Software Delivery Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Software Delivery
UK

The median Project Manager - Software Delivery daily rate in the UK is £568, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 640 844
Rank change year-on-year +78 +204 -50
Contract jobs requiring a Software Delivery Project Manager 4 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.012% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.013% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 7
10th Percentile £474 £464 £485
25th Percentile £510 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.09% -6.09% +18.92%
75th Percentile £593 £550 £619
90th Percentile £597 £621 £681
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £425 £513
% change year-on-year +31.76% -17.07% +9.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £84.43
Median hourly rate - - £86.85
75th Percentile - - £89.26
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £86.85

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 35,672 46,944 81,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 94.15% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,921 32,148 57,528
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,658 1,511 1,784
10th Percentile £14.73 £14.93 £13.02
25th Percentile £20.30 £19.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £44.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% +71.15% +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.90 £43.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year +0.34% +98.86% +22.22%

Software Delivery Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Delivery Project Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software Delivery Project Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery Project Manager over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Delivery Project Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Project Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Delivery Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 20 September 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 +74 4 £568 +5.09% 1
UK excluding London +47 3 £560 +31.76%
Work from Home +92 2 £525 - 1
East Midlands - 2 £525 -
Midlands - 2 £525 -
London +67 1 £575 +6.48% 1
South West - 1 £560 -

Software Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, Software Delivery 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 Software Delivery Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Software Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Marketing
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) Electronics
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) .NET
4 1 (25.00%) SAP
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) DSDM
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Confluence
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector

Software Delivery 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Software Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (25.00%) DSDM
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP