digital Banking
7 3 (20.00%) Fintech
7 3 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma

Banking Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 4 (26.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 15 (100.00%) Banking
1 15 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Legal
3 3 (20.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) PMI
1 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) CMDB
2 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Equities
2 1 (6.67%) Fixed Income
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (60.00%) Change Management
2 9 (60.00%) Project Management
3 8 (53.33%) Agile
4 6 (40.00%) Project Delivery
5 5 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 5 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
5 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (26.67%) Kanban
6 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (26.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (26.67%) Scrum
7 3 (20.00%) Budget Management
7 3 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 3 (20.00%) Digital Banking
7 3 (20.00%) Fintech
7 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
7 3 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
7 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (20.00%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) PMI Certification
1 6 (40.00%) PMP
2 5 (33.33%) Degree
3 4 (26.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (26.67%) Master's Degree
4 3 (20.00%) MBA
4 3 (20.00%) SAFe Agilist
5 2 (13.33%) BC Cleared
5 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) QA
2 3 (20.00%) Basel III
3 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (6.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow