Lead Project Manager Contracts in London

Lead Project Manager
England > London

The median Lead Project Manager daily rate in London is £675 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 383 467 585
Rank change year-on-year +84 +118 -128
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 10 20 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.057% 0.079% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.083% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 19
10th Percentile £520 £541 £403
25th Percentile £625 £600 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £633
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +10.67% +20.94%
75th Percentile £713 £775 £778
90th Percentile £735 £898 £888
England median daily rate £675 £625 £550
% change year-on-year +8.00% +13.64% +10.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,385 24,202 36,842
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 95.15% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,830 17,663 27,089
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 278 414
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.83 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.53 £23.24
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £47.18 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.40 £82.33 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Project Manager in London

Lead Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Project Manager in London

Lead Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Lead Project Manager in London

Lead Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead Project Manager in London

Lead Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Project Manager within the 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
Central London +37 1 - -
East London - 1 £450 -
South London - 1 - -
Lead Project Manager
England

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

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

1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Azure
4 1 (10.00%) SaaS
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Coaching
4 1 (10.00%) People Management
4 1 (10.00%) Fintech
4 1 (10.00%) Service Design
4 1 (10.00%) Virgin Media
4 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (10.00%) ADO
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (10.00%) PMP
4 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) LSMW
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Coaching
4 1 (10.00%) Data Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Fintech
4 1 (10.00%) Kanban
4 1 (10.00%) People Management
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Servant Leadership
4 1 (10.00%) Service Design
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
1 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Virgin Media