Senior Project Manager Contracts

Senior Project Manager
UK

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £593, 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 339 376 366
Rank change year-on-year +37 -10 +90
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 254 357 614
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.64% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.68% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 300 481
10th Percentile £464 £450 £450
25th Percentile £519 £513 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +4.35% +7.86%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £694
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £572 £550 £560
% change year-on-year +4.05% -1.79% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 2
10th Percentile - £33.19 £50.45
25th Percentile £33.65 £42.81 £53.71
Median hourly rate £51.00 £55.50 £59.77
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -7.14% -15.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £65.20
90th Percentile £69.50 £66.18 £68.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.00 £45.75 £49.53
% change year-on-year +26.78% -7.63% -30.22%

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 Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in the UK

Senior Project Manager
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 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 +10 226 £600 - 105
UK excluding London +3 131 £572 +4.05% 82
London +6 102 £600 -5.33% 33
Work from Home +66 100 £550 -4.76% 40
South East +10 44 £600 +11.37% 17
North of England +14 25 £593 -3.20% 14
South West -6 21 £519 -13.54% 17
Midlands +16 20 £613 +16.67% 13
West Midlands +18 18 £600 +11.63% 5
North West +18 16 £593 -3.20% 7
Scotland +49 11 £550 - 7
East of England -1 7 £500 - 14
Yorkshire +6 6 £600 -2.04% 5
North East +11 3 £725 +81.25% 2
East Midlands +6 2 £650 +62.50% 8
Northern Ireland - 2 £435 -
Wales +15 1 £500 -9.09% 3

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 101 (39.76%) Project Management
2 90 (35.43%) Agile
3 78 (30.71%) Finance
4 69 (27.17%) Social Skills
5 66 (25.98%) Project Delivery
6 52 (20.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 47 (18.50%) Security Cleared
8 37 (14.57%) PRINCE2
9 36 (14.17%) Public Sector
10 35 (13.78%) SC Cleared
11 33 (12.99%) Migration
12 28 (11.02%) SAP
13 27 (10.63%) Change Management
14 22 (8.66%) Waterfall
15 21 (8.27%) Risk Management
16 20 (7.87%) Decision-Making
17 18 (7.09%) Project Governance
18 17 (6.69%) Scrum
18 17 (6.69%) Problem-Solving
18 17 (6.69%) Business Case
19 16 (6.30%) Budget Management
19 16 (6.30%) ERP
19 16 (6.30%) JIRA
20 15 (5.91%) Target Operating Model
21 14 (5.51%) Degree
21 14 (5.51%) Azure
21 14 (5.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 14 (5.51%) PMP
22 13 (5.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 13 (5.12%) Continuous Improvement

Senior 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 5 (1.97%) Confluence
2 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (4.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.97%) SAP ERP
2 5 (1.97%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.79%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.51%) Azure
2 8 (3.15%) SaaS
3 6 (2.36%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.36%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (1.57%) AWS
4 4 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.79%) GCP
5 2 (0.79%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.39%) BigCommerce
6 1 (0.39%) Matillion
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle CX
6 1 (0.39%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.18%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.79%) Internet
2 2 (0.79%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.39%) Broadband
3 1 (0.39%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.39%) LAN
3 1 (0.39%) NFC
3 1 (0.39%) SNA
3 1 (0.39%) WAN
3 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (2.36%) Power BI
2 3 (1.18%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle Database
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle Database 11g
3 2 (0.79%) GIS
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.39%) IDMS
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (6.30%) JIRA
General
1 78 (30.71%) Finance
2 69 (27.17%) Social Skills
3 36 (14.17%) Public Sector
4 12 (4.72%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.94%) Banking
7 9 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.54%) Local Government
7 9 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.54%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.15%) Legal
9 7 (2.76%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (2.76%) Retail
10 4 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.18%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.18%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.18%) Marketing
11 3 (1.18%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.79%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.79%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.79%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.39%) Middleware
2 1 (0.39%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.39%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.94%) NHS
2 8 (3.15%) Data Centre
3 5 (1.97%) FMCG
3 5 (1.97%) PMI
4 4 (1.57%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.57%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.18%) CMDB
5 3 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.18%) Replication
6 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.79%) IVR
6 2 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (0.79%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.39%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.39%) Photovoltaics
7 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.39%) Solar Energy
7 1 (0.39%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.79%) Linux
2 1 (0.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (39.76%) Project Management
2 90 (35.43%) Agile
3 66 (25.98%) Project Delivery
4 52 (20.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (14.57%) PRINCE2
6 33 (12.99%) Migration
7 27 (10.63%) Change Management
8 22 (8.66%) Waterfall
9 21 (8.27%) Risk Management
10 20 (7.87%) Decision-Making
11 18 (7.09%) Project Governance
12 17 (6.69%) Business Case
12 17 (6.69%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (6.69%) Scrum
13 16 (6.30%) Budget Management
13 16 (6.30%) ERP
14 15 (5.91%) Target Operating Model
15 13 (5.12%) Coaching
15 13 (5.12%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (5.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.97%) SQL
2 3 (1.18%) Python
3 1 (0.39%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.39%) Java
3 1 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (18.50%) Security Cleared
2 35 (13.78%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.51%) Degree
3 14 (5.51%) PMP
3 14 (5.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 11 (4.33%) DV Cleared
4 11 (4.33%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.15%) CIPD
6 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.39%) CISM
7 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.15%) PMO
2 3 (1.18%) QA
2 3 (1.18%) SLA
3 2 (0.79%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.39%) GDPR
4 1 (0.39%) IFRS
4 1 (0.39%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.39%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) Ansible
1 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (11.02%) SAP
2 8 (3.15%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.36%) Oracle
4 5 (1.97%) Progress
5 4 (1.57%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.18%) BT
7 2 (0.79%) Ariba
7 2 (0.79%) Cadence
7 2 (0.79%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.79%) Workday
8 1 (0.39%) Adobe
8 1 (0.39%) Cisco
8 1 (0.39%) Databricks
8 1 (0.39%) Fujitsu
8 1 (0.39%) NetCracker
8 1 (0.39%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.39%) VMware
8 1 (0.39%) webMethods
8 1 (0.39%) Wrike