Digital Project Manager Contracts in England

Digital Project Manager
UK > England

The median Digital Project Manager daily rate in England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 473 513 585
Rank change year-on-year +40 +72 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Project Manager 41 76 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.19% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.20% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 62 147
10th Percentile £318 £375 £350
25th Percentile £363 £466 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £600 £599 £575
90th Percentile £656 £625 £653
UK median daily rate £438 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £22.90 -
25th Percentile - £24.26 £30.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £26.52 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +163.95% -17.13% -
75th Percentile - £28.78 £33.50
90th Percentile - £30.14 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £31.04 £32.00
% change year-on-year +125.52% -3.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,953 37,638 64,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.75% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,172 45,824
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 1,422 1,621
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.15 £19.25 £16.69
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.61 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Digital Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Project Manager in England

Digital Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Project Manager in England

Digital Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Project Manager in England

Digital Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Project Manager in England

Digital Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
South East +41 13 £365 -23.16% 5
London +19 12 £425 -22.73% 4
Midlands +7 8 £613 +20.10%
West Midlands +5 8 £613 +20.10%
North of England +31 3 - - 5
South West +26 3 £463 -19.57% 4
Yorkshire +18 2 - - 2
North West +26 1 - - 2
East of England +11 1 £550 +4.76% 1
Digital Project Manager
UK

Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Digital 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 England region featuring Digital Project Manager in the job title.

1 29 (70.73%) Project Management
2 15 (36.59%) Finance
2 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
3 14 (34.15%) JIRA
4 13 (31.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (31.71%) Agile
4 13 (31.71%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (26.83%) People Management
5 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (24.39%) User Experience
6 10 (24.39%) Degree
7 9 (21.95%) E-Commerce
7 9 (21.95%) Customer Engagement
7 9 (21.95%) PMO
8 8 (19.51%) Active Listening
8 8 (19.51%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (19.51%) Project Delivery
8 8 (19.51%) Roadmaps
8 8 (19.51%) Virtual Team
9 7 (17.07%) Korean Language
9 7 (17.07%) Confluence
9 7 (17.07%) Decision-Making
10 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
10 6 (14.63%) PMI Certification
10 6 (14.63%) Management Information System
10 6 (14.63%) Marketing
11 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Project
11 5 (12.20%) Budget Management
12 4 (9.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 4 (9.76%) DevOps

Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (17.07%) Confluence
2 2 (4.88%) CMS
2 2 (4.88%) Drupal
2 2 (4.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (7.32%) Trello
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.32%) Azure
1 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.88%) Asana
2 2 (4.88%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (2.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) SMS
Development Applications
1 14 (34.15%) JIRA
General
1 15 (36.59%) Finance
1 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (19.51%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (17.07%) Korean Language
5 6 (14.63%) Marketing
5 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
6 4 (9.76%) Retail
7 3 (7.32%) Electronics
7 3 (7.32%) Local Government
8 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
9 1 (2.44%) Back Office
9 1 (2.44%) Banking
9 1 (2.44%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.44%) Military
9 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.44%) Police
9 1 (2.44%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) ADO
2 1 (2.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Virtual Team
2 6 (14.63%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.32%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (7.32%) PMI
4 2 (4.88%) Digital Media
4 2 (4.88%) NHS
4 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.88%) Social Media
5 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (70.73%) Project Management
2 13 (31.71%) Agile
2 13 (31.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (26.83%) People Management
3 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (24.39%) User Experience
5 9 (21.95%) Customer Engagement
5 9 (21.95%) E-Commerce
6 8 (19.51%) Active Listening
6 8 (19.51%) Project Delivery
6 8 (19.51%) Roadmaps
7 7 (17.07%) Decision-Making
8 5 (12.20%) Budget Management
9 4 (9.76%) Change Management
9 4 (9.76%) DevOps
9 4 (9.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 4 (9.76%) PRINCE2
9 4 (9.76%) Programme Management
9 4 (9.76%) Project Planning
10 3 (7.32%) Migration
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Degree
2 6 (14.63%) PMI Certification
3 3 (7.32%) PMP
4 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.95%) PMO
2 3 (7.32%) QA
3 2 (4.88%) ISO 9001
4 1 (2.44%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Google
2 2 (4.88%) Samsung
3 1 (2.44%) DocuSign
3 1 (2.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow