Financial Services Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - Financial Services
UK

The median Project Manager - Financial Services daily rate in the UK is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 571 534 551
Rank change year-on-year -37 +17 +168
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Services Project Manager 15 19 39
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.041% 0.056% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.060% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 34
10th Percentile £405 £506 £483
25th Percentile £438 £513 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £638 £666 £694
90th Percentile £700 £761 £796
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -17.39% -2.13% -6.00%

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 33,689 31,494 40,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.77% 93.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,297 19,365 27,107
10th Percentile £293 £300 £285
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,984 978 1,483
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.50 £15.02
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.01 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +45.77%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.54 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.62% +84.72%

Financial Services Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Financial Services Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Financial Services Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Financial Services Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Services Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Services Project Manager job vacancies 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 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Services Project Manager in the UK

Financial Services Project Manager
Top 8 Contract Job 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 24 December 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 -26 10 £555 -7.50%
UK excluding London -38 7 £475 -17.39%
Work from Home -4 5 £575 -
London -11 5 £650 -
West Midlands -26 4 £415 -27.83%
Midlands -44 4 £415 -27.83%
Northern Ireland - 2 £488 -
South East - 1 £510 -

Financial Services Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Financial Services Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Financial Services Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (40.00%) Project Management
2 3 (20.00%) Change Management
2 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (13.33%) Agile
3 2 (13.33%) Business Transformation
3 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 2 (13.33%) PMO
3 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) Project Governance
3 2 (13.33%) Supplier Management
4 1 (6.67%) Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Backlog Management
4 1 (6.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (6.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (6.67%) Business Case
4 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint
4 1 (6.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (6.67%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) Cutover Planning
4 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (6.67%) Data Management
4 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (6.67%) Defect Management
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) Investment Management

Financial Services Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
General
1 15 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Banking
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Front Office
3 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Equities
1 1 (6.67%) Fixed Income
1 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (6.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Project Management
2 3 (20.00%) Change Management
2 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (13.33%) Agile
3 2 (13.33%) Business Transformation
3 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) Project Governance
3 2 (13.33%) Supplier Management
4 1 (6.67%) Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) Cutover Planning
4 1 (6.67%) Defect Management
4 1 (6.67%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (6.67%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (6.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
1 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint
2 1 (6.67%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Workday