Payments Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - Payments
UK

The median Project Manager - Payments daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 543 616
Rank change year-on-year -35 +73 +176
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Project Manager 9 12 18
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.026% 0.033% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.035% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 7
10th Percentile £394 £357 £528
25th Percentile £490 £456 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £700
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -19.64% +25.84%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £750
90th Percentile £695 £679 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £400 -
% change year-on-year +28.75% - -

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 31,779 34,114 43,832
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.88% 93.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,168 20,586 29,825
10th Percentile £278 £300 £298
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,814 1,278 1,528
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.09 £14.98
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.20 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -17.32% +54.84%
75th Percentile £51.19 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +85.42%

Payments Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Payments Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Payments Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Payments Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payments Project Manager over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payments Project Manager in the UK

Payments Project Manager
Top 8 Contract Job 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 7 November 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 -26 8 £600 +6.67% 3
London -5 5 £600 +4.35% 2
UK excluding London -35 3 £515 +28.75% 2
Work from Home - 2 £430 -
North West -24 1 £430 +7.50%
North of England -32 1 £430 +7.50%
South West - 1 £600 -
Scotland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 7 November 2025, Payments 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 Payments Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) JIRA
2 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 1 (11.11%) Apple
4 1 (11.11%) Apple Pay
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Business Case
4 1 (11.11%) Confluence
4 1 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Google
4 1 (11.11%) Google Pay
4 1 (11.11%) KYC
4 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 1 (11.11%) PSD2
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) SEPA
4 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Straight-Through Processing
4 1 (11.11%) TARGET2
4 1 (11.11%) Waterfall

Payments 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 (11.11%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Apple Pay
1 1 (11.11%) Google Pay
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 5 (55.56%) Banking
3 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Retail
4 2 (22.22%) Retail Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Business Case
4 1 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
4 1 (11.11%) KYC
4 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Straight-Through Processing
4 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
4 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PSD2
1 1 (11.11%) SEPA
1 1 (11.11%) TARGET2
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Apple
1 1 (11.11%) Google
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
1 1 (11.11%) WorldPay