Senior IT Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior IT Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior IT Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 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
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 363 425
Rank change year-on-year +8 +62 +42
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Project Manager 8 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.053% 0.043% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.047% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 5
10th Percentile £513 £523 £503
25th Percentile £522 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £652 £620 £650
90th Percentile £716 £688 £733
UK median daily rate £625 £550 £650
% change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £68.61
UK median hourly rate - - £68.61
% change year-on-year - - -1.99%

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 13,732 16,995 21,083
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 92.01% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,406 10,368 14,278
10th Percentile £215 £219 £230
25th Percentile £363 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £684 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,206 1,772 1,162
10th Percentile £13.36 £14.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.35 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £38.95
Median % change year-on-year -42.71% +12.71% +83.08%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% - +67.45%

Senior IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior IT 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 Senior IT Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 August 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 -2 2 £688 +14.58%
Midlands -6 2 £688 +14.58%
North of England -9 2 £525 -4.55% 6
East of England - 2 £594 - 2
South West +20 1 - -
North West -3 1 £525 -4.55% 4
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
Scotland - 1 £525 -
Senior IT Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 August 2025, Senior IT 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 Senior IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) CRM
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Responsibility
4 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (12.50%) Line Management
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (12.50%) Case Management
4 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (12.50%) PMO
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (12.50%) Post-Merger Integration
4 1 (12.50%) Due Diligence
4 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft

Senior IT 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Military
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Change Management
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) CRM
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) Case Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (12.50%) Due Diligence
3 1 (12.50%) Line Management
3 1 (12.50%) Post-Merger Integration
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
3 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
1 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft