NHS Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - NHS
UK

The median Project Manager - NHS daily rate in the UK is £275 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 664 802
Rank change year-on-year +98 +138 -132
Contract jobs requiring an NHS Project Manager 4 26 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.046% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.049% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 53
10th Percentile - £256 £226
25th Percentile £250 £300 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £388 £400
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% -3.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £341 £428 £463
90th Percentile £369 £460 £539
UK excluding London median daily rate £250 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -37.50% - +18.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,467 53,505 83,509
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.60% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,700 37,347 58,712
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,724 1,494 2,029
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.44%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.95 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.11% +110.78% +5.26%

NHS Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS Project Manager in the UK

NHS Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for NHS Project Manager in the UK

NHS Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS Project Manager in the UK

NHS Project Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Work from Home +113 4 £275 -31.25%
England +75 3 £300 -17.24% 2
London +92 2 £338 -14.29%
UK excluding London +38 1 £250 -37.50% 2
Midlands +28 1 £250 -41.18% 2
West Midlands +16 1 £250 -23.31%

NHS Project Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, NHS 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 featuring NHS Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) NHS
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (25.00%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Budget Management

NHS Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) NHS
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA