Software Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 414 471
Rank change year-on-year +41 +57 -75
Contract jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 18 47 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.087% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.21% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 33
10th Percentile £325 £400 £406
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% -
75th Percentile £523 £594 £575
90th Percentile £545 £641 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £506
% change year-on-year -4.03% +2.91% +6.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 25 0
10th Percentile - £62.75 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.48% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.75 -
90th Percentile - £78.95 -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.50 -
% change year-on-year -27.48% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,262 22,750 29,627
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.10% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,825 15,940 20,711
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,216 1,193 1,496
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.07
25th Percentile £15.67 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Software Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

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

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

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

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

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 Software Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Midlands +28 5 £475 +11.76% 3
East of England +4 5 £350 - 1
Wales - 5 £513 - 1
West Midlands +30 3 £545 +35.40% 2
South East +4 3 £475 +2.70% 3
East Midlands +18 2 £450 +5.26% 1
Software Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Software 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 Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 9 (50.00%) Project Management
3 8 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
4 7 (38.89%) Degree
5 6 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 5 (27.78%) Product Ownership
6 5 (27.78%) JIRA
6 5 (27.78%) Atlassian
6 5 (27.78%) Project Governance
6 5 (27.78%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (27.78%) Scrum
6 5 (27.78%) Agile
7 4 (22.22%) Retail
7 4 (22.22%) .NET
7 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
7 4 (22.22%) SDLC
7 4 (22.22%) Kanban
7 4 (22.22%) Magento
7 4 (22.22%) Business Analysis
7 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
9 2 (11.11%) Migration
9 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
9 2 (11.11%) Finance
9 2 (11.11%) CRM
9 2 (11.11%) Progress
9 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification

Software 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 (5.56%) Moodle
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Magento
2 2 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) JIRA
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Automotive
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Local Government
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Housing Association
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Smartcard
2 1 (5.56%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Project Management
2 8 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 5 (27.78%) Agile
4 5 (27.78%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (27.78%) Project Governance
4 5 (27.78%) Scrum
5 4 (22.22%) Business Analysis
5 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
5 4 (22.22%) Kanban
5 4 (22.22%) SDLC
6 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (11.11%) Analytics
7 2 (11.11%) CRM
7 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
7 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics
7 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 2 (11.11%) Software Delivery
7 2 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
1 1 (5.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Atlassian
3 2 (11.11%) Progress
4 1 (5.56%) Cadence