ITIL Project Manager Contracts

ITIL Project Manager
UK

The median ITIL Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 547 642
Rank change year-on-year -4 +95 +193
Contract jobs requiring an ITIL Project Manager 2 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.003% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.003% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 13
10th Percentile £569 - £505
25th Percentile £578 £455 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £460 £765
Median % change year-on-year +33.30% -39.93% +36.61%
75th Percentile £653 £464 £823
90th Percentile £666 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 - -

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 30,099 36,157 49,488
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.88% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,017 23,284 34,166
10th Percentile £281 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,529 2,029 1,475
10th Percentile £13.59 £14.23 £14.45
25th Percentile £17.25 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.16
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +2.00% +64.15%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +23.29% +71.36%

ITIL Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ITIL Project Manager in the UK

ITIL Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ITIL Project Manager in the UK

ITIL Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ITIL Project Manager in the UK

ITIL Project Manager
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 14 August 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 +12 1 £575 +25.14% 2
UK excluding London - 1 £575 - 2
South West - 1 £575 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, ITIL 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 ITIL Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) STB
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills

ITIL 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) STB
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (50.00%) SAP