Development Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - Development
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager - Development daily rate in the UK excluding London is £523 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 398 447 501
Rank change year-on-year +49 +54 -82
Contract jobs requiring a Development Project Manager 8 16 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.065% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.069% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 15
10th Percentile £419 £363 £460
25th Percentile £464 £364 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £434 £513
Median % change year-on-year +20.46% -15.37% +28.13%
75th Percentile £544 £474 £568
90th Percentile £574 £529 £610
UK median daily rate £523 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +19.43% -12.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £89.78 -
UK median hourly rate £36.33 £89.78 -
% change year-on-year -59.53% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,305 23,198 30,087
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 94.06% 95.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,917 16,250 21,111
10th Percentile £213 £223 £200
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £599 £594 £570
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,172 1,224 1,504
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.58 £12.01
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £42.37 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +117.26% +2.63%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £40.17
90th Percentile £72.86 £73.75 £58.95
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Development Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Development Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Development Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

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

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

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

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

Development 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 Development Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 April 2024. 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
Scotland +38 2 - - 1
North of England +35 2 £466 -28.27% 1
South East +21 2 £525 +12.72% 1
Wales - 2 £523 -
Midlands +35 1 £400 -8.57% 1
North West +32 1 £400 - 1
Yorkshire +23 1 £533 -18.08%
West Midlands - 1 £400 -
Development Project Manager
UK

Development Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Development 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 Development Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) Scrum
3 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Project Governance
4 3 (37.50%) SDLC
4 3 (37.50%) JIRA
5 2 (25.00%) Atlassian
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Kanban
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
6 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
6 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
6 1 (12.50%) Cost Management
6 1 (12.50%) RIBA
6 1 (12.50%) Product Backlog
6 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (12.50%) Business Case
6 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
6 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (12.50%) Fintech

Development 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) French Language
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) Scrum
4 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Project Governance
4 3 (37.50%) SDLC
5 2 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (25.00%) Kanban
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (12.50%) Business Case
6 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (12.50%) Cost Management
6 1 (12.50%) CRM
6 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
6 1 (12.50%) Fintech
6 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 1 (12.50%) Product Backlog
6 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
2 1 (12.50%) RIBA
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Atlassian
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce