Commercial Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Commercial Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Commercial Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 370 419
Rank change year-on-year -5 +49 +95
Contract jobs requiring a Commercial Project Manager 2 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.033% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.036% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -25.00% +33.33%
UK median daily rate £513 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -21.15% +8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £32.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 13,827 16,897 21,123
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 92.01% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,468 10,365 14,318
10th Percentile £215 £219 £230
25th Percentile £363 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £683 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,209 1,773 1,166
10th Percentile £13.37 £14.00 £13.98
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.35 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -42.71% +11.00% +86.12%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -41.51% +0.58% +66.47%

Commercial Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Commercial Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Commercial Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Commercial Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Commercial Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Commercial Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Commercial Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Commercial Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Commercial 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 Commercial Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
South East +21 2 £400 -11.11% 1
Commercial Project Manager
UK

Commercial Project Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, Commercial Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Commercial Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills

Commercial Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management