Transformation Project Manager Contracts

Transformation Project Manager
UK

The median Transformation Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 488 545 640
Rank change year-on-year +57 +95 +96
Contract jobs requiring a Transformation Project Manager 32 37 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.085% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.092% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 30 64
10th Percentile £413 £456 £486
25th Percentile £500 £458 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £506 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% -15.63% +14.29%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £700
90th Percentile £725 £776 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £463 £588
% change year-on-year +10.81% -21.28% +9.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £34.53 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
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 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +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 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Transformation Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Transformation Project Manager in the UK

Transformation Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Transformation Project Manager in the UK

Transformation Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Transformation Project Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Transformation Project Manager in the UK

Transformation Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Transformation Project Manager in the UK

Transformation 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 Transformation Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +50 29 £563 +11.11% 22
London +37 17 £600 +4.35% 9
UK excluding London +59 13 £513 +10.81% 16
Work from Home +42 13 £575 -2.13% 18
South East +49 6 £600 +23.08% 4
Midlands +18 3 £500 +8.11% 1
North of England +18 3 £525 +23.53% 9
Yorkshire +9 2 £500 +42.86% 3
East Midlands - 2 £500 - 1
North West +15 1 £550 +10.00% 6
West Midlands +8 1 £500 +8.11%
Northern Ireland - 1 £525 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Transformation 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 Transformation Project Manager in the job title.

1 19 (59.38%) Project Management
2 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (31.25%) Agile
5 8 (25.00%) Finance
5 8 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 7 (21.88%) PRINCE2
7 6 (18.75%) PMP
7 6 (18.75%) Change Management
8 5 (15.63%) PMI Certification
8 5 (15.63%) Banking
8 5 (15.63%) Retail
8 5 (15.63%) Scrum
8 5 (15.63%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (12.50%) Process Improvement
9 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (9.38%) Programme Management
10 3 (9.38%) Risk Management
10 3 (9.38%) Migration
10 3 (9.38%) Six Sigma
10 3 (9.38%) JIRA
10 3 (9.38%) Investment Banking
10 3 (9.38%) Analytics
10 3 (9.38%) Business Transformation
11 2 (6.25%) KYC
11 2 (6.25%) Target Operating Model
11 2 (6.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 2 (6.25%) Order to Cash
11 2 (6.25%) Change Control

Transformation 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 (3.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (3.13%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Elite 3E
1 1 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
General
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Finance
3 5 (15.63%) Banking
3 5 (15.63%) Retail
4 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.38%) Investment Banking
6 2 (6.25%) Financial Institution
6 2 (6.25%) Legal
6 2 (6.25%) Retail Banking
7 1 (3.13%) Billing
7 1 (3.13%) General Ledger
7 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Law
7 1 (3.13%) Local Government
7 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.13%) Marketing
7 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.13%) Derivative
2 1 (3.13%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.13%) OTC Derivatives
2 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Project Management
2 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (31.25%) Agile
4 8 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 7 (21.88%) PRINCE2
6 6 (18.75%) Change Management
7 5 (15.63%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 5 (15.63%) Scrum
8 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (12.50%) Process Improvement
9 3 (9.38%) Analytics
9 3 (9.38%) Business Transformation
9 3 (9.38%) Migration
9 3 (9.38%) Programme Management
9 3 (9.38%) Risk Management
9 3 (9.38%) Six Sigma
10 2 (6.25%) ERP
10 2 (6.25%) KYC
10 2 (6.25%) Logistics
10 2 (6.25%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) PMP
2 5 (15.63%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.13%) Degree
3 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) GDPR
1 1 (3.13%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Adobe
1 2 (6.25%) SAP
2 1 (3.13%) Ariba
2 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow