Digital Project Manager
UK
The median Digital Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 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 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 479 | 532 | 584 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +53 | +52 | +17 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Digital Project Manager | 38 | 58 | 121 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.21% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.14% | 0.15% | 0.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24 | 50 | 101 |
| 10th Percentile | £215 | £263 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £338 | £294 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £413 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.42% | -17.50% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £538 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £807 | £603 | £660 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £450 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -2.70% | -2.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £25.45 | £21.39 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £26.49 | £21.97 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £28.61 | £23.83 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +20.04% | -55.25% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £30.35 | £25.58 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £31.16 | £26.10 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £25.50 | £23.83 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +7.01% | -55.25% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 26,982 | 39,941 | 54,901 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.48% | 92.76% | 94.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,601 | 26,001 | 38,348 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,049 | 2,673 | 1,536 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.25 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.60 | £36.65 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.96% | -18.56% | +88.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.90 | £76.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £40.00 | £42.43 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.25% | -5.73% | +115.78% |
Digital Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Digital Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Digital Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Project Manager.
Digital Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Project Manager over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.
Digital Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Project Manager.
Digital Project Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 |
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| England | +44 | 34 | £505 | +22.42% | 41 |
| London | +52 | 18 | £558 | +43.87% | 15 |
| Work from Home | +36 | 17 | £450 | - | 25 |
| UK excluding London | +48 | 15 | £488 | +8.33% | 28 |
| East of England | +36 | 4 | £575 | +153.81% | |
| South West | +36 | 4 | £250 | -56.52% | 3 |
| South East | +31 | 3 | £425 | +3.03% | 6 |
| North of England | +18 | 2 | £373 | -29.05% | 15 |
| North West | +14 | 2 | £373 | -29.05% | 9 |
| West Midlands | +13 | 2 | £600 | +20.00% | 2 |
| Midlands | +8 | 2 | £600 | +20.00% | 3 |
Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Digital 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 featuring Digital Project Manager in the job title.
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Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: