Digital Transformation Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - Digital Transformation
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager - Digital Transformation daily rate in the UK excluding London is £414, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 357 409
Rank change year-on-year -28 +52 +75
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Transformation Project Manager 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.007% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.007% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £403 - £530
25th Percentile £405 £813 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £825 £555
Median % change year-on-year -49.88% +48.65% +11.00%
75th Percentile £429 £838 £583
90th Percentile £434 - £590
UK median daily rate £600 £688 £555
% change year-on-year -12.73% +23.87% +11.00%

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 16,345 13,724 18,269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 92.39% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,035 8,185 11,953
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £679 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,655 776 1,187
10th Percentile £13.84 £15.36 £14.32
25th Percentile £17.48 £20.26 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%

Digital Transformation Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Digital Transformation Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Digital Transformation Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Digital Transformation 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 Digital Transformation Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
West Midlands -28 1 £425 -48.48%
Midlands -34 1 £425 -48.48%
North West - 1 £402 - 1
North of England - 1 £402 - 2
Digital Transformation Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Digital Transformation 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 Digital Transformation Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall

Digital Transformation 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft