Senior Project Manager Contracts in London

Senior Project Manager
England > London

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in London is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 289 315 362
Rank change year-on-year +26 +47 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 102 178 258
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.58% 0.69% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.73% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 156 195
10th Percentile £475 £513 £475
25th Percentile £525 £563 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +6.12% +6.52%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £743
90th Percentile £786 £788 £775
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.65 £61.25 £63.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £62.50 £66.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.46% -6.02% -
75th Percentile £44.96 £63.75 £69.75
90th Percentile £56.98 - -
England median hourly rate £51.00 £55.50 £58.02
% change year-on-year -8.11% -4.34% -18.27%

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 16,297 24,521 37,086
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 95.19% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,779 17,832 27,179
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% +0.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 279 440
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% - +14.01%
75th Percentile £44.25 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.61 £82.30 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.65 £44.77 £23.03
% change year-on-year -18.13% +94.40% +5.92%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in London

Senior 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 Senior Project Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Central London +34 16 £675 +3.85% 3
East London - 7 £775 - 2
West London +18 4 £600 -4.00%
Senior Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 38 (37.25%) Agile
2 36 (35.29%) Finance
3 34 (33.33%) Project Management
4 25 (24.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (19.61%) Social Skills
6 19 (18.63%) Security Cleared
7 18 (17.65%) Migration
8 17 (16.67%) SC Cleared
9 16 (15.69%) PRINCE2
9 16 (15.69%) Project Delivery
10 11 (10.78%) JIRA
11 10 (9.80%) Risk Management
11 10 (9.80%) Public Sector
11 10 (9.80%) Budget Management
11 10 (9.80%) Decision-Making
12 9 (8.82%) Business Case
12 9 (8.82%) Change Management
12 9 (8.82%) Waterfall
13 8 (7.84%) People Management
13 8 (7.84%) Microsoft
13 8 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (6.86%) SAP
14 7 (6.86%) CRM
14 7 (6.86%) Scrum
14 7 (6.86%) Degree
14 7 (6.86%) Data Centre
14 7 (6.86%) Project Governance
14 7 (6.86%) Data Migration
15 6 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 6 (5.88%) Azure

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.94%) Confluence
1 3 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.98%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.98%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.88%) Azure
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (2.94%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.94%) SaaS
3 1 (0.98%) AWS
3 1 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (0.98%) BigCommerce
3 1 (0.98%) Matillion
3 1 (0.98%) PowerApps
3 1 (0.98%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.98%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) SNA
1 2 (1.96%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.98%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (0.98%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.94%) Power BI
3 1 (0.98%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle Database 11g
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (10.78%) JIRA
General
1 36 (35.29%) Finance
2 20 (19.61%) Social Skills
3 10 (9.80%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.88%) Retail
6 5 (4.90%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (4.90%) Legal
6 5 (4.90%) Local Government
7 4 (3.92%) Banking
7 4 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.94%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.94%) Social Housing
9 2 (1.96%) French Language
9 2 (1.96%) Front Office
9 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.96%) Marketing
9 2 (1.96%) Military
9 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.98%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (0.98%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.86%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.90%) FMCG
3 3 (2.94%) NHS
4 2 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.96%) IVR
4 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.96%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.98%) BYOD
5 1 (0.98%) CMDB
5 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.98%) Derivative
5 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.98%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.98%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.98%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.98%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.98%) PMI
5 1 (0.98%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (37.25%) Agile
2 34 (33.33%) Project Management
3 25 (24.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (17.65%) Migration
5 16 (15.69%) PRINCE2
5 16 (15.69%) Project Delivery
6 10 (9.80%) Budget Management
6 10 (9.80%) Decision-Making
6 10 (9.80%) Risk Management
7 9 (8.82%) Business Case
7 9 (8.82%) Change Management
7 9 (8.82%) Waterfall
8 8 (7.84%) People Management
9 7 (6.86%) CRM
9 7 (6.86%) Data Migration
9 7 (6.86%) Project Governance
9 7 (6.86%) Scrum
10 6 (5.88%) Budgeting
10 6 (5.88%) Business Transformation
10 6 (5.88%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.96%) SQL
2 1 (0.98%) Apex Code
2 1 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 19 (18.63%) Security Cleared
2 17 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.86%) Degree
4 6 (5.88%) PMP
4 6 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (4.90%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.98%) CISM
6 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.98%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.92%) PMO
2 3 (2.94%) SLA
3 1 (0.98%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.98%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (0.98%) IFRS
3 1 (0.98%) IFRS 17
3 1 (0.98%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (7.84%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.86%) SAP
3 3 (2.94%) Progress
3 3 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.98%) Adobe
4 1 (0.98%) Databricks
4 1 (0.98%) Oracle
4 1 (0.98%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.98%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.98%) VMware
4 1 (0.98%) Workday
4 1 (0.98%) Wrike