Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 21 16
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 1,177 1,759 2,933
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.65% 7.72% 9.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.12% 8.19% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 1,305 2,267
10th Percentile £350 £367 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £550
90th Percentile £649 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 53 34
10th Percentile £18.32 £27.43 £21.17
25th Percentile £26.83 £40.00 £25.84
Median hourly rate £35.50 £62.50 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -43.20% +90.84% -5.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £53.63
90th Percentile £71.75 - £65.21
UK median hourly rate £36.23 £62.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -42.03% +15.74% +54.29%

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 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
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 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
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 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the UK excluding London

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 Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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 -6 323 £525 +1.94% 173
North of England -12 258 £500 -0.79% 171
Midlands -2 180 £500 +5.26% 177
South West -10 174 £500 -3.61% 113
North West -4 161 £500 - 112
West Midlands -2 133 £525 +10.53% 104
Scotland -4 116 £481 -3.27% 70
East of England -14 94 £450 -12.20% 87
Yorkshire -18 78 £500 -9.09% 41
East Midlands -4 45 £463 -2.63% 73
Wales +7 22 £514 +14.17% 28
North East +9 12 £575 +43.75% 20
Northern Ireland -8 8 £435 -8.42% 6
Channel Islands 0 2 £575 -
Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 599 (50.89%) Project Management
2 365 (31.01%) Social Skills
3 332 (28.21%) Finance
4 309 (26.25%) Agile
5 269 (22.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 221 (18.78%) Project Delivery
7 200 (16.99%) PRINCE2
8 166 (14.10%) Security Cleared
9 161 (13.68%) Public Sector
10 118 (10.03%) Degree
11 115 (9.77%) Migration
12 110 (9.35%) Risk Management
12 110 (9.35%) Change Management
12 110 (9.35%) Problem-Solving
13 95 (8.07%) SAP
14 92 (7.82%) Waterfall
15 91 (7.73%) SC Cleared
16 87 (7.39%) ERP
17 86 (7.31%) Microsoft
18 75 (6.37%) Programme Management
18 75 (6.37%) Business Case
19 72 (6.12%) Azure
20 71 (6.03%) Project Planning
20 71 (6.03%) Manufacturing
21 70 (5.95%) DV Cleared
21 70 (5.95%) Budget Management
22 69 (5.86%) Decision-Making
23 67 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
24 64 (5.44%) JIRA
24 64 (5.44%) Scrum

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 20 (1.70%) Confluence
2 15 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.085%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.085%) CMS
5 1 (0.085%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.085%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 48 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (3.31%) Microsoft Project
3 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.17%) Maya
Business Applications
1 21 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.68%) SAP Hybris
3 6 (0.51%) iTrent
4 5 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.42%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.25%) Magento
6 3 (0.25%) Maximo
6 3 (0.25%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.25%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.17%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.17%) SAP IS-U
7 2 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.085%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.085%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.085%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.085%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 72 (6.12%) Azure
2 25 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
2 25 (2.12%) SaaS
3 17 (1.44%) Power Platform
4 14 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (1.02%) AWS
6 10 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (0.85%) Smartsheet
7 9 (0.76%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 9 (0.76%) SuccessFactors
8 8 (0.68%) GitHub
8 8 (0.68%) WhatsApp
9 6 (0.51%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (0.42%) Akamai
10 5 (0.42%) Cloudflare
10 5 (0.42%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.34%) OCI
12 3 (0.25%) SAP Fieldglass
13 2 (0.17%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.17%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (1.53%) Network Security
3 16 (1.36%) Structured Cabling
4 13 (1.10%) WAN
5 12 (1.02%) LAN
6 7 (0.59%) Internet
7 5 (0.42%) 5G
8 4 (0.34%) Firewall
8 4 (0.34%) VPN
8 4 (0.34%) Wireless
9 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.25%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.17%) 4G
10 2 (0.17%) CTI
10 2 (0.17%) IP Telephony
10 2 (0.17%) MPLS
10 2 (0.17%) VoIP
11 1 (0.085%) Intranet
11 1 (0.085%) NFC
11 1 (0.085%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.44%) Power BI
2 14 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (1.10%) Electronic Patient Records
4 6 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (0.42%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.42%) MySQL
6 3 (0.25%) GIS
6 3 (0.25%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.25%) Tableau
7 2 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (0.17%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.085%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.085%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.085%) IDMS
8 1 (0.085%) Metadata
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.085%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 64 (5.44%) JIRA
2 2 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.085%) Git
3 1 (0.085%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.085%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.085%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 365 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 332 (28.21%) Finance
3 161 (13.68%) Public Sector
4 71 (6.03%) Manufacturing
5 67 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
6 46 (3.91%) Telecoms
7 42 (3.57%) Retail
8 41 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
9 37 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
10 35 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (2.46%) Banking
12 26 (2.21%) Legal
12 26 (2.21%) Local Government
12 26 (2.21%) Marketing
13 24 (2.04%) Electronics
13 24 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
14 19 (1.61%) Aerospace
15 18 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 14 (1.19%) Automotive
16 14 (1.19%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.25%) .NET
2 3 (0.25%) Middleware
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 2 (0.17%) SAP PI
3 2 (0.17%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (0.085%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.085%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 33 (2.80%) NHS
2 30 (2.55%) Data Centre
3 26 (2.21%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.12%) Onboarding
5 21 (1.78%) PMI
6 16 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.02%) Life Science
8 12 (1.02%) Virtual Team
9 10 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (0.68%) LIMS
11 8 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.59%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.51%) Driving Licence
13 6 (0.51%) FMCG
13 6 (0.51%) Product Ownership
14 5 (0.42%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.78%) Windows
2 9 (0.76%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.42%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.25%) Linux
5 1 (0.085%) AIX
5 1 (0.085%) Unix
5 1 (0.085%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 599 (50.89%) Project Management
2 309 (26.25%) Agile
3 269 (22.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 221 (18.78%) Project Delivery
5 200 (16.99%) PRINCE2
6 115 (9.77%) Migration
7 110 (9.35%) Change Management
7 110 (9.35%) Problem-Solving
7 110 (9.35%) Risk Management
8 92 (7.82%) Waterfall
9 87 (7.39%) ERP
10 75 (6.37%) Business Case
10 75 (6.37%) Programme Management
11 71 (6.03%) Project Planning
12 70 (5.95%) Budget Management
13 69 (5.86%) Decision-Making
14 64 (5.44%) Scrum
15 56 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 54 (4.59%) CRM
17 52 (4.42%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 18 (1.53%) SQL
2 9 (0.76%) PL/SQL
3 6 (0.51%) Java
3 6 (0.51%) PHP
3 6 (0.51%) Python
4 3 (0.25%) Perl
5 1 (0.085%) C
5 1 (0.085%) COBOL
5 1 (0.085%) R
Qualifications
1 166 (14.10%) Security Cleared
2 118 (10.03%) Degree
3 91 (7.73%) SC Cleared
4 70 (5.95%) DV Cleared
5 64 (5.44%) PMI Certification
6 62 (5.27%) PMP
7 45 (3.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 36 (3.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 18 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.27%) CISM
10 15 (1.27%) CISSP
11 13 (1.10%) APMP
12 11 (0.93%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.85%) HNC
14 8 (0.68%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.59%) HND
16 6 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
17 5 (0.42%) CIPD
17 5 (0.42%) ISEB
17 5 (0.42%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (3.40%) PMO
2 32 (2.72%) QA
3 9 (0.76%) GDPR
4 8 (0.68%) HL7
4 8 (0.68%) NIST
4 8 (0.68%) NIST 800
5 6 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
5 6 (0.51%) NEBOSH
6 5 (0.42%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.34%) PMBOK
7 4 (0.34%) SLA
8 3 (0.25%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.25%) GAMP
8 3 (0.25%) GxP
9 2 (0.17%) COBIT
9 2 (0.17%) GMP
10 1 (0.085%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.085%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (0.51%) Argo
2 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.17%) Terraform
4 1 (0.085%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 95 (8.07%) SAP
2 86 (7.31%) Microsoft
3 20 (1.70%) Oracle
4 18 (1.53%) Sage
5 15 (1.27%) Atlassian
6 11 (0.93%) Adobe
7 9 (0.76%) Ariba
7 9 (0.76%) Avaloq
7 9 (0.76%) Salesforce
8 8 (0.68%) NEC
9 6 (0.51%) Citrix
10 5 (0.42%) Cisco
10 5 (0.42%) F5
11 4 (0.34%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.34%) Cognizant
11 4 (0.34%) Progress
11 4 (0.34%) Workday
12 3 (0.25%) BT
12 3 (0.25%) Guidewire
12 3 (0.25%) Siemens