Digital Project Manager Contracts

Digital Project Manager
UK

The median Digital Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £413 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 566 584
Rank change year-on-year +45 +18 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Project Manager 58 118 259
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.21% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.22% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 101 200
10th Percentile £263 £340 £318
25th Percentile £275 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% +15.15%
75th Percentile £504 £600 £556
90th Percentile £605 £663 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +16.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £26.14 £21.39 £33.23
25th Percentile £28.23 £21.97 £39.56
Median hourly rate £31.71 £23.83 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +33.07% -55.25% +119.91%
75th Percentile £50.86 £25.58 £69.06
90th Percentile £62.34 £26.10 £76.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.75 £23.83 £53.25
% change year-on-year +100.38% -55.25% +154.42%

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 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
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% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Digital Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Project Manager over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Digital Project Manager over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Digital Project Manager in the UK

Digital Project Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 +45 57 £413 -17.50% 25
London +82 29 £388 -26.19% 6
UK excluding London +10 26 £450 -10.00% 23
Work from Home +85 22 £450 -10.00% 15
South East -1 11 £413 -13.16% 4
South West +7 7 £575 - 4
North of England +23 3 £525 +13.51% 6
Midlands +18 3 £475 -5.00% 5
West Midlands +13 3 £475 +28.90% 3
Yorkshire +17 2 - - 4
East of England +1 2 £227 -48.22% 1
North West +15 1 £525 +5.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 Digital Project Manager in the job title.

1 26 (44.83%) Project Management
1 26 (44.83%) Agile
2 19 (32.76%) Finance
3 15 (25.86%) Marketing
4 13 (22.41%) CMS
5 12 (20.69%) E-Commerce
6 11 (18.97%) JIRA
6 11 (18.97%) Project Delivery
6 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
7 10 (17.24%) Change Management
7 10 (17.24%) Retail
8 9 (15.52%) Scrum
8 9 (15.52%) Digital Marketing
9 8 (13.79%) User Experience
9 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (13.79%) Publishing
9 8 (13.79%) SAP
9 8 (13.79%) Public Sector
10 7 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (10.34%) CI/CD
11 6 (10.34%) PMO
11 6 (10.34%) Microsoft
11 6 (10.34%) Performance Metrics
11 6 (10.34%) DevOps
12 5 (8.62%) Drupal
12 5 (8.62%) User Stories
12 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (8.62%) QMS
12 5 (8.62%) QA
12 5 (8.62%) ISO 9001

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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (22.41%) CMS
2 5 (8.62%) Drupal
3 3 (5.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.72%) Confluence
4 1 (1.72%) Joomla!
4 1 (1.72%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.90%) Asana
1 4 (6.90%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (18.97%) JIRA
General
1 19 (32.76%) Finance
2 15 (25.86%) Marketing
3 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
4 10 (17.24%) Retail
5 8 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 8 (13.79%) Publishing
6 7 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (6.90%) Telecoms
9 3 (5.17%) Local Government
10 2 (3.45%) Electronics
10 2 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.72%) Banking
11 1 (1.72%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) NHS
1 4 (6.90%) Over-the-Top Content
1 4 (6.90%) Video\Live Streaming
2 2 (3.45%) FMCG
2 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.45%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.72%) Contactless
3 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.72%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.72%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (44.83%) Agile
1 26 (44.83%) Project Management
2 12 (20.69%) E-Commerce
3 11 (18.97%) Project Delivery
4 10 (17.24%) Change Management
5 9 (15.52%) Digital Marketing
5 9 (15.52%) Scrum
6 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (13.79%) User Experience
7 6 (10.34%) CI/CD
7 6 (10.34%) DevOps
7 6 (10.34%) Performance Metrics
8 5 (8.62%) PRINCE2
8 5 (8.62%) QMS
8 5 (8.62%) User Stories
9 4 (6.90%) B2C
9 4 (6.90%) CRM
9 4 (6.90%) Migration
9 4 (6.90%) Programme Management
9 4 (6.90%) SEO
Qualifications
1 5 (8.62%) Degree
2 4 (6.90%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) PMO
2 5 (8.62%) Accessibility
2 5 (8.62%) ISO 9001
2 5 (8.62%) QA
3 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (13.79%) SAP
2 6 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.90%) Hotjar
3 4 (6.90%) Screaming Frog
4 3 (5.17%) Adobe
5 1 (1.72%) Palantir
5 1 (1.72%) Progress
5 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.72%) VMware