NHS Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - NHS
UK

The median Project Manager - NHS daily rate in the UK is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 531 600
Rank change year-on-year -47 +69 +134
Contract jobs requiring an NHS Project Manager 10 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.027% 0.019% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.021% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 3
10th Percentile £293 £204 £217
25th Percentile £303 £245 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £260
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +25.00% -12.01%
75th Percentile £394 £349 £324
90th Percentile £433 £356 £362
UK excluding London median daily rate £334 £277 £213
% change year-on-year +20.76% +30.16% -26.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £22.90
25th Percentile - - £24.26
Median hourly rate - - £26.52
75th Percentile - - £28.78
90th Percentile - - £30.14
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £26.52
% change year-on-year - - +1.57%

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 34,502 29,046 41,229
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.46% 92.85% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,791 17,729 27,311
10th Percentile £300 £291 £275
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £480 £495
% change year-on-year -0.52% -3.03% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,057 865 2,093
10th Percentile £14.41 £15.95 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.25
Median hourly rate £28.88 £32.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.14% -13.33% +8.49%
75th Percentile £61.18 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.26 £73.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -12.70% -21.25% +33.33%

NHS Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

NHS Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

NHS Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

NHS Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS Project Manager over the 6 months to 26 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NHS Project Manager in the UK

NHS Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

NHS Project Manager
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 26 January 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 -66 8 £375 +15.38%
London -6 5 £350 +7.69%
UK excluding London -51 5 £334 +20.76%
Work from Home -5 4 £388 +40.10%
Wales -3 2 £293 +5.93%
South East - 2 £375 -
South West - 1 £575 -

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

For the 6 months to 26 January 2026, NHS 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 NHS Project Manager in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) PRINCE2
1 8 (80.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Degree
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) Agile Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Azure
5 2 (20.00%) Change Advisory Board
5 2 (20.00%) Change Management
5 2 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 2 (20.00%) Workflow
5 2 (20.00%) Workflow Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
6 1 (10.00%) Business Case
6 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (10.00%) Cerner
6 1 (10.00%) Conflict Resolution
6 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (10.00%) Culture Change
6 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
6 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (10.00%) Electronic Patient Records

NHS 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 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) NHS
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) LIMS
3 1 (10.00%) PACS
3 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) PRINCE2
1 8 (80.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 3 (30.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) Agile Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Change Advisory Board
5 2 (20.00%) Change Management
5 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 2 (20.00%) Workflow
5 2 (20.00%) Workflow Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Business Case
6 1 (10.00%) Conflict Resolution
6 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
6 1 (10.00%) Order Management
6 1 (10.00%) Storage Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (10.00%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Cerner
2 1 (10.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) SAP