Digital Project Manager Contracts

Digital Project Manager
UK

The median Digital Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £413 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 581 613
Rank change year-on-year +61 +32 -53
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Project Manager 59 119 250
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.21% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 102 194
10th Percentile £263 £314 £322
25th Percentile £313 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +1.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £538 £579 £573
90th Percentile £638 £650 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £25.45 £21.39 £33.23
25th Percentile £26.49 £21.97 £39.56
Median hourly rate £28.61 £23.83 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +20.04% -55.25% +154.42%
75th Percentile £30.35 £25.58 £69.06
90th Percentile £31.16 £26.10 £76.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.50 £23.83 £53.25
% change year-on-year +7.01% -55.25% +154.42%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Project Manager.

Daily rate trend for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Project Manager over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Project Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Top 12 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 26 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
England +63 57 £425 -5.56% 21
London +96 31 £400 -6.98% 4
UK excluding London +29 25 £450 - 18
Work from Home +92 22 £450 -7.22% 13
South East +19 11 £413 -8.33% 4
South West +20 5 £575 +4.55% 2
West Midlands +32 4 £500 +123.71% 1
Midlands +20 4 £500 - 2
North of England +15 3 £525 +16.67% 6
Yorkshire +12 2 - - 1
East of England +7 2 £227 -47.47% 4
North West +17 1 £525 - 3

Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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.

1 30 (50.85%) Agile
2 25 (42.37%) Project Management
3 16 (27.12%) Finance
4 14 (23.73%) E-Commerce
4 14 (23.73%) Marketing
5 13 (22.03%) JIRA
5 13 (22.03%) CMS
5 13 (22.03%) Social Skills
6 11 (18.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (16.95%) Scrum
7 10 (16.95%) Change Management
8 9 (15.25%) Retail
8 9 (15.25%) Digital Marketing
8 9 (15.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (15.25%) Project Delivery
9 8 (13.56%) User Experience
9 8 (13.56%) Publishing
9 8 (13.56%) SAP
10 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
10 7 (11.86%) PMO
11 6 (10.17%) Public Sector
11 6 (10.17%) CI/CD
11 6 (10.17%) Performance Metrics
11 6 (10.17%) DevOps
12 5 (8.47%) User Stories
12 5 (8.47%) SDLC
12 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (8.47%) QMS
12 5 (8.47%) QA
12 5 (8.47%) Drupal

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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (22.03%) CMS
2 5 (8.47%) Drupal
3 3 (5.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.69%) Confluence
4 1 (1.69%) Joomla!
4 1 (1.69%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.69%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.69%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.69%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (5.08%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) Asana
1 4 (6.78%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.69%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (22.03%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Dreamweaver
General
1 16 (27.12%) Finance
2 14 (23.73%) Marketing
3 13 (22.03%) Social Skills
4 9 (15.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (15.25%) Retail
5 8 (13.56%) Publishing
6 6 (10.17%) Public Sector
7 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (3.39%) Electronics
8 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.39%) Legal
8 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.69%) Banking
9 1 (1.69%) Local Government
9 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.69%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) Over-the-Top Content
1 4 (6.78%) Video\Live Streaming
2 3 (5.08%) NHS
3 2 (3.39%) FMCG
3 2 (3.39%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.69%) Contactless
4 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.69%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.69%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (50.85%) Agile
2 25 (42.37%) Project Management
3 14 (23.73%) E-Commerce
4 11 (18.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (16.95%) Change Management
5 10 (16.95%) Scrum
6 9 (15.25%) Digital Marketing
6 9 (15.25%) Project Delivery
7 8 (13.56%) User Experience
8 6 (10.17%) CI/CD
8 6 (10.17%) DevOps
8 6 (10.17%) Performance Metrics
9 5 (8.47%) Migration
9 5 (8.47%) QMS
9 5 (8.47%) SDLC
9 5 (8.47%) User Stories
10 4 (6.78%) B2C
10 4 (6.78%) CRM
10 4 (6.78%) PRINCE2
10 4 (6.78%) SEO
Qualifications
1 4 (6.78%) SC Cleared
1 4 (6.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.08%) Degree
3 1 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.69%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.86%) PMO
2 5 (8.47%) Accessibility
2 5 (8.47%) ISO 9001
2 5 (8.47%) QA
3 1 (1.69%) P3O
3 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (13.56%) SAP
2 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.78%) Adobe
3 4 (6.78%) Hotjar
3 4 (6.78%) Screaming Frog
4 2 (3.39%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.69%) Palantir
5 1 (1.69%) Progress
5 1 (1.69%) VMware