Strategic Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Strategic Project Manager
UK

The median Strategic Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 - 585
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Strategic Project Manager 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £688 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £763 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 45,342 26,733 39,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.39% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,608 17,258 25,745
10th Percentile £325 £287 £280
25th Percentile £413 £404 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,029 1,088 2,850
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.69 £17.87 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.69 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.04% -25.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -5.88%

Strategic Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Strategic Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Strategic Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Strategic Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Strategic Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Strategic Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

Strategic Project Manager
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 5 June 2026. 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 - 2 £725 - 4
England - 2 £725 - 4
Work from Home - 1 £725 - 3

Strategic Project Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 June 2026, Strategic 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 Strategic Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery

Strategic 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) FMCG
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler