Technical Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Technical Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 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
23 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 313 351
Rank change year-on-year -13 +38 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Project Manager 44 77 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.39% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.42% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 55 63
10th Percentile £372 £373 £403
25th Percentile £400 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £581
90th Percentile £576 £640 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -4.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £34.21 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.23% -47.37% -
75th Percentile £77.50 £39.10 -
90th Percentile - £47.89 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £34.21 £65.00
% change year-on-year +119.23% -47.37% +10.64%

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 13,529 18,225 21,810
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 92.26% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,318 11,121 14,882
10th Percentile £216 £215 £232
25th Percentile £363 £375 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% -0.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,158 2,055 1,196
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.23 £13.98
25th Percentile £16.71 £16.81 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £39.80
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% +6.78% +89.52%
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £43.69
% change year-on-year -37.63% -7.70% +70.13%

Technical Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Technical Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 July 2025.

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

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

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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 +2 13 £445 -17.13% 2
West Midlands +4 12 £441 -23.33% 1
South East +20 9 £372 -29.19% 9
North of England -12 7 £475 -8.65% 5
East of England +14 6 £450 -5.26% 1
Scotland -4 6 £534 +6.80% 2
North West -4 5 £475 -3.55% 2
South West +24 3 £500 +3.38% 1
Yorkshire -8 2 £488 -12.66% 3
East Midlands -1 1 £475 +52.00% 1
Technical Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 July 2025, Technical 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 Technical Project Manager in the job title.

1 29 (65.91%) Social Skills
2 20 (45.45%) Project Management
3 16 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 15 (34.09%) Agile
5 14 (31.82%) Finance
6 11 (25.00%) Time Management
7 9 (20.45%) Project Delivery
7 9 (20.45%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (18.18%) Risk Management
8 8 (18.18%) PRINCE2
9 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
9 7 (15.91%) SAP
9 7 (15.91%) Banking
9 7 (15.91%) Project Planning
9 7 (15.91%) Migration
9 7 (15.91%) Conflict Management
10 6 (13.64%) Waterfall
10 6 (13.64%) Change Management
11 5 (11.36%) ERP
11 5 (11.36%) Manufacturing
11 5 (11.36%) SAP S/4HANA
12 4 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
12 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (9.09%) JIRA
12 4 (9.09%) PMP
12 4 (9.09%) PMI Certification
12 4 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
13 3 (6.82%) Virtual Team

Technical 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 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (11.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.55%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (2.27%) SAP BPC
3 1 (2.27%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.55%) AWS
1 2 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (2.27%) Asana
2 1 (2.27%) OCI
2 1 (2.27%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (2.27%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) Firewall
1 2 (4.55%) Wireless
2 1 (2.27%) 5G
2 1 (2.27%) Internet
2 1 (2.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.27%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) JIRA
2 1 (2.27%) Hudson
General
1 29 (65.91%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.82%) Finance
3 7 (15.91%) Banking
4 5 (11.36%) Manufacturing
5 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.55%) Legal
7 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Law
8 1 (2.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) Yocto
2 1 (2.27%) J2EE
2 1 (2.27%) Middleware
2 1 (2.27%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.82%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.82%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.55%) Digital TV
3 2 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (4.55%) Life Science
3 2 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (4.55%) STB
4 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.27%) FMCG
4 1 (2.27%) Housing Association
4 1 (2.27%) PMI
4 1 (2.27%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (45.45%) Project Management
2 16 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 16 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (34.09%) Agile
4 11 (25.00%) Time Management
5 9 (20.45%) Project Delivery
6 8 (18.18%) PRINCE2
6 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 7 (15.91%) Conflict Management
7 7 (15.91%) Migration
7 7 (15.91%) Project Planning
8 6 (13.64%) Change Management
8 6 (13.64%) Waterfall
9 5 (11.36%) ERP
10 4 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
10 4 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
11 3 (6.82%) Budget Management
11 3 (6.82%) Conflict Resolution
11 3 (6.82%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) C
1 1 (2.27%) C++
1 1 (2.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) PMI Certification
1 4 (9.09%) PMP
2 3 (6.82%) Degree
3 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) PMBOK
1 2 (4.55%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) GDPR
2 1 (2.27%) GRC
2 1 (2.27%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
1 7 (15.91%) SAP
2 3 (6.82%) Pega
3 2 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (2.27%) Anaplan
4 1 (2.27%) Cisco
4 1 (2.27%) Infor
4 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.27%) Tagetik