Senior Software Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Software Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Project Manager 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.018% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £538 -
% change year-on-year -6.98% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £92.50 - -

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 14,716 15,446 19,705
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.57% 92.08% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,080 8,834 13,118
10th Percentile £210 £219 £217
25th Percentile £363 £373 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £673 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,399 1,091 1,272
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% -10.11% +93.48%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -36.33% -12.22% +64.38%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Software Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Software Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Software Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Software Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Software Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Software 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 Software Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 October 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 - 2 £500 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
North West - 1 £500 - 2
South West - 1 - - 2
Senior Software Project Manager
UK

Senior Software Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 October 2025, Senior Software Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 2 (66.67%) Project Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
3 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) DSDM
3 1 (33.33%) Epics
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Network Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) Primavera
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance

Senior Software Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 2 (66.67%) Project Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DSDM
3 1 (33.33%) Network Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared