Junior Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Junior Project Manager
UK

The median Junior Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £381, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 520 559
Rank change year-on-year -103 +39 +91
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Project Manager 25 14 34
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.049% 0.047% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.051% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 11 21
10th Percentile £270 £260 £313
25th Percentile £323 £303 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £350 £371
Median % change year-on-year +8.93% -5.66% +14.15%
75th Percentile £444 £444 £475
90th Percentile £500 - £538
UK excluding London median daily rate £395 £313 £370
% change year-on-year +26.40% -15.54% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £42.50
% change year-on-year - - +39.16%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 46,817 27,571 40,801
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 92.17% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,459 17,717 26,128
10th Percentile £325 £289 £281
25th Percentile £414 £402 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £492
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.36% -1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,118 1,192 3,003
10th Percentile £15.33 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.58 £16.45
Median hourly rate £43.69 £27.45 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.16% -26.80% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -1.45%

Junior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Junior Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

Junior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior Project Manager over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Junior Project Manager in the UK

Junior Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

Junior Project Manager
Top 10 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 21 June 2026. 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 -96 19 £383 +9.29% 28
London -63 13 £375 -7.69% 8
UK excluding London -88 10 £395 +26.40% 30
Work from Home -49 8 £375 -14.29%
South East -62 3 £400 - 7
Scotland - 3 £350 - 2
East of England - 2 £500 - 4
North West -40 1 £350 +100.00% 5
North of England -71 1 £350 +100.00% 12
Northern Ireland - 1 £225 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 21 June 2026, Junior 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 Junior Project Manager in the job title.

1 14 (56.00%) Project Management
2 12 (48.00%) Project Delivery
3 9 (36.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (28.00%) Agile
4 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (24.00%) PRINCE2
6 5 (20.00%) PMO
7 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
7 4 (16.00%) Degree
7 4 (16.00%) Waterfall
8 3 (12.00%) Asset Management
8 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (12.00%) Confluence
8 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (12.00%) DV Cleared
8 3 (12.00%) JIRA
8 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (12.00%) Migration
8 3 (12.00%) Network Security
8 3 (12.00%) Power BI
8 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
8 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
8 3 (12.00%) Workshop Facilitation
9 2 (8.00%) Business Analysis
9 2 (8.00%) Business Case
9 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (8.00%) Data Governance
9 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making

Junior 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 3 (12.00%) Confluence
2 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) ClickUp
2 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Finance
4 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.00%) Retail
5 2 (8.00%) Police
6 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Law
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
6 1 (4.00%) Marketing
6 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.00%) Fat Client
2 2 (8.00%) Thin Client
3 1 (4.00%) CMDB
3 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.00%) EPoS
3 1 (4.00%) FMCG
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) PMI
3 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Project Management
2 12 (48.00%) Project Delivery
3 9 (36.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (28.00%) Agile
4 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (24.00%) PRINCE2
6 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
6 4 (16.00%) Waterfall
7 3 (12.00%) Asset Management
7 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (12.00%) Migration
7 3 (12.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 2 (8.00%) Business Analysis
8 2 (8.00%) Data Governance
8 2 (8.00%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (8.00%) Programme Management
8 2 (8.00%) Project Governance
8 2 (8.00%) Scrum
8 2 (8.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.00%) CAPM
4 1 (4.00%) PMP
4 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (4.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (4.00%) P3O
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.00%) Apple