Senior Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 288 279
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 54 112 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.54% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.58% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 82 149
10th Percentile £455 £463 £413
25th Percentile £503 £500 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £631 £625 £619
90th Percentile £700 £674 £690
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile £69.18 - £26.75
25th Percentile £70.99 £50.50 £34.75
Median hourly rate £76.61 £51.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.22% +5.15% -2.08%
75th Percentile £79.62 £58.25 £61.25
90th Percentile £79.85 £62.30 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £73.23 £51.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +43.58% -7.27% -5.20%

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 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
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 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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

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

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

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

Senior 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 Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +16 17 £525 -11.45% 45
Scotland +20 14 £529 -8.04% 13
North West +17 12 £525 -11.45% 26
South East +14 10 £560 -6.67% 52
Midlands +10 6 £625 +4.17% 22
West Midlands +3 5 £600 - 10
South West +34 3 £554 +5.52% 22
East of England +26 3 £638 +27.50% 28
Yorkshire +4 3 £550 -6.38% 15
North East +1 2 £485 - 4
East Midlands +9 1 £700 +40.00% 11
Northern Ireland -9 1 - - 7
Senior Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 31 (57.41%) Project Management
2 28 (51.85%) Finance
3 16 (29.63%) Social Skills
4 14 (25.93%) Project Delivery
4 14 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (25.93%) Agile
5 13 (24.07%) Public Sector
6 11 (20.37%) PRINCE2
6 11 (20.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (18.52%) Security Cleared
8 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Project
8 8 (14.81%) Migration
9 7 (12.96%) Change Management
9 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
10 6 (11.11%) Project Planning
10 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
10 6 (11.11%) Risk Management
11 5 (9.26%) Degree
11 5 (9.26%) Business Case
11 5 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (9.26%) Budget Management
12 4 (7.41%) Coaching
12 4 (7.41%) PMO
12 4 (7.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (7.41%) Project Governance
12 4 (7.41%) Waterfall
12 4 (7.41%) Banking
12 4 (7.41%) ISEB
13 3 (5.56%) ITIL

Senior 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 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.70%) AWS
2 1 (1.85%) Azure
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.85%) Power Automate
2 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) 4G
1 2 (3.70%) SD-WAN
1 2 (3.70%) WAN
1 2 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 28 (51.85%) Finance
2 16 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 13 (24.07%) Public Sector
4 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Banking
6 3 (5.56%) Retail
7 2 (3.70%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.70%) Local Government
7 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.85%) Automotive
8 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.85%) Law
8 1 (1.85%) Legal
8 1 (1.85%) Marketing
8 1 (1.85%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) LDAP
2 1 (1.85%) .NET
2 1 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
1 2 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.85%) EPoS
2 1 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.85%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (57.41%) Project Management
2 14 (25.93%) Agile
2 14 (25.93%) Project Delivery
2 14 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (20.37%) PRINCE2
3 11 (20.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (14.81%) Migration
5 7 (12.96%) Change Management
6 6 (11.11%) Project Planning
6 6 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 5 (9.26%) Budget Management
7 5 (9.26%) Business Case
7 5 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (7.41%) Coaching
8 4 (7.41%) Project Governance
8 4 (7.41%) Waterfall
9 3 (5.56%) Change Control
9 3 (5.56%) Data Migration
9 3 (5.56%) Resource Management
9 3 (5.56%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) C#
1 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) Degree
4 4 (7.41%) ISEB
4 4 (7.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (5.56%) APMP
5 3 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) PMO
2 2 (3.70%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) SCSM
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.56%) BT
2 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.70%) Adobe
3 2 (3.70%) Oracle
3 2 (3.70%) Snow
4 1 (1.85%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.85%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.85%) Remedy
4 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds