Senior IT Project Manager Contracts

Senior IT Project Manager
UK

The median Senior IT Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 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
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 558 662
Rank change year-on-year +19 +104 +109
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Project Manager 14 12 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.031% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.033% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 16
10th Percentile £516 £520 £471
25th Percentile £550 £525 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £673 £675 £678
90th Percentile £725 £753 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £588 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +6.82% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £68.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £68.61
% change year-on-year - - +0.75%

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 30,107 36,433 50,404
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.41% 92.93% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,087 23,537 34,777
10th Percentile £282 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,495 2,061 1,513
10th Percentile £13.62 £14.16 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% - +67.45%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.05 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £38.95
% change year-on-year -42.71% +12.71% +83.08%

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 4 August 2025.

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 12 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 4 August 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 +13 12 £631 +14.77% 11
Work from Home +29 8 £625 - 5
UK excluding London +8 8 £588 +6.82% 9
London +1 4 £600 -14.29% 3
West Midlands -2 2 £688 +14.58%
Midlands -6 2 £688 +14.58%
North of England -9 2 £525 -4.55% 6
East of England - 2 £594 - 2
South West +20 1 - -
North West -3 1 £525 -4.55% 4
Scotland - 1 £525 -
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 4 August 2025, 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 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
1 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Change Management
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 4 (28.57%) Azure
4 3 (21.43%) Degree
4 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (21.43%) Housing Association
4 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
4 3 (21.43%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (21.43%) PMO
4 3 (21.43%) Housing Management
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) Data Lake
4 3 (21.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (21.43%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (14.29%) Aareon
5 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 2 (14.29%) CRM
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (14.29%) Northgate
5 2 (14.29%) Civica

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 (7.14%) Confluence
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Front Office
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Military
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Housing Association
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.14%) Credit Risk
2 1 (7.14%) Derivative
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Change Management
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
4 3 (21.43%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (21.43%) Housing Management
4 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 3 (21.43%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (14.29%) CRM
5 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
6 1 (7.14%) Business Transformation
6 1 (7.14%) Change Control
6 1 (7.14%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C#
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.14%) MBA
2 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PMP
2 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) PMO
2 1 (7.14%) Basel III
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Aareon
1 2 (14.29%) Civica
1 2 (14.29%) Northgate
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft