Senior IT Project Manager Contracts

Senior IT Project Manager
UK

The median Senior IT Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 679 769
Rank change year-on-year +109 +90 -70
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Project Manager 14 18 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.032% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.034% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 64
10th Percentile £500 £508 £411
25th Percentile £509 £581 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £563
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +15.56% +4.17%
75th Percentile £620 £689 £619
90th Percentile £740 £734 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £613 £575
% change year-on-year -10.20% +6.52% +25.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% -1.38%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £68.61 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Senior IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Project Manager in the UK

Senior IT Project Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +83 14 £550 -15.38% 4
UK excluding London +29 8 £550 -10.20% 6
London +79 6 £623 -6.74% 1
Work from Home +116 5 £525 -19.23% 2
South West +3 3 £550 -4.35% 1
West Midlands +19 2 £563 +7.14% 1
Midlands +18 2 £563 +7.14% 1
North of England +18 2 £571 -12.09% 1
North West +16 2 £571 -12.09% 1
South East +13 1 £525 -30.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior IT 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 Senior IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
4 2 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 2 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) People Management
4 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Budget Management
5 1 (7.14%) Budgeting
5 1 (7.14%) Generative AI
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (7.14%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
5 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.14%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.14%) Software Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (7.14%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 1 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (7.14%) Supplier Management
5 1 (7.14%) CMDB
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365

Senior IT 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) CMDB
1 1 (7.14%) FMCG
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Agile
1 4 (28.57%) Project Management
1 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 2 (14.29%) Budget Management
2 2 (14.29%) People Management
2 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
3 1 (7.14%) Budgeting
3 1 (7.14%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (7.14%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (7.14%) Generative AI
3 1 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
3 1 (7.14%) Software Delivery
3 1 (7.14%) Supplier Management
3 1 (7.14%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft