Financial Services Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Financial Services
UK

The median Project Manager - Financial Services daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 570 651
Rank change year-on-year +62 +81 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Services Project Manager 12 28 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.064% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.069% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 20 56
10th Percentile £398 £398 £513
25th Percentile £455 £550 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £616
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +5.48% +2.71%
75th Percentile £647 £691 £700
90th Percentile £680 £700 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £638 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -8.93% +16.67% -

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 27,138 40,367 56,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,265 39,350
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,668 1,565
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.40
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
% change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%

Financial Services Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Financial Services Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Services Project Manager in the UK

Financial Services Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Services Project Manager in the UK

Financial Services Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Services Project Manager over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Services Project Manager in the UK

Financial Services Project Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Services Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +42 12 £525 -22.22%
London +30 7 £521 -21.36%
UK excluding London +60 5 £638 -8.93%
South East +48 3 £650 -16.13%
Work from Home +36 3 £571 +3.82%
North of England +23 2 £625 -10.71%
Yorkshire - 2 £625 -

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Financial Services 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 Financial Services Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Finance
2 11 (91.67%) Project Management
3 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Banking
4 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Scrum
4 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 3 (25.00%) PMP
5 3 (25.00%) PMI Certification
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) Business Transformation
5 3 (25.00%) Project Governance
5 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Line Management
6 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Legal
6 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
7 1 (8.33%) Technology Transformation
7 1 (8.33%) Firewall
7 1 (8.33%) Back Office
7 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
7 1 (8.33%) Migration
7 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
7 1 (8.33%) Private Banking
7 1 (8.33%) Wealth Management

Financial Services 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
General
1 12 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Legal
5 1 (8.33%) Back Office
5 1 (8.33%) Investment Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Private Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) Equities
1 1 (8.33%) Fixed Income
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 4 (33.33%) Scrum
4 3 (25.00%) Business Transformation
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Project Governance
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 2 (16.67%) Line Management
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
5 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (8.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 1 (8.33%) Business Process Modelling
6 1 (8.33%) Continuous Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Contract Management
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (25.00%) PMP
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared