IT Project Manager Contracts

IT Project Manager
UK

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 309 280
Rank change year-on-year -48 -29 +107
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 242 511 886
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.86% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.91% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 396 680
10th Percentile £370 £363 £380
25th Percentile £438 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £521 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% +4.20% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £591 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.00% +2.56% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile - - £34.20
25th Percentile £23.63 £61.25 £45.00
Median hourly rate £34.14 £62.50 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.38% +21.36% +18.81%
75th Percentile £51.81 £64.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £56.88 £64.75 £73.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.28 £65.00 £51.75
% change year-on-year -61.12% +25.60% -14.73%

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 40,241 56,070 84,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,194 39,189 59,507
10th Percentile £277 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,567 2,091
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.16 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.75 £48.76
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
% change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the UK

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in the UK

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in the UK

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in the UK

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Project Manager over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Project Manager in the UK

IT Project Manager
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 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 -19 221 £525 -1.87% 67
UK excluding London -53 131 £490 -2.00% 52
London +20 96 £605 +8.76% 16
Work from Home -9 83 £525 +5.00% 27
North of England +1 34 £455 -17.27% 15
South East -11 32 £510 -2.86% 13
Midlands -6 27 £500 - 11
South West +14 26 £475 -5.00% 7
West Midlands -1 26 £500 +1.27% 9
North West +3 17 £506 -0.15% 10
Yorkshire +1 12 £450 -18.18% 4
Scotland +4 7 £488 +1.30% 2
North East - 4 £525 - 1
Wales +22 3 £456 +17.74%
East of England +2 2 £488 -2.50% 5
East Midlands +11 1 £500 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, IT 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 IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 126 (52.07%) Project Management
2 71 (29.34%) Finance
2 71 (29.34%) Social Skills
3 56 (23.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 55 (22.73%) Agile
5 49 (20.25%) PRINCE2
6 42 (17.36%) Project Delivery
7 25 (10.33%) Migration
8 21 (8.68%) Banking
8 21 (8.68%) Budget Management
9 19 (7.85%) PMP
9 19 (7.85%) Degree
10 18 (7.44%) Azure
10 18 (7.44%) Waterfall
10 18 (7.44%) Security Cleared
10 18 (7.44%) PMI Certification
10 18 (7.44%) Change Management
11 17 (7.02%) Public Sector
12 16 (6.61%) Risk Management
12 16 (6.61%) Microsoft
12 16 (6.61%) Project Planning
13 15 (6.20%) JIRA
13 15 (6.20%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (5.79%) SC Cleared
14 14 (5.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 13 (5.37%) ITIL
16 12 (4.96%) SAP
16 12 (4.96%) Programme Management
16 12 (4.96%) Resource Allocation
17 11 (4.55%) Decision-Making

IT 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 10 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.48%) Confluence
3 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.41%) Appian
5 1 (0.41%) Moodle
Applications
1 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.41%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.41%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.44%) Azure
2 9 (3.72%) SaaS
3 5 (2.07%) WhatsApp
4 4 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.65%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.24%) AWS
5 3 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.83%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.41%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.41%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.41%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.41%) Slack
7 1 (0.41%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.24%) LAN
1 3 (1.24%) WAN
2 2 (0.83%) Firewall
3 1 (0.41%) Internet
3 1 (0.41%) Intranet
3 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.41%) Skype
3 1 (0.41%) SNMP
3 1 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.41%) VoIP
3 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.65%) Power BI
3 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.41%) Mixpanel
3 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (6.20%) JIRA
General
1 71 (29.34%) Finance
1 71 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 21 (8.68%) Banking
3 17 (7.02%) Public Sector
4 11 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 11 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (4.13%) Legal
6 8 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.89%) Law
8 6 (2.48%) Retail
9 5 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.65%) Automotive
10 4 (1.65%) Back Office
10 4 (1.65%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.24%) Dutch Language
11 3 (1.24%) Front Office
11 3 (1.24%) German Language
11 3 (1.24%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.41%) ADO
1 1 (0.41%) Express.js
1 1 (0.41%) MERN Stack
1 1 (0.41%) Middleware
1 1 (0.41%) Node.js
1 1 (0.41%) React
1 1 (0.41%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.31%) Data Centre
2 7 (2.89%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.48%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.65%) FMCG
5 4 (1.65%) NHS
5 4 (1.65%) PMI
6 3 (1.24%) Life Science
7 2 (0.83%) CMDB
7 2 (0.83%) Derivative
7 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.83%) Smart Meter
7 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.41%) Contactless
8 1 (0.41%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.41%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.41%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.31%) Windows
2 3 (1.24%) Unix
2 3 (1.24%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.41%) Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (52.07%) Project Management
2 56 (23.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 55 (22.73%) Agile
4 49 (20.25%) PRINCE2
5 42 (17.36%) Project Delivery
6 25 (10.33%) Migration
7 21 (8.68%) Budget Management
8 18 (7.44%) Change Management
8 18 (7.44%) Waterfall
9 16 (6.61%) Project Planning
9 16 (6.61%) Risk Management
10 15 (6.20%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (5.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (5.37%) ITIL
13 12 (4.96%) Programme Management
13 12 (4.96%) Resource Allocation
14 11 (4.55%) Decision-Making
14 11 (4.55%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
14 11 (4.55%) Static Application Security Testing
14 11 (4.55%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.41%) C#
1 1 (0.41%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (7.85%) Degree
1 19 (7.85%) PMP
2 18 (7.44%) PMI Certification
2 18 (7.44%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.79%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 8 (3.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.41%) APMP
10 1 (0.41%) CAPM
10 1 (0.41%) CCNA
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.13%) PMO
2 7 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.65%) NIST
4 3 (1.24%) EMIR
4 3 (1.24%) GxP
4 3 (1.24%) QA
5 2 (0.83%) Basel III
5 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.83%) GDPR
5 2 (0.83%) GRC
5 2 (0.83%) MiFID
5 2 (0.83%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) COBIT
6 1 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.41%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.41%) GAMP
6 1 (0.41%) GMP
6 1 (0.41%) IFRS
6 1 (0.41%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.41%) PMBOK
System Software
1 4 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) Matomo
1 1 (0.41%) SafeCom
1 1 (0.41%) SCCM
1 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (6.61%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.96%) SAP
3 6 (2.48%) Cisco
4 3 (1.24%) Siemens
5 2 (0.83%) Ariba
5 2 (0.83%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.83%) Citrix
5 2 (0.83%) Remedy
5 2 (0.83%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.83%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.83%) Workday
6 1 (0.41%) Arista
6 1 (0.41%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.41%) BT
6 1 (0.41%) Concur
6 1 (0.41%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.41%) Meraki
6 1 (0.41%) Pega
6 1 (0.41%) Radianz
6 1 (0.41%) Refinitiv
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