IT Service Management Project Manager
UK
The median IT Service Management Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 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 17 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 549 | 579 | 673 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +30 | +94 | +183 |
| Contract jobs requiring an ITSM Project Manager | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.012% | 0.002% | 0.021% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.013% | 0.003% | 0.023% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £599 | - | £513 |
| 25th Percentile | £616 | - | £533 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | - | £765 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +39.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £681 | - | £823 |
| 90th Percentile | £693 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £663 | - | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -10.38% |
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 | 29,869 | 39,249 | 52,928 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.68% | 93.01% | 94.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,996 | 25,329 | 36,728 |
| 10th Percentile | £287 | £288 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £495 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.04% | -1.00% | +2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,413 | 2,586 | 1,568 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £13.25 | £14.49 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £17.50 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.30 | £40.00 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -36.75% | -5.88% | +65.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £63.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £74.00 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.33 | £38.35 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.63% | +5.15% | +82.62% |
ITSM Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured ITSM Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
ITSM Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITSM Project Manager.
ITSM Project Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 17 July 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 | +58 | 2 | £663 | - | 1 |
| UK excluding London | - | 2 | £663 | - | 1 |
| North of England | - | 1 | £700 | - | |
| North West | - | 1 | £700 | - | |
| South East | - | 1 | £625 | - | 1 |
ITSM Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, ITSM 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 ITSM Project Manager in the job title.
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ITSM 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: