Lead Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Lead Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £663 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 427 502
Rank change year-on-year +47 +75 -80
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 11 30 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.054% 0.13% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.13% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 19
10th Percentile £438 £431 £300
25th Percentile £538 £456 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year +39.47% -11.63% +36.08%
75th Percentile £763 £534 £594
90th Percentile £788 £570 £770
UK median daily rate £663 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +12.77% -2.08% +26.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 1
10th Percentile - £65.00 -
25th Percentile - £65.25 £77.50
Median hourly rate £26.73 £65.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.19% -18.13% -
75th Percentile - £65.75 £82.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £26.73 £65.50 £66.00
% change year-on-year -59.19% -0.76% -

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 19,029 22,515 29,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.22% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,794 20,727
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
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 2,245 1,162 1,474
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.81 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Lead Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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

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

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

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

Lead 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 Lead Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
South East +23 4 £775 +63.16% 2
South West +19 3 - - 1
East of England +4 2 £500 +14.29%
Scotland +35 1 £400 -22.89%
Midlands +28 1 £675 -1.82% 4
West Midlands +24 1 £675 -1.82% 3
Lead Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Lead 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 Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 5 (45.45%) Agile
4 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
5 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (27.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
5 3 (27.27%) Change Management
5 3 (27.27%) SAP
5 3 (27.27%) Degree
5 3 (27.27%) Supplier Management
6 2 (18.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
6 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (18.18%) PMP
6 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
6 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (18.18%) Scrum
6 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
6 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (18.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (9.09%) User Research

Lead 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Local Government
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Supplier Management
5 2 (18.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
5 2 (18.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (18.18%) Scrum
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (9.09%) Budget Responsibility
6 1 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
6 1 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
6 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
2 2 (18.18%) PMP
2 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
3 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Ariba