SDLC Project Manager Contracts

SDLC Project Manager
UK

As of 2 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median SDLC Project Manager daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 - 705
Rank change year-on-year - - +134
Contract jobs requiring an SDLC Project Manager 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
75th Percentile - - £569
90th Percentile - - £638
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £563
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%

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 27,138 40,367 56,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,265 39,350
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 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,668 1,565
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.40
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +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 £39.50 £42.43
% change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%

SDLC Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC Project Manager in the UK

SDLC Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SDLC Project Manager in the UK

SDLC Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SDLC Project Manager.

Hourly rate trend for SDLC Project Manager in the UK

SDLC Project Manager
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
London - 1 - -
England - 1 - -

SDLC Project Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, SDLC 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 SDLC Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) API Management

SDLC 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SLA