Senior IT Project Manager Contracts

Senior IT Project Manager
UK

The median Senior IT Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £535 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 684 769
Rank change year-on-year +97 +85 -115
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Project Manager 11 35 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.059% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.062% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 28 67
10th Percentile £486 £424 £412
25th Percentile £500 £509 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% +6.67% -1.41%
75th Percentile £575 £656 £622
90th Percentile £609 £850 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £545 £550 £519
% change year-on-year -0.91% +6.02% +22.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Senior IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +106 11 £535 -4.46% 2
UK excluding London +51 7 £545 -0.91% 2
Work from Home +124 4 £523 -16.40% 1
London +93 4 £500 -20.00%
Midlands +20 3 £525 -4.55%
West Midlands +27 2 £535 -2.73%
South West +22 2 £550 -
North of England +26 1 £593 +12.93%
South East +22 1 £525 -38.24% 2
East Midlands +18 1 £500 -
North West +10 1 £593 +12.93%

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior IT 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 Senior IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
1 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
3 3 (27.27%) People Management
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
5 1 (9.09%) Budgeting
5 1 (9.09%) Generative AI
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
5 1 (9.09%) CRM
5 1 (9.09%) SLA
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Change Management
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) Finance
5 1 (9.09%) Banking
5 1 (9.09%) VLE
5 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (9.09%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 1 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery

Senior IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Moodle
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) FMCG
1 1 (9.09%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) People Management
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
4 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
4 2 (18.18%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (18.18%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (9.09%) Budgeting
5 1 (9.09%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 1 (9.09%) Change Management
5 1 (9.09%) CRM
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 1 (9.09%) Generative AI
5 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft