Senior Digital Project Manager Contracts

Senior Digital Project Manager
UK

The median Senior Digital Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £625 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 570 667 819
Rank change year-on-year +97 +152 -102
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Digital Project Manager 5 15 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.027% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.028% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 13
10th Percentile £536 £488 £515
25th Percentile £585 £571 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £660 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% +14.78% +57.53%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £688
90th Percentile - £768 £758
UK excluding London median daily rate - £655 £550
% change year-on-year - +19.09% +81.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.66 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £25.66 -

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 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
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% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Senior Digital Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Digital Project Manager in the UK

Senior Digital Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Digital Project Manager in the UK

Senior Digital Project Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Digital Project Manager within the UK 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
England +77 5 £625 -8.09% 4
London +89 4 £625 -10.71%
Work from Home +106 1 £504 -28.04% 2
UK excluding London +34 1 - - 6
North of England +23 1 - -
Yorkshire +18 1 - -

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

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

1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) People Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (20.00%) PMO
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Police
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery

Senior Digital 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Police
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) People Management
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) VMware