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 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 22 16
Rank change year-on-year -4 -6 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 1,197 1,736 2,939
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.67% 7.64% 9.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.14% 8.11% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 1,284 2,258
10th Percentile £350 £366 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £515
% change year-on-year - +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 51 34
10th Percentile £18.32 £27.13 £22.15
25th Percentile £26.87 £39.78 £26.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £60.00 £33.12
Median % change year-on-year -41.25% +81.16% -4.01%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.38 £58.52
90th Percentile £71.75 £65.75 £65.21
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £62.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -42.46% +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 19,497 21,400 29,228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 94.21% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,649 14,865 20,542
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.68%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £575
90th Percentile £684 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,477 1,094 1,390
10th Percentile £12.53 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £46.42
90th Percentile £74.15 £75.50 £61.71
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -5 330 £535 +3.88% 182
North of England -13 259 £500 -3.85% 170
Midlands -3 191 £525 +10.53% 181
South West -8 175 £500 -3.85% 99
North West -6 161 £500 - 108
West Midlands 0 140 £525 +9.38% 106
Scotland -2 111 £494 -1.25% 68
East of England -11 98 £450 -12.20% 99
Yorkshire -20 78 £500 -9.09% 46
East Midlands +2 49 £463 -2.63% 75
Wales +8 24 £514 +14.17% 24
North East +12 13 £575 +35.29% 18
Northern Ireland -7 8 £435 -10.77% 7
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 9 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.

1 608 (50.79%) Project Management
2 364 (30.41%) Social Skills
3 329 (27.49%) Finance
4 308 (25.73%) Agile
5 268 (22.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 229 (19.13%) Project Delivery
7 199 (16.62%) PRINCE2
8 165 (13.78%) Security Cleared
9 158 (13.20%) Public Sector
10 117 (9.77%) Degree
11 113 (9.44%) Migration
12 111 (9.27%) Risk Management
13 110 (9.19%) Problem-Solving
14 107 (8.94%) Change Management
15 94 (7.85%) SAP
16 91 (7.60%) SC Cleared
16 91 (7.60%) Waterfall
17 87 (7.27%) ERP
18 83 (6.93%) Microsoft
19 78 (6.52%) Business Case
20 74 (6.18%) Azure
21 72 (6.02%) Manufacturing
21 72 (6.02%) Programme Management
21 72 (6.02%) Budget Management
22 71 (5.93%) Project Planning
23 70 (5.85%) DV Cleared
24 68 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
25 66 (5.51%) Decision-Making
26 65 (5.43%) Scrum
27 64 (5.35%) PMI Certification

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 22 (1.84%) Confluence
2 13 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.084%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.084%) CMS
5 1 (0.084%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.084%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 49 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.17%) Maya
Business Applications
1 19 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.67%) SAP Hybris
3 6 (0.50%) iTrent
3 6 (0.50%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.25%) Magento
6 3 (0.25%) Maximo
6 3 (0.25%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
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%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.084%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.084%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.084%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.084%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 74 (6.18%) Azure
2 27 (2.26%) SaaS
3 24 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
4 17 (1.42%) Power Platform
5 15 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (0.84%) AWS
6 10 (0.84%) Smartsheet
6 10 (0.84%) SuccessFactors
7 9 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (0.75%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 8 (0.67%) GitHub
8 8 (0.67%) WhatsApp
9 6 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (0.42%) Akamai
10 5 (0.42%) Cloudflare
10 5 (0.42%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.25%) SAP Fieldglass
12 2 (0.17%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (1.50%) Network Security
3 16 (1.34%) Structured Cabling
4 13 (1.09%) WAN
5 12 (1.00%) LAN
6 7 (0.58%) Internet
7 4 (0.33%) 5G
7 4 (0.33%) VPN
8 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.25%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.25%) Wireless
9 2 (0.17%) Firewall
9 2 (0.17%) IP Telephony
9 2 (0.17%) MPLS
9 2 (0.17%) VoIP
10 1 (0.084%) DMZ
10 1 (0.084%) RFID
10 1 (0.084%) RTP
10 1 (0.084%) SAN
10 1 (0.084%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.42%) Power BI
2 13 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (1.09%) Electronic Patient Records
3 5 (0.42%) Data Lake
3 5 (0.42%) MySQL
4 3 (0.25%) GIS
4 3 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.25%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.25%) Tableau
5 2 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (0.17%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.084%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.084%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.084%) IDMS
6 1 (0.084%) Metadata
6 1 (0.084%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.084%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.084%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 64 (5.35%) JIRA
2 2 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.084%) Git
3 1 (0.084%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.084%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.084%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 364 (30.41%) Social Skills
2 329 (27.49%) Finance
3 158 (13.20%) Public Sector
4 72 (6.02%) Manufacturing
5 68 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (3.76%) Telecoms
7 44 (3.68%) Retail
8 40 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
9 34 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
10 33 (2.76%) Local Government
11 32 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (2.51%) Banking
13 28 (2.34%) Marketing
14 26 (2.17%) Legal
15 25 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
16 24 (2.01%) Electronics
17 21 (1.75%) Aerospace
18 17 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 15 (1.25%) Law
20 14 (1.17%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.33%) 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 (0.084%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.084%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 35 (2.92%) NHS
2 32 (2.67%) Data Centre
3 26 (2.17%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.09%) Onboarding
5 21 (1.75%) PMI
6 18 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.00%) Life Science
8 12 (1.00%) Virtual Team
9 11 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
10 10 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (0.67%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (0.67%) LIMS
11 8 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.58%) Driving Licence
12 7 (0.58%) FMCG
12 7 (0.58%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.50%) Product Ownership
14 5 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.84%) Windows
2 8 (0.67%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.42%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.33%) Linux
5 1 (0.084%) AIX
5 1 (0.084%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 608 (50.79%) Project Management
2 308 (25.73%) Agile
3 268 (22.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 229 (19.13%) Project Delivery
5 199 (16.62%) PRINCE2
6 113 (9.44%) Migration
7 111 (9.27%) Risk Management
8 110 (9.19%) Problem-Solving
9 107 (8.94%) Change Management
10 91 (7.60%) Waterfall
11 87 (7.27%) ERP
12 78 (6.52%) Business Case
13 72 (6.02%) Budget Management
13 72 (6.02%) Programme Management
14 71 (5.93%) Project Planning
15 66 (5.51%) Decision-Making
16 65 (5.43%) Scrum
17 60 (5.01%) Continuous Improvement
18 55 (4.59%) Cybersecurity
19 54 (4.51%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 19 (1.59%) SQL
2 9 (0.75%) PL/SQL
3 6 (0.50%) Java
3 6 (0.50%) PHP
4 4 (0.33%) Python
5 1 (0.084%) C
5 1 (0.084%) Perl
5 1 (0.084%) R
Qualifications
1 165 (13.78%) Security Cleared
2 117 (9.77%) Degree
3 91 (7.60%) SC Cleared
4 70 (5.85%) DV Cleared
5 64 (5.35%) PMI Certification
6 62 (5.18%) PMP
7 45 (3.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 36 (3.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 19 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.34%) CISM
10 16 (1.34%) CISSP
11 13 (1.09%) APMP
12 11 (0.92%) HNC
13 10 (0.84%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.75%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.67%) HND
16 6 (0.50%) CIPD
16 6 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
17 5 (0.42%) CISA
17 5 (0.42%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.17%) PMO
2 33 (2.76%) QA
3 9 (0.75%) GDPR
3 9 (0.75%) NIST
3 9 (0.75%) NIST 800
4 8 (0.67%) HL7
5 6 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
5 6 (0.50%) NEBOSH
6 5 (0.42%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.33%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.33%) PMBOK
8 3 (0.25%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.25%) GAMP
8 3 (0.25%) GxP
8 3 (0.25%) SLA
9 2 (0.17%) COBIT
9 2 (0.17%) GMP
9 2 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.084%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (0.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.084%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (0.50%) Argo
2 4 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.17%) Terraform
4 1 (0.084%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 94 (7.85%) SAP
2 83 (6.93%) Microsoft
3 19 (1.59%) Sage
4 18 (1.50%) Oracle
5 15 (1.25%) Atlassian
6 10 (0.84%) Adobe
7 9 (0.75%) Ariba
7 9 (0.75%) Avaloq
7 9 (0.75%) NEC
7 9 (0.75%) Salesforce
8 6 (0.50%) Citrix
9 5 (0.42%) F5
10 4 (0.33%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.33%) Cisco
10 4 (0.33%) Cognizant
10 4 (0.33%) Progress
10 4 (0.33%) Workday
11 3 (0.25%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.25%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.25%) Siemens