Public Sector Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - Public Sector
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager - Public Sector daily rate in the UK excluding London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 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
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 390 437
Rank change year-on-year +26 +47 +70
Contract jobs requiring a Public Sector Project Manager 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.005% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.005% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% +2.86% +2.94%
75th Percentile £588 - £444
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £538 £500 £438
% change year-on-year +7.50% +14.29% -9.79%

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 13,456 19,132 22,070
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 92.32% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,291 11,526 15,163
10th Percentile £220 £213 £232
25th Percentile £363 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £596 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,123 2,331 1,195
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.86 £13.53
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% +6.67% +78.57%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.44 £75.94
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.88% -5.88% +65.50%

Public Sector Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Public Sector Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Public Sector Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Public Sector 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 Public Sector Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Midlands - 1 - -
South East - 1 £575 - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
Public Sector Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 July 2025, Public Sector 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 Public Sector Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Smartcard
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Civica
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development

Public Sector 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Civica