Software Development Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Software Development
UK

The median Project Manager - Software Development daily rate in the UK is £503 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 701 839
Rank change year-on-year +127 +138 -170
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Project Manager 8 11 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.018% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.019% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 14
10th Percentile £413 £485 £441
25th Percentile £431 £517 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £600 £506
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +18.52% +14.08%
75th Percentile £526 - £584
90th Percentile £542 - £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £509 £517 £550
% change year-on-year -1.60% -6.00% +35.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £87.39 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £89.78 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.09% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 £92.16 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £89.78 -
% change year-on-year -47.09% - -

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 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
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 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Software Development Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Project Manager in the UK

Software Development Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software Development Project Manager in the UK

Software Development Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Development Project Manager over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Development Project Manager in the UK

Software Development Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Development Project Manager in the UK

Software Development 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 Software Development Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +120 5 £438 -27.08%
UK excluding London +56 5 £509 -1.60%
Work from Home +118 3 £425 -29.17%
Wales - 3 £515 -
London +101 1 £560 -6.67%
South East +13 1 £450 -12.62%
East of England - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Software Development 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 Software Development Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Kanban
3 4 (50.00%) Project Governance
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) Atlassian
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Marketing
4 3 (37.50%) Degree
4 3 (37.50%) JIRA
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (37.50%) Scrum
4 3 (37.50%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (37.50%) SDLC
4 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
4 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Cost Management
4 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Microservices
5 2 (25.00%) Data Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (25.00%) Electronics
5 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing

Software Development 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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (37.50%) Marketing
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Kanban
3 4 (50.00%) Project Governance
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Cost Management
4 3 (37.50%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Scrum
4 3 (37.50%) SDLC
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) Data Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (25.00%) Microservices
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
6 1 (12.50%) Data Development
6 1 (12.50%) DataOps
6 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Atlassian
3 2 (25.00%) SAP
4 1 (12.50%) Cadence
4 1 (12.50%) Progress