IT Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 240 190
Rank change year-on-year -24 -50 +53
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 134 227 414
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.99% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.05% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 191 335
10th Percentile £363 £363 £366
25th Percentile £425 £428 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +20.00%
75th Percentile £565 £554 £550
90th Percentile £591 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £522 £513
% change year-on-year +0.57% +1.85% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile - - £23.74
25th Percentile £23.63 - £26.02
Median hourly rate £25.28 £65.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.12% +41.30% -18.58%
75th Percentile £46.00 - £65.23
90th Percentile £54.40 - £73.53
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -31.20% +4.17% +6.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,265 21,604 29,212
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.27% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,031 20,565
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,432 1,082 1,393
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.19
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Project Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East -8 36 £525 +3.96% 13
North of England +17 34 £525 -4.55% 10
Midlands +8 29 £500 +2.56% 18
West Midlands +6 27 £500 +3.36% 15
South West +9 25 £500 -1.23% 5
North West +16 17 £550 +9.56% 8
Yorkshire +3 11 £450 -18.18% 2
Scotland +9 7 £481 -3.27% 2
North East - 5 £525 -
East Midlands +2 2 £435 -13.00% 3
Wales - 2 £500 - 2
East of England -6 1 £500 -9.09% 4
IT Project Manager
UK

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 70 (52.24%) Project Management
2 45 (33.58%) Social Skills
3 31 (23.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (22.39%) PRINCE2
5 29 (21.64%) Project Delivery
6 28 (20.90%) Agile
7 27 (20.15%) Finance
8 16 (11.94%) Migration
9 15 (11.19%) Public Sector
10 13 (9.70%) Change Management
11 12 (8.96%) ITIL
11 12 (8.96%) Project Planning
11 12 (8.96%) Waterfall
11 12 (8.96%) Budget Management
12 10 (7.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (7.46%) PMP
12 10 (7.46%) PMI Certification
13 9 (6.72%) Risk Management
14 8 (5.97%) Security Cleared
14 8 (5.97%) PMO
14 8 (5.97%) Degree
14 8 (5.97%) Matrix Management
14 8 (5.97%) Legal
14 8 (5.97%) Manufacturing
14 8 (5.97%) SAP
15 7 (5.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 7 (5.22%) Supplier Management
15 7 (5.22%) Programme Management
15 7 (5.22%) Decision-Making

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 5 (3.73%) Confluence
1 5 (3.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.99%) Azure
1 4 (2.99%) SaaS
2 2 (1.49%) AWS
2 2 (1.49%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.75%) Slack
3 1 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.49%) LAN
1 2 (1.49%) WAN
2 1 (0.75%) Firewall
2 1 (0.75%) Internet
2 1 (0.75%) Intranet
2 1 (0.75%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (4.48%) JIRA
General
1 45 (33.58%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.15%) Finance
3 15 (11.19%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.97%) Legal
4 8 (5.97%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.48%) Retail
7 5 (3.73%) Automotive
7 5 (3.73%) Banking
8 4 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.24%) Local Government
10 2 (1.49%) Back Office
10 2 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.49%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.75%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.75%) Law
11 1 (0.75%) Military
11 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.75%) Middleware
1 1 (0.75%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.73%) Data Centre
1 5 (3.73%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.24%) FMCG
2 3 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (2.24%) NHS
3 1 (0.75%) Contactless
3 1 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.75%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (0.75%) Housing Association
3 1 (0.75%) Life Science
3 1 (0.75%) Mainframe
3 1 (0.75%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.75%) PMI
3 1 (0.75%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.75%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.73%) Windows
2 2 (1.49%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.75%) Unix
3 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (52.24%) Project Management
2 31 (23.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (22.39%) PRINCE2
4 29 (21.64%) Project Delivery
5 28 (20.90%) Agile
6 16 (11.94%) Migration
7 13 (9.70%) Change Management
8 12 (8.96%) Budget Management
8 12 (8.96%) ITIL
8 12 (8.96%) Project Planning
8 12 (8.96%) Waterfall
9 10 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (7.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (6.72%) Risk Management
11 8 (5.97%) Matrix Management
12 7 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (5.22%) Decision-Making
12 7 (5.22%) Programme Management
12 7 (5.22%) Resource Allocation
12 7 (5.22%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (7.46%) PMI Certification
1 10 (7.46%) PMP
2 8 (5.97%) Degree
2 8 (5.97%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 6 (4.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (3.73%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.49%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.49%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.75%) CAPM
8 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.97%) PMO
2 2 (1.49%) SLA
3 1 (0.75%) COBIT
3 1 (0.75%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.75%) GAMP
3 1 (0.75%) GDPR
3 1 (0.75%) GMP
3 1 (0.75%) GxP
3 1 (0.75%) PMBOK
3 1 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 8 (5.97%) SAP
2 4 (2.99%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.24%) Siemens
4 2 (1.49%) Citrix
4 2 (1.49%) Remedy
5 1 (0.75%) Ariba
5 1 (0.75%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.75%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.75%) Cisco
5 1 (0.75%) Google
5 1 (0.75%) Imperva
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle
5 1 (0.75%) Red Hat