Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2024.

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

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 22 16
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 1,216 1,730 2,921
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.70% 7.62% 9.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.17% 8.09% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,283 2,244
10th Percentile £350 £369 £363
25th Percentile £414 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £515
% change year-on-year - +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 51 35
10th Percentile £18.32 £27.13 £22.28
25th Percentile £26.87 £39.78 £26.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £60.00 £33.24
Median % change year-on-year -41.25% +80.51% -3.66%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.38 £62.26
90th Percentile £71.75 £68.69 £65.30
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £62.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -42.46% +15.74% +54.29%

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 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

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 Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 June 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 -3 339 £525 +1.94% 185
North of England -11 259 £500 -3.85% 187
Midlands -1 197 £525 +10.53% 160
South West -9 177 £500 -3.85% 81
North West -6 161 £500 - 117
West Midlands -2 145 £525 +9.95% 97
Scotland +2 112 £488 -2.50% 55
East of England -9 100 £450 -12.20% 83
Yorkshire -23 78 £500 -9.09% 54
East Midlands -2 50 £456 -3.95% 63
Wales +9 23 £515 +14.44% 17
North East +9 13 £575 +43.75% 17
Northern Ireland -12 8 £435 -10.77% 3
Channel Islands 0 2 £575 -
Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 2024, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 612 (50.33%) Project Management
2 371 (30.51%) Social Skills
3 331 (27.22%) Finance
4 314 (25.82%) Agile
5 275 (22.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 234 (19.24%) Project Delivery
7 201 (16.53%) PRINCE2
8 166 (13.65%) Security Cleared
9 163 (13.40%) Public Sector
10 125 (10.28%) Degree
11 117 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
12 114 (9.38%) Migration
13 111 (9.13%) Risk Management
14 107 (8.80%) Change Management
15 95 (7.81%) SAP
16 93 (7.65%) Waterfall
17 90 (7.40%) SC Cleared
18 87 (7.15%) ERP
19 84 (6.91%) Microsoft
20 80 (6.58%) Business Case
21 77 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
22 74 (6.09%) Azure
23 73 (6.00%) Programme Management
24 72 (5.92%) DV Cleared
25 71 (5.84%) Project Planning
25 71 (5.84%) Manufacturing
25 71 (5.84%) Budget Management
26 69 (5.67%) JIRA
27 67 (5.51%) Scrum
28 66 (5.43%) Decision-Making

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 28 (2.30%) Confluence
2 13 (1.07%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.082%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.082%) CMS
5 1 (0.082%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 49 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.16%) Maya
Business Applications
1 20 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.66%) SAP Hybris
3 7 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.49%) iTrent
5 5 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
7 3 (0.25%) Magento
7 3 (0.25%) Maximo
7 3 (0.25%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.25%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.16%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 2 (0.16%) SAP IS-U
8 2 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.082%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.082%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.082%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.082%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 74 (6.09%) Azure
2 27 (2.22%) SaaS
3 24 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (1.23%) Power Platform
5 11 (0.90%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 11 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
6 10 (0.82%) AWS
6 10 (0.82%) Smartsheet
7 8 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (0.66%) WhatsApp
8 7 (0.58%) GitHub
9 6 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (0.41%) Akamai
10 5 (0.41%) Cloudflare
10 5 (0.41%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.25%) SAP Fieldglass
12 2 (0.16%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
2 19 (1.56%) Network Security
3 16 (1.32%) Structured Cabling
4 13 (1.07%) WAN
5 12 (0.99%) LAN
6 7 (0.58%) Internet
7 4 (0.33%) 5G
7 4 (0.33%) VPN
8 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.25%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.25%) Wireless
9 2 (0.16%) Firewall
9 2 (0.16%) IP Telephony
9 2 (0.16%) MPLS
9 2 (0.16%) VoIP
10 1 (0.082%) DMZ
10 1 (0.082%) Intranet
10 1 (0.082%) SAN
10 1 (0.082%) SNMP
10 1 (0.082%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.23%) Power BI
2 13 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (1.07%) Electronic Patient Records
3 5 (0.41%) Data Lake
3 5 (0.41%) MySQL
4 3 (0.25%) GIS
4 3 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.25%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.25%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.25%) Tableau
5 2 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.082%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.082%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.082%) IDMS
6 1 (0.082%) Metadata
6 1 (0.082%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.082%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.082%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 69 (5.67%) JIRA
2 2 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.082%) Git
3 1 (0.082%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.082%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.082%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 371 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 331 (27.22%) Finance
3 163 (13.40%) Public Sector
4 77 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (5.84%) Manufacturing
6 46 (3.78%) Retail
7 45 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
7 45 (3.70%) Telecoms
8 37 (3.04%) Local Government
9 33 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (2.55%) Banking
10 31 (2.55%) Marketing
10 31 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
11 27 (2.22%) Electronics
12 25 (2.06%) Legal
12 25 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 21 (1.73%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 15 (1.23%) Law
16 14 (1.15%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.33%) Middleware
3 3 (0.25%) .NET
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 2 (0.16%) SAP PI
4 2 (0.16%) Smart Contracts
5 1 (0.082%) MACH
5 1 (0.082%) React
5 1 (0.082%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.082%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 35 (2.88%) NHS
2 32 (2.63%) Data Centre
3 25 (2.06%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.06%) Onboarding
4 21 (1.73%) PMI
5 19 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (1.48%) Virtual Team
7 14 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (0.99%) Life Science
9 11 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (0.66%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (0.66%) Driving Licence
10 8 (0.66%) LIMS
10 8 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
11 7 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.58%) FMCG
11 7 (0.58%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.49%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.81%) Windows
2 8 (0.66%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.41%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.33%) Linux
5 1 (0.082%) AIX
5 1 (0.082%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 612 (50.33%) Project Management
2 314 (25.82%) Agile
3 275 (22.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 234 (19.24%) Project Delivery
5 201 (16.53%) PRINCE2
6 117 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (9.38%) Migration
8 111 (9.13%) Risk Management
9 107 (8.80%) Change Management
10 93 (7.65%) Waterfall
11 87 (7.15%) ERP
12 80 (6.58%) Business Case
13 73 (6.00%) Programme Management
14 71 (5.84%) Budget Management
14 71 (5.84%) Project Planning
15 67 (5.51%) Scrum
16 66 (5.43%) Decision-Making
17 62 (5.10%) Continuous Improvement
18 56 (4.61%) Cybersecurity
19 53 (4.36%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 19 (1.56%) SQL
2 9 (0.74%) PL/SQL
3 6 (0.49%) Java
3 6 (0.49%) PHP
4 4 (0.33%) Python
5 1 (0.082%) C
5 1 (0.082%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.082%) Perl
5 1 (0.082%) R
Qualifications
1 166 (13.65%) Security Cleared
2 125 (10.28%) Degree
3 90 (7.40%) SC Cleared
4 72 (5.92%) DV Cleared
5 65 (5.35%) PMI Certification
6 63 (5.18%) PMP
7 45 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 36 (2.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 19 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.32%) CISM
10 16 (1.32%) CISSP
11 13 (1.07%) APMP
12 12 (0.99%) HNC
13 10 (0.82%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.74%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.74%) HND
15 7 (0.58%) CIPD
16 6 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
17 5 (0.41%) ISEB
17 5 (0.41%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (3.70%) PMO
2 34 (2.80%) QA
3 9 (0.74%) GDPR
3 9 (0.74%) NIST
3 9 (0.74%) NIST 800
4 8 (0.66%) HL7
5 7 (0.58%) ISO 9001
6 6 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (0.49%) NEBOSH
7 4 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.33%) PMBOK
8 3 (0.25%) COBIT
8 3 (0.25%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.25%) GAMP
8 3 (0.25%) GxP
8 3 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.25%) SLA
9 2 (0.16%) GMP
9 2 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.082%) IFRS
System Software
1 10 (0.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.082%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (0.49%) Argo
2 4 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.16%) Terraform
4 1 (0.082%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 95 (7.81%) SAP
2 84 (6.91%) Microsoft
3 20 (1.64%) Sage
4 18 (1.48%) Oracle
5 15 (1.23%) Atlassian
6 12 (0.99%) Adobe
7 9 (0.74%) Ariba
7 9 (0.74%) Avaloq
7 9 (0.74%) NEC
8 8 (0.66%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.49%) Citrix
10 5 (0.41%) F5
10 5 (0.41%) Workday
11 4 (0.33%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.33%) Cisco
11 4 (0.33%) Cognizant
11 4 (0.33%) Progress
12 3 (0.25%) Guidewire
12 3 (0.25%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.25%) Siemens