Project Manager Contracts in Bristol

Project Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Project Manager daily rate in Bristol is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 24 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 -11 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 60 90 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 5.68% 7.17% 10.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.98% 7.96% 10.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 60 121
10th Percentile £270 £364 £413
25th Percentile £408 £434 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £521 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.87% +4.25% +15.61%
75th Percentile £513 £588 £550
90th Percentile £588 £640 £600
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 5
10th Percentile - £61.25 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £62.19 £31.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.50 £37.78
Median % change year-on-year -27.48% +73.40% +80.48%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.75 £40.13
90th Percentile £63.50 £90.84 £47.55
South West median hourly rate £35.00 £65.50 £37.78
% change year-on-year -46.56% +73.40% +80.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,004 1,131 1,343
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 90.12% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 805 923
10th Percentile £250 £300 £266
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £575
90th Percentile £688 £713 £650
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 142 115
10th Percentile £36.25 £30.97 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £57.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +55.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.23 £65.45
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +38.30% +10.59%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Bristol

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Bristol

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Bristol over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Bristol

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Bristol

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in Bristol over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 Bristol region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 39 (65.00%) Project Management
2 27 (45.00%) Security Cleared
3 23 (38.33%) PRINCE2
4 18 (30.00%) Finance
5 17 (28.33%) SC Cleared
6 15 (25.00%) Public Sector
7 14 (23.33%) Social Skills
8 11 (18.33%) DV Cleared
8 11 (18.33%) Change Management
8 11 (18.33%) Agile
9 10 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (16.67%) Telecoms
9 10 (16.67%) Project Delivery
9 10 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 8 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (13.33%) Risk Management
11 7 (11.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 7 (11.67%) Programme Management
11 7 (11.67%) Project Planning
11 7 (11.67%) Structured Cabling
11 7 (11.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 7 (11.67%) Budget Management
12 6 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (10.00%) PMO
12 6 (10.00%) Migration
12 6 (10.00%) SAP
13 5 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
13 5 (8.33%) Electronics
13 5 (8.33%) Manufacturing
13 5 (8.33%) Marketing

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.67%) ColdFusion
2 1 (1.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (1.67%) SAP CRM
1 1 (1.67%) SAP SRM
1 1 (1.67%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.33%) Azure
1 2 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.67%) SaaS
2 1 (1.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.67%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.67%) 4G
3 1 (1.67%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 18 (30.00%) Finance
2 15 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 14 (23.33%) Social Skills
4 10 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 6 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (8.33%) Electronics
6 5 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 5 (8.33%) Marketing
7 4 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (5.00%) Legal
8 3 (5.00%) Military
9 2 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.67%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.67%) Aviation
10 1 (1.67%) Billing
10 1 (1.67%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.33%) Credit Risk
1 2 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (3.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (1.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.67%) FMCG
2 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (65.00%) Project Management
2 23 (38.33%) PRINCE2
3 11 (18.33%) Agile
3 11 (18.33%) Change Management
4 10 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 10 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 10 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 7 (11.67%) Budget Management
6 7 (11.67%) Programme Management
6 7 (11.67%) Project Planning
7 6 (10.00%) Migration
8 5 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
8 5 (8.33%) Line Management
9 4 (6.67%) Data Protection
9 4 (6.67%) Time Management
10 3 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (5.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 27 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (28.33%) SC Cleared
3 11 (18.33%) DV Cleared
4 7 (11.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 7 (11.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (5.00%) Degree
5 3 (5.00%) PMP
6 2 (3.33%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.00%) PMO
2 1 (1.67%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (1.67%) BT
2 1 (1.67%) Dell
2 1 (1.67%) Hitachi
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.67%) Oracle