Project Manager Contracts in England

Project Manager
UK > England

The median Project Manager daily rate in England is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 May 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 2,147 3,385 5,516
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.90% 7.01% 7.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.37% 7.41% 8.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,529 2,488 4,103
10th Percentile £355 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £456 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +4.88% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £720 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 67 47
10th Percentile £19.66 £28.37 £20.47
25th Percentile £27.09 £39.78 £28.97
Median hourly rate £35.96 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.46% +25.00% +69.49%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £65.15
90th Percentile £65.40 £70.00 £74.10
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £62.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -41.60% +17.92% +55.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 33,715 45,699 67,069
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,350 32,457 47,796
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,424 1,347 1,860
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.54 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.30 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.20 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in England

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 Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
London +3 1,079 £550 -4.35% 235
South East -6 313 £525 +1.94% 199
North of England -12 245 £500 - 168
Midlands -1 177 £514 +8.21% 153
South West -1 172 £500 -4.76% 96
North West -7 151 £500 - 100
West Midlands -4 132 £525 +10.53% 97
East of England -14 87 £450 -10.00% 80
Yorkshire -20 77 £488 -11.36% 53
East Midlands -4 43 £488 +8.33% 54
North East +7 10 £525 +31.25% 22
Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 1,012 (47.14%) Project Management
2 689 (32.09%) Finance
3 597 (27.81%) Social Skills
4 550 (25.62%) Agile
5 475 (22.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 383 (17.84%) Project Delivery
7 320 (14.90%) PRINCE2
8 275 (12.81%) Migration
9 239 (11.13%) Security Cleared
10 236 (10.99%) Change Management
11 196 (9.13%) Public Sector
12 186 (8.66%) Risk Management
13 184 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
14 179 (8.34%) Microsoft
15 158 (7.36%) Degree
16 155 (7.22%) SC Cleared
17 152 (7.08%) Waterfall
18 151 (7.03%) SAP
19 147 (6.85%) Budget Management
20 133 (6.19%) Scrum
21 132 (6.15%) Decision-Making
22 130 (6.05%) Programme Management
23 129 (6.01%) Banking
24 124 (5.78%) Business Case
25 121 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
26 118 (5.50%) ERP
27 116 (5.40%) Azure
28 115 (5.36%) Project Planning
29 104 (4.84%) Manufacturing
29 104 (4.84%) Retail

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 54 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.44%) Confluence
3 19 (0.88%) CMS
4 18 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.28%) SharePoint 2013
7 5 (0.23%) Drupal
8 3 (0.14%) Documentum
8 3 (0.14%) SAS
9 2 (0.093%) Appian
10 1 (0.047%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.047%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.047%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.047%) Joomla!
10 1 (0.047%) Moodle
10 1 (0.047%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.047%) PowerExchange
10 1 (0.047%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.047%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.047%) WordPress
Applications
1 81 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (3.35%) Microsoft Project
3 39 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 36 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.14%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.093%) Maya
9 1 (0.047%) Trello
Business Applications
1 40 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.37%) Sage 200
3 8 (0.37%) Sage 50
3 8 (0.37%) SAP Hybris
4 7 (0.33%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.28%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.19%) Magento
7 4 (0.19%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.19%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.14%) Maximo
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.14%) SAP CRM
9 2 (0.093%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 116 (5.40%) Azure
2 51 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (2.00%) SaaS
4 39 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
5 35 (1.63%) Power Platform
6 22 (1.02%) AWS
7 21 (0.98%) WhatsApp
8 19 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (0.70%) Smartsheet
10 11 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
11 9 (0.42%) OneDrive
11 9 (0.42%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 7 (0.33%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.28%) Asana
13 6 (0.28%) Snowflake
14 5 (0.23%) Akamai
14 5 (0.23%) Cloudflare
14 5 (0.23%) Entra ID
14 5 (0.23%) GCP
14 5 (0.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 34 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
2 26 (1.21%) Structured Cabling
3 22 (1.02%) Network Security
4 18 (0.84%) WAN
5 17 (0.79%) LAN
6 11 (0.51%) Internet
7 10 (0.47%) 5G
8 9 (0.42%) Wireless
9 7 (0.33%) Firewall
9 7 (0.33%) VPN
10 6 (0.28%) Broadband
11 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
12 4 (0.19%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.14%) 4G
13 3 (0.14%) Intranet
13 3 (0.14%) MPLS
13 3 (0.14%) VoIP
14 2 (0.093%) CTI
14 2 (0.093%) SAN
14 2 (0.093%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
2 30 (1.40%) Power BI
3 16 (0.75%) Data Lake
4 13 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
5 8 (0.37%) Tableau
6 6 (0.28%) SAP HANA
6 6 (0.28%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.23%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.23%) Oracle Database 11g
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.14%) Big Data
9 3 (0.14%) Metadata
9 3 (0.14%) Oracle Database 12c
10 2 (0.093%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.093%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.093%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.093%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.093%) GIS
10 2 (0.093%) Mixpanel
10 2 (0.093%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 102 (4.75%) JIRA
2 3 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.047%) Git
3 1 (0.047%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.047%) LSMW
3 1 (0.047%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.047%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.047%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 689 (32.09%) Finance
2 597 (27.81%) Social Skills
3 196 (9.13%) Public Sector
4 129 (6.01%) Banking
5 121 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
6 104 (4.84%) Manufacturing
6 104 (4.84%) Retail
7 88 (4.10%) Marketing
8 77 (3.59%) Telecoms
9 72 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
9 72 (3.35%) Legal
10 65 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
11 62 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 61 (2.84%) Local Government
13 57 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
14 41 (1.91%) Electronics
15 40 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
16 34 (1.58%) Financial Institution
17 28 (1.30%) Front Office
17 28 (1.30%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.37%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (0.33%) ADO
2 7 (0.33%) SailPoint
3 4 (0.19%) .NET
3 4 (0.19%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 3 (0.14%) Middleware
4 3 (0.14%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.093%) EDI
5 2 (0.093%) SAP PI
5 2 (0.093%) Smart Contracts
5 2 (0.093%) Web Services
6 1 (0.047%) Express.js
6 1 (0.047%) MERN Stack
6 1 (0.047%) Node.js
6 1 (0.047%) OpenID
6 1 (0.047%) React
6 1 (0.047%) SAML
6 1 (0.047%) VML
6 1 (0.047%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 65 (3.03%) Management Information System
2 56 (2.61%) Data Centre
3 46 (2.14%) Onboarding
4 43 (2.00%) NHS
5 32 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
6 31 (1.44%) PMI
7 24 (1.12%) FMCG
8 23 (1.07%) Product Ownership
9 22 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (0.93%) Virtual Team
11 16 (0.75%) Derivative
11 16 (0.75%) Mobile App
12 13 (0.61%) Life Science
12 13 (0.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 12 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (0.47%) LIMS
16 9 (0.42%) Equities
16 9 (0.42%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.77%) Windows
2 13 (0.61%) Windows 10
3 8 (0.37%) Linux
4 5 (0.23%) Unix
5 4 (0.19%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.093%) AIX
6 2 (0.093%) Android
6 2 (0.093%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.047%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,012 (47.14%) Project Management
2 550 (25.62%) Agile
3 475 (22.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 383 (17.84%) Project Delivery
5 320 (14.90%) PRINCE2
6 275 (12.81%) Migration
7 236 (10.99%) Change Management
8 186 (8.66%) Risk Management
9 184 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
10 152 (7.08%) Waterfall
11 147 (6.85%) Budget Management
12 133 (6.19%) Scrum
13 132 (6.15%) Decision-Making
14 130 (6.05%) Programme Management
15 124 (5.78%) Business Case
16 118 (5.50%) ERP
17 115 (5.36%) Project Planning
18 101 (4.70%) Project Governance
19 96 (4.47%) Data Migration
20 95 (4.42%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 30 (1.40%) SQL
2 11 (0.51%) Python
3 7 (0.33%) PL/SQL
4 6 (0.28%) Java
5 4 (0.19%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.14%) R
7 2 (0.093%) C#
7 2 (0.093%) VBA
8 1 (0.047%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.047%) C
8 1 (0.047%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 239 (11.13%) Security Cleared
2 158 (7.36%) Degree
3 155 (7.22%) SC Cleared
4 102 (4.75%) PMI Certification
5 100 (4.66%) PMP
6 81 (3.77%) DV Cleared
7 73 (3.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 42 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 29 (1.35%) CISM
10 28 (1.30%) CISSP
11 23 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (0.93%) APMP
13 16 (0.75%) CISA
14 13 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
15 12 (0.56%) HNC
15 12 (0.56%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.42%) DBS Check
17 6 (0.28%) HND
17 6 (0.28%) ISEB
18 5 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (4.15%) PMO
2 55 (2.56%) QA
3 18 (0.84%) Accessibility
3 18 (0.84%) NIST
4 14 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (0.56%) GDPR
6 11 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 11 (0.51%) SLA
7 9 (0.42%) NIST 800
8 8 (0.37%) HL7
9 6 (0.28%) Basel III
9 6 (0.28%) IFRS
9 6 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.23%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.23%) MiFID
10 5 (0.23%) NEBOSH
10 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
11 4 (0.19%) GxP
11 4 (0.19%) PMBOK
System Software
1 15 (0.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.093%) IAG
4 1 (0.047%) Firmware
4 1 (0.047%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.047%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.14%) TrustSec
3 2 (0.093%) Amdocs OSS
3 2 (0.093%) Matomo
3 2 (0.093%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.093%) SCCM
3 2 (0.093%) Terraform
4 1 (0.047%) Ansible
4 1 (0.047%) CASB
4 1 (0.047%) Rundeck
4 1 (0.047%) SafeCom
4 1 (0.047%) WSUS
Vendors
1 179 (8.34%) Microsoft
2 151 (7.03%) SAP
3 37 (1.72%) Oracle
4 35 (1.63%) Salesforce
5 32 (1.49%) ServiceNow
6 27 (1.26%) Sage
7 21 (0.98%) Cisco
8 12 (0.56%) Adobe
9 11 (0.51%) Workday
10 10 (0.47%) Ariba
10 10 (0.47%) Atlassian
10 10 (0.47%) BT
11 9 (0.42%) Google
11 9 (0.42%) NEC
11 9 (0.42%) Splunk
12 8 (0.37%) Progress
13 7 (0.33%) Avaloq
13 7 (0.33%) CyberArk
14 6 (0.28%) Citrix
14 6 (0.28%) Databricks