ICT Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

ICT Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median ICT Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £372, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 392 445
Rank change year-on-year +56 +53 +55
Contract jobs requiring an ICT Project Manager 3 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.034% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.036% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £277 -
25th Percentile - £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £372 £338 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.15% -20.59% +13.33%
75th Percentile - £362 £438
90th Percentile - £368 -
UK median daily rate £372 £338 £425
% change year-on-year +10.15% -20.59% +9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £24.06 - -
25th Percentile £24.92 £27.26 £46.75
Median hourly rate £26.36 £27.52 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% -43.27% -
75th Percentile £27.79 £27.77 £50.25
90th Percentile £28.66 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.36 £27.52 £41.16
% change year-on-year -4.22% -33.15% -

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 11,790 19,217 22,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.60% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,554 11,733 15,842
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,245 1,162
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

ICT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ICT 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 ICT Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
North of England - 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
South East +45 1 £372 +1.64%
ICT Project Manager
UK

ICT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, ICT 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 ICT Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Critical Path Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Contract Management
2 2 (66.67%) Local Government
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (66.67%) Matrix Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
3 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Supplier Relationship Management
3 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Control
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization

ICT 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 (66.67%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Critical Path Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Contract Management
2 2 (66.67%) Matrix Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Control
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Supplier Relationship Management
3 1 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure