Financial Services Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Financial Services
UK

The median Project Manager - Financial Services daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 639 688
Rank change year-on-year +63 +49 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Services Project Manager 26 56 168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.10% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.11% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 52 101
10th Percentile £500 £513 £463
25th Percentile £550 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +14.39%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £650
90th Percentile £705 £749 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £775 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +24.00% +4.17% +14.39%

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 40,232 52,519 83,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.52% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,887 36,654 58,907
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
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% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,899 1,488 1,954
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.88 £65.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%

Financial Services Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Services Project Manager in the UK

Financial Services Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Services Project Manager in the UK

Financial Services Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Services Project Manager over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Services Project Manager in the UK

Financial Services 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 Financial Services Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +66 24 £675 +8.00% 2
London +66 21 £663 +6.43% 1
Work from Home +108 12 £613 -1.01% 1
UK excluding London +30 2 £775 +24.00% 1
North of England +25 1 - - 1
South East +5 1 £775 +24.00%
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Financial Services Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Financial Services 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 Financial Services Project Manager in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Finance
2 15 (57.69%) Banking
3 9 (34.62%) Agile
4 6 (23.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 6 (23.08%) FIX Protocol
4 6 (23.08%) BT
5 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (15.38%) Cisco
6 4 (15.38%) Data Centre
6 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
7 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
7 3 (11.54%) Change Management
7 3 (11.54%) Project Management
8 2 (7.69%) Temenos
8 2 (7.69%) Asset Management
8 2 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
8 2 (7.69%) Waterfall
8 2 (7.69%) WhatsApp
9 1 (3.85%) Regtech
9 1 (3.85%) Business Case
9 1 (3.85%) Conflict Resolution
9 1 (3.85%) SDLC
9 1 (3.85%) Fintech
9 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (3.85%) Meraki
9 1 (3.85%) Generative AI
9 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (3.85%) Machine Learning

Financial Services 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 2 (7.69%) WhatsApp
2 1 (3.85%) Apple Pay
2 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.85%) Google Pay
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
General
1 26 (100.00%) Finance
2 15 (57.69%) Banking
3 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 4 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Agile
2 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 3 (11.54%) Change Management
4 3 (11.54%) Project Management
5 2 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (7.69%) Asset Management
5 2 (7.69%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.85%) Contract Negotiation
6 1 (3.85%) Cyber Resilience
6 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (3.85%) Decision-Making
6 1 (3.85%) Fintech
6 1 (3.85%) Machine Learning
6 1 (3.85%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (3.85%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.85%) Project Governance
6 1 (3.85%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (3.85%) SDLC
6 1 (3.85%) Straight-Through Processing
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) Degree
1 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
1 1 (3.85%) PMP
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) BT
2 4 (15.38%) Cisco
3 2 (7.69%) Temenos
4 1 (3.85%) Apple
4 1 (3.85%) Google
4 1 (3.85%) Meraki
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.85%) Planview