IT Project Manager Contracts in Central London

IT Project Manager
London > Central London

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in Central London is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 153 145
Rank change year-on-year +34 -8 -4
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 18 21 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.75% 0.57% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.60% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 36
10th Percentile £500 £373 £367
25th Percentile £514 £491 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £680 £644 £650
90th Percentile £775 £681 £653
London median daily rate £575 £563 £550
% change year-on-year +2.22% +2.27% +5.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,286 3,527 4,236
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 95.09% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,606 2,407 3,210
10th Percentile £340 £325 £354
25th Percentile £438 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £724 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 49
10th Percentile £20.07 £15.50 £15.38
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.41 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.70% -13.58% +125.31%
75th Percentile £28.98 £61.25 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.88 £87.64 £64.35
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.69%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in Central London

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in Central London

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in Central London

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in Central London

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
City of London +43 18 £625 +2.04% 1
IT Project Manager
London

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 across the Central London region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (50.00%) Project Management
2 8 (44.44%) Finance
3 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
3 5 (27.78%) WhatsApp
4 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Azure
5 3 (16.67%) Degree
5 3 (16.67%) Change Management
5 3 (16.67%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 3 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (11.11%) JIRA
6 2 (11.11%) Analytics
6 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
6 2 (11.11%) NIST
6 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
6 2 (11.11%) Business Case
6 2 (11.11%) Financial Institution
6 2 (11.11%) Cisco
6 2 (11.11%) Law
6 2 (11.11%) Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (11.11%) PMP
6 2 (11.11%) PMI Certification
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 2 (11.11%) Agile
6 2 (11.11%) Banking

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) WhatsApp
2 4 (22.22%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.56%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Banking
3 2 (11.11%) Financial Institution
3 2 (11.11%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Private Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) CMDB
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (16.67%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 3 (16.67%) Change Management
3 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (11.11%) Agile
4 2 (11.11%) Analytics
4 2 (11.11%) Business Case
4 2 (11.11%) Migration
4 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.56%) B2B
5 1 (5.56%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.56%) Configuration Management
5 1 (5.56%) IT Governance
5 1 (5.56%) ITIL
5 1 (5.56%) Service Management
5 1 (5.56%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 2 (11.11%) PMP
3 1 (5.56%) CCNA
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Basel III
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.11%) NIST
2 1 (5.56%) COBIT
2 1 (5.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Cisco
2 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) Arista
3 1 (5.56%) Bloomberg
3 1 (5.56%) BT
3 1 (5.56%) Concur
3 1 (5.56%) Meraki
3 1 (5.56%) Radianz
3 1 (5.56%) Refinitiv
3 1 (5.56%) Reuters
3 1 (5.56%) SAP