Project Manager Contracts in Kent

Project Manager
South East > Kent

The median Project Manager daily rate in Kent is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 19 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 -10 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 10 19 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 4.93% 8.37% 12.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.32% 8.56% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 28
10th Percentile £529 £308 £330
25th Percentile - £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £565
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -9.29% +56.94%
75th Percentile £555 £681 £632
90th Percentile £578 £884 £669
South East median daily rate £530 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +6.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - £41.78 £28.08
25th Percentile £35.25 £44.44 £29.74
Median hourly rate £35.50 £48.88 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.37% +48.12% -
75th Percentile £35.75 £53.32 £33.68
90th Percentile - £55.98 £33.79
South East median hourly rate £42.00 £65.00 £33.24
% change year-on-year -35.38% +95.55% -2.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 188 222 268
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 97.80% 96.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 179 232
10th Percentile £203 £130 £173
25th Percentile £211 £196 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £350 £411
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -14.89% +21.85%
75th Percentile £525 £494 £575
90th Percentile £598 £738 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 15
10th Percentile £11.41 £38.11 £16.69
25th Percentile £13.30 £43.48 £20.30
Median hourly rate £46.87 £55.59 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.69% +68.46% -14.84%
75th Percentile £66.88 £56.79 £39.76
90th Percentile £82.43 £60.45 £45.05
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% +114.29% -16.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Kent

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Kent

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Kent over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Kent

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Kent

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 18 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
Maidstone +9 4 £575 - 4
Folkestone - 4 £550 -
West Malling -2 1 £563 +7.14%
Project Manager
South East

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 18 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 Kent region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
1 7 (70.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Scrum
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Kanban
3 2 (20.00%) NHS
4 1 (10.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (10.00%) Logistics
4 1 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) PMP
4 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Epicor

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Kanban
3 2 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (10.00%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Logistics
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Epicor