Project Manager Contracts in London

Project Manager
England > London

The median Project Manager daily rate in London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 31 33
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 1,082 1,665 2,611
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.19% 6.40% 6.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.63% 6.72% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 785 1,241 1,901
10th Percentile £371 £413 £406
25th Percentile £463 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £644
90th Percentile £738 £763 £730
England median daily rate £525 £538 £515
% change year-on-year -2.33% +4.37% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 15
10th Percentile £23.70 £61.25 £47.30
25th Percentile £30.00 £61.63 £51.00
Median hourly rate £34.53 £65.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -46.88% +10.64% +80.77%
75th Percentile £40.00 £78.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £61.00 £87.50 £69.10
England median hourly rate £35.96 £62.50 £48.27
% change year-on-year -42.46% +29.49% +65.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,330 24,760 37,101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 95.17% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,815 17,998 27,187
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 281 441
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.07 £22.50 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +13.45%
75th Percentile £46.05 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.32 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in London

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Central London 0 179 £575 -8.00% 20
West London +20 36 £500 -3.33% 13
East London +7 32 £583 -4.90% 23
South London +4 13 £513 -2.38% 3
North London 0 1 £425 -8.11% 8
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 463 (42.79%) Project Management
2 406 (37.52%) Finance
3 291 (26.89%) Agile
4 252 (23.29%) Social Skills
5 207 (19.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 173 (15.99%) Project Delivery
7 167 (15.43%) Migration
8 126 (11.65%) Change Management
9 124 (11.46%) PRINCE2
10 105 (9.70%) Banking
11 96 (8.87%) Microsoft
12 92 (8.50%) Risk Management
13 82 (7.58%) Scrum
13 82 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
14 76 (7.02%) Budget Management
15 75 (6.93%) Waterfall
16 69 (6.38%) Public Sector
17 64 (5.91%) Security Cleared
18 62 (5.73%) Data Migration
19 61 (5.64%) Degree
20 59 (5.45%) Retail
20 59 (5.45%) Decision-Making
21 56 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
21 56 (5.18%) Marketing
22 55 (5.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 55 (5.08%) Azure
22 55 (5.08%) Business Case
23 52 (4.81%) SC Cleared
24 50 (4.62%) JIRA
25 49 (4.53%) PMO

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 37 (3.42%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.48%) CMS
3 14 (1.29%) Confluence
4 12 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.55%) SharePoint 2013
6 5 (0.46%) Drupal
7 3 (0.28%) Documentum
7 3 (0.28%) SAS
8 2 (0.18%) Appian
9 1 (0.092%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.092%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.092%) PowerExchange
9 1 (0.092%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.092%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.092%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (3.05%) Microsoft Project
3 23 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (0.83%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.092%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.55%) Aladdin
3 6 (0.55%) Sage 200
3 6 (0.55%) Sage 50
4 5 (0.46%) Loan IQ
4 5 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.37%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle HRMS
7 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.18%) Temenos Globus
7 2 (0.18%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.092%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.092%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 1 (0.092%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.092%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 55 (5.08%) Azure
2 33 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (1.85%) SaaS
4 17 (1.57%) Power Platform
5 14 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (1.20%) WhatsApp
7 11 (1.02%) AWS
8 8 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (0.65%) OneDrive
10 6 (0.55%) Asana
10 6 (0.55%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.46%) Smartsheet
11 5 (0.46%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.37%) GCP
12 4 (0.37%) SuccessFactors
13 3 (0.28%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.28%) FinancialForce
13 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.28%) OCI
14 2 (0.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
3 7 (0.65%) LAN
4 6 (0.55%) Firewall
4 6 (0.55%) WAN
5 5 (0.46%) Broadband
5 5 (0.46%) Internet
5 5 (0.46%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.37%) 5G
6 4 (0.37%) VPN
6 4 (0.37%) Wireless
7 3 (0.28%) Network Security
8 2 (0.18%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.18%) MPLS
8 2 (0.18%) SNA
9 1 (0.092%) ISDN
9 1 (0.092%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.092%) Skype
9 1 (0.092%) VoIP
9 1 (0.092%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (1.11%) Power BI
3 11 (1.02%) Data Lake
4 6 (0.55%) Tableau
5 4 (0.37%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.28%) Big Data
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.18%) Metadata
7 2 (0.18%) Mixpanel
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.18%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.18%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.092%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.092%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.092%) DB2
8 1 (0.092%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 50 (4.62%) JIRA
2 1 (0.092%) LSMW
2 1 (0.092%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.092%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 406 (37.52%) Finance
2 252 (23.29%) Social Skills
3 105 (9.70%) Banking
4 69 (6.38%) Public Sector
5 59 (5.45%) Retail
6 56 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
6 56 (5.18%) Marketing
7 48 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 42 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
8 42 (3.88%) Legal
9 39 (3.60%) Local Government
10 29 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
11 27 (2.50%) Financial Institution
11 27 (2.50%) Manufacturing
12 26 (2.40%) Investment Banking
13 23 (2.13%) Front Office
13 23 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (2.13%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
14 12 (1.11%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.74%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (0.65%) ADO
3 5 (0.46%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.18%) EDI
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 2 (0.18%) Web Services
5 1 (0.092%) .NET
5 1 (0.092%) Express.js
5 1 (0.092%) MERN Stack
5 1 (0.092%) Middleware
5 1 (0.092%) Node.js
5 1 (0.092%) OpenID
5 1 (0.092%) React
5 1 (0.092%) SAML
5 1 (0.092%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (3.14%) Data Centre
1 34 (3.14%) Management Information System
2 25 (2.31%) Onboarding
3 20 (1.85%) Product Ownership
4 19 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
4 19 (1.76%) FMCG
5 13 (1.20%) Derivative
5 13 (1.20%) NHS
6 12 (1.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 11 (1.02%) PMI
8 10 (0.92%) Virtual Team
9 9 (0.83%) Equities
9 9 (0.83%) Mobile App
9 9 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (0.83%) Taxonomies
10 8 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.65%) Fixed Income
11 7 (0.65%) Reinsurance
12 6 (0.55%) Photography
12 6 (0.55%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.11%) Windows
2 6 (0.55%) Linux
3 3 (0.28%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.18%) AIX
4 2 (0.18%) Unix
5 1 (0.092%) Android
5 1 (0.092%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (42.79%) Project Management
2 291 (26.89%) Agile
3 207 (19.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 173 (15.99%) Project Delivery
5 167 (15.43%) Migration
6 126 (11.65%) Change Management
7 124 (11.46%) PRINCE2
8 92 (8.50%) Risk Management
9 82 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
9 82 (7.58%) Scrum
10 76 (7.02%) Budget Management
11 75 (6.93%) Waterfall
12 62 (5.73%) Data Migration
13 59 (5.45%) Decision-Making
14 55 (5.08%) Business Case
14 55 (5.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 48 (4.44%) Programme Management
16 46 (4.25%) Project Governance
17 41 (3.79%) Business Analysis
18 40 (3.70%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 16 (1.48%) SQL
2 10 (0.92%) Python
3 4 (0.37%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.18%) C#
4 2 (0.18%) R
4 2 (0.18%) VBA
5 1 (0.092%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.092%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 64 (5.91%) Security Cleared
2 61 (5.64%) Degree
3 52 (4.81%) SC Cleared
4 40 (3.70%) PMI Certification
4 40 (3.70%) PMP
5 27 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 13 (1.20%) CISM
7 12 (1.11%) CISSP
7 12 (1.11%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.02%) CISA
9 7 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (0.55%) APMP
11 3 (0.28%) HNC
11 3 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.18%) CCNA
12 2 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.53%) PMO
2 27 (2.50%) QA
3 14 (1.29%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (0.92%) NIST
5 7 (0.65%) Data Quality
5 7 (0.65%) SLA
6 6 (0.55%) Basel III
7 5 (0.46%) IFRS
8 4 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.37%) MiFID
8 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.28%) EMIR
9 3 (0.28%) GDPR
9 3 (0.28%) GRC
10 2 (0.18%) COREP
10 2 (0.18%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.18%) FINREP
10 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.18%) P3O
System Software
1 7 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.18%) IAG
3 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.092%) Firmware
4 1 (0.092%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 3 (0.28%) TrustSec
2 2 (0.18%) Matomo
2 2 (0.18%) SCCM
3 1 (0.092%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (0.092%) Ansible
3 1 (0.092%) CASB
3 1 (0.092%) Rundeck
3 1 (0.092%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.092%) WSUS
Vendors
1 96 (8.87%) Microsoft
2 48 (4.44%) SAP
3 27 (2.50%) ServiceNow
4 24 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.13%) Oracle
6 16 (1.48%) Cisco
7 8 (0.74%) BT
7 8 (0.74%) Splunk
8 7 (0.65%) Google
8 7 (0.65%) Sage
8 7 (0.65%) Workday
9 5 (0.46%) Bloomberg
10 4 (0.37%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.37%) Calypso
10 4 (0.37%) Databricks
10 4 (0.37%) Hotjar
10 4 (0.37%) Progress
10 4 (0.37%) Screaming Frog
10 4 (0.37%) Temenos
11 3 (0.28%) CyberArk