Payments Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Payments
UK

The median Project Manager - Payments daily rate in the UK is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 572 701
Rank change year-on-year +65 +129 +135
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Project Manager 13 10 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.023% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.025% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 16
10th Percentile £358 £328 £519
25th Percentile £371 £367 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £500 £613
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -18.37% +4.26%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £688
90th Percentile £715 £656 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 £363 £613
% change year-on-year - -40.82% +11.36%

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Payments Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Payments Project Manager in the UK

Payments Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Payments Project Manager in the UK

Payments Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payments Project Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payments Project Manager in the UK

Payments Project Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Payments Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +62 13 £613 +2.08% 6
Work from Home +43 8 £375 -25.00% 2
London +39 8 £625 +4.17% 5
UK excluding London +67 5 £363 - 3
North of England +22 4 £363 - 1
North West - 4 £363 - 1
South East - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Payments 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 Payments Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 9 (69.23%) Banking
3 8 (61.54%) Project Management
4 7 (53.85%) Change Management
5 6 (46.15%) Agile
6 5 (38.46%) Legal
7 4 (30.77%) Kanban
7 4 (30.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (30.77%) Continuous Delivery
7 4 (30.77%) Contract Management
7 4 (30.77%) Vendor Relationship Management
7 4 (30.77%) Product Roadmap
7 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
7 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
7 4 (30.77%) Product Ownership
8 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
8 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (15.38%) ISO 20022
8 2 (15.38%) SEPA
9 1 (7.69%) PSD2
9 1 (7.69%) Digital Wallet
9 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
9 1 (7.69%) Dependency Management
9 1 (7.69%) Data Mapping
9 1 (7.69%) Waterfall
9 1 (7.69%) Private Banking
9 1 (7.69%) JIRA
9 1 (7.69%) Wealth Management
9 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (7.69%) Programme Management

Payments 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 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 9 (69.23%) Banking
3 5 (38.46%) Legal
4 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Back Office
6 1 (7.69%) Front Office
6 1 (7.69%) Private Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Product Ownership
1 4 (30.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (7.69%) Digital Wallet
2 1 (7.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (7.69%) PACS
2 1 (7.69%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Project Management
2 7 (53.85%) Change Management
3 6 (46.15%) Agile
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Contract Management
4 4 (30.77%) Kanban
4 4 (30.77%) Product Roadmap
4 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
4 4 (30.77%) Vendor Relationship Management
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 1 (7.69%) Business Case
6 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (7.69%) Conflict Management
6 1 (7.69%) Data Mapping
6 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
6 1 (7.69%) Dependency Management
6 1 (7.69%) Product Backlog
6 1 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (7.69%) Waterfall
6 1 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO 20022
1 2 (15.38%) SEPA
2 1 (7.69%) PSD2