Project Management Contracts in Dorset

Project Management
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 29 21
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 4 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 2.42% 2.28% 6.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.76% 7.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 12
10th Percentile - £238 -
25th Percentile - £275 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% -22.22% +20.00%
75th Percentile £220 £425 £462
90th Percentile £302 £463 £575
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +6.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 141 181 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 85.45% 82.65% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 105 89
10th Percentile £174 £160 £276
25th Percentile £175 £288 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +16.36%
75th Percentile £630 £610 £575
90th Percentile £825 £638 £640
South West median daily rate £525 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 36 37
10th Percentile £11.87 £17.50 £20.75
25th Percentile £13.69 £48.86 £45.00
Median hourly rate £15.62 £56.29 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.25% +7.22% +10.53%
75th Percentile £56.49 £62.72 £60.92
90th Percentile £60.00 £70.77 £79.52
South West median hourly rate £47.92 £61.50 £48.48
% change year-on-year -22.09% +26.86% +7.73%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Dorset

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Dorset

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Dorset over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Dorset

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Dorset

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Shaftesbury - 2 £175 -
Bournemouth -2 1 £338 -3.57% 8
Project Management
South West

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Legal
1 3 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 3 (75.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) 1st/2nd Line Technical Support
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Support
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Antivirus Management
1 3 (75.00%) Case Management
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO