Project Manager contract jobs in London
Project Manager contract jobs in London are day-rate engagements doing scope, plan, cost and the stakeholder who can stop the work, hired by banking, insurance, government, consultancies and product companies. The day rate should be read against the national Project Manager band, not against a permanent salary in the same city.
Updated 1 November 20264 min read
Project Manager contracts in London
London still posts more day-rate contracts than the rest of the country combined. The City, Canary Wharf, the West End and the Whitehall belt each hire for different reasons, and a large share of the adverts are hybrid rather than five days on site. Against that backdrop, Project Manager is hired for scope, plan, cost and the stakeholder who can stop the work. Programmes in banking, government, health and any transformation that has more than one supplier are the national buyers, and in London the local weight is banking, insurance, government, consultancies and product companies.
All Project Manager contract jobs is the national picture. This page is the London cut of it, including the live rows below when the board has any.
Day rates
Advertised Project Manager day rates commonly sit between £450 and £700. That is the headline number, before tax, umbrella margin or the costs of a limited company. London is typically the top of that band. The rate on a specific advert is on the board when the recruiter published one. Where they wrote "competitive" instead, the role is harder to compare and usually not in a hurry to tell you.
Compare an offer with Project Manager day rates and with the IR35 calculator before you accept an inside number that only looks larger.
IR35
Most Project Manager contracts are inside IR35 and paid through an umbrella or agency PAYE. Outside roles do appear, usually where the client wants a defined outcome rather than a seat, and they are worth filtering for because the take-home gap is large. If the only offers you can see are inside, the day rate has to be higher to leave you in the same place.
In London, public-sector and large-employer Project Manager contracts lean inside more often than a small private client does. Project Manager outside IR35 jobs explains what to check. Contract jobs in London is the wider city market.
How to get the role
The live list is on the Project Manager board. Members see new Project Manager contracts in the first 48 hours and get the apply link on every job. The public board is delayed, and it does not carry the link to the original advert.
If nothing in London is open today, set an alert for Project Manager rather than refreshing a stale search. Alerts are a member feature, checked every hour, and they only send when there is something new.
Live roles on the board
These Project Manager contracts are on the board now. The day rate and IR35 status are public. The link to the original advert is for members.
- Business Analyst / Project Manager, Banking — London, £550-£600/day Inside
- Infrastructure Project Manager — City of London (EC1), EC1, £650-£750/day Inside
- Interim Project Manager — London, £400-£520/day
- IT Project Manager (NHS) — Finchley, North London (N12), £350/day Outside
- Project Manager — London, £450-£500/day
- Project Manager — London, £400-£450/day
- Project Manager - Cyberpark — City of London (EC1), EC1, £600-£700/day Inside
- Project Manager - Case Management — London, £750-£850/day Outside
See Project Manager contracts in London · Membership unlocks apply links and the first 48 hours