Senior Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £553 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 270 279 263
Rank change year-on-year +9 -16 +41
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 128 170 270
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.61% 0.74% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.79% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 141 210
10th Percentile £463 £413 £436
25th Percentile £503 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -0.90% +5.71%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £647
90th Percentile £675 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £593 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -1.19% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile - £29.87 -
25th Percentile £50.50 £37.35 £48.28
Median hourly rate £58.00 £45.75 £49.53
Median % change year-on-year +26.78% -7.63% -30.22%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.94 £50.78
90th Percentile £75.50 £60.58 -
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £55.50 £66.50
% change year-on-year -8.11% -16.54% -6.31%

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%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior 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 Senior 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 -1 44 £600 +11.11% 25
North of England +22 24 £593 -3.20% 20
Midlands +24 20 £600 +15.66% 12
South West -1 19 £519 -13.54% 20
West Midlands +16 18 £600 +11.63% 5
North West +19 16 £593 -3.20% 11
Scotland +37 11 £550 +2.33% 13
East of England +1 7 £500 - 11
Yorkshire +10 6 £600 -2.04% 6
North East +13 2 £725 +81.25% 3
East Midlands +9 2 £500 +25.00% 7
Northern Ireland - 2 £435 -
Wales +12 1 £500 -9.09% 3
Senior Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 61 (47.66%) Project Management
2 50 (39.06%) Agile
3 44 (34.38%) Social Skills
4 41 (32.03%) Finance
5 40 (31.25%) Project Delivery
6 28 (21.88%) Security Cleared
7 27 (21.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (20.31%) Public Sector
9 19 (14.84%) PRINCE2
10 18 (14.06%) SC Cleared
11 16 (12.50%) Migration
12 15 (11.72%) Waterfall
13 13 (10.16%) SAP
14 12 (9.38%) Project Governance
14 12 (9.38%) Decision-Making
15 11 (8.59%) Problem-Solving
15 11 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
15 11 (8.59%) Target Operating Model
16 10 (7.81%) DV Cleared
16 10 (7.81%) Business Case
16 10 (7.81%) Risk Management
16 10 (7.81%) Change Management
17 9 (7.03%) ERP
17 9 (7.03%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (6.25%) Contract Management
18 8 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
19 7 (5.47%) Azure
19 7 (5.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 7 (5.47%) Resource Management
19 7 (5.47%) NHS

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.78%) PeopleSoft HRMS
2 1 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.78%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.78%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.78%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.47%) Azure
2 5 (3.91%) SaaS
3 4 (3.13%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.56%) AWS
4 2 (1.56%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle CX
5 1 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.78%) Internet
1 1 (0.78%) NFC
1 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.13%) Power BI
2 2 (1.56%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.56%) GIS
2 2 (1.56%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.56%) Oracle Database 11g
3 1 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.78%) IDMS
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.34%) JIRA
General
1 44 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 41 (32.03%) Finance
3 26 (20.31%) Public Sector
4 9 (7.03%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.13%) Banking
7 4 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.56%) Legal
9 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.78%) Local Government
9 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.78%) Marketing
9 1 (0.78%) Military
9 1 (0.78%) Retail
9 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (0.78%) Middleware
2 1 (0.78%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.47%) NHS
2 4 (3.13%) PMI
3 3 (2.34%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.34%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.34%) Replication
4 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.78%) EMV
4 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.78%) FMCG
4 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.78%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.78%) Linux
1 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (47.66%) Project Management
2 50 (39.06%) Agile
3 40 (31.25%) Project Delivery
4 27 (21.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (14.84%) PRINCE2
6 16 (12.50%) Migration
7 15 (11.72%) Waterfall
8 12 (9.38%) Decision-Making
8 12 (9.38%) Project Governance
9 11 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (8.59%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (8.59%) Target Operating Model
10 10 (7.81%) Business Case
10 10 (7.81%) Change Management
10 10 (7.81%) Risk Management
11 9 (7.03%) ERP
12 8 (6.25%) Contract Management
13 7 (5.47%) Resource Management
13 7 (5.47%) Scrum
14 6 (4.69%) Conflict Resolution
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.13%) SQL
2 3 (2.34%) Python
3 1 (0.78%) Java
3 1 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 28 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 18 (14.06%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.81%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 6 (4.69%) PMP
6 4 (3.13%) CIPD
6 4 (3.13%) Degree
6 4 (3.13%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.91%) PMO
2 4 (3.13%) QA
3 1 (0.78%) GDPR
3 1 (0.78%) SLA
Vendors
1 13 (10.16%) SAP
2 5 (3.91%) Oracle
3 1 (0.78%) Fujitsu
3 1 (0.78%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (0.78%) Salesforce