Senior Project Manager Contracts in the South East

Senior Project Manager
England > South East

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in the South East is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 167 152
Rank change year-on-year +9 -15 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 42 59 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.76% 1.01% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 1.07% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 50 88
10th Percentile £470 £57 £419
25th Percentile £525 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +17.35%
75th Percentile £638 £598 £660
90th Percentile £673 £778 £712
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.50 - -
Median hourly rate £51.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% - -
75th Percentile £51.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £51.00 £58.75 £58.02
% change year-on-year -13.19% +1.27% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,114 5,511 7,446
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.54% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,065 3,843 5,039
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £615 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 238 337
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.18 £15.63
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.45 £43.50
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the South East

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Senior Project Manager in the South East

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in the South East

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Project Manager in the South East

Senior Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Project Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Thames Valley -4 24 £600 +15.16% 8
Berkshire -4 18 £611 +20.74% 5
Hampshire -4 10 £608 +7.05% 7
Surrey +15 4 £675 -30.41% 6
Buckinghamshire +15 3 £550 +5.77% 1
West Sussex +6 3 £475 - 1
Oxfordshire +2 3 £500 -9.09% 2
East Sussex - 3 £410 - 1
Kent +2 2 £575 -34.29%
Senior Project Manager
England

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior 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 South East region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 20 (47.62%) Agile
2 19 (45.24%) Project Management
3 16 (38.10%) Finance
4 12 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 12 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 8 (19.05%) Migration
5 8 (19.05%) Waterfall
6 7 (16.67%) Business Case
7 6 (14.29%) Project Governance
7 6 (14.29%) DV Cleared
7 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
7 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (11.90%) Scrum
8 5 (11.90%) ERP
8 5 (11.90%) Change Control
8 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
9 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Identification
9 4 (9.52%) Contingency Planning
9 4 (9.52%) Matrix Organization
9 4 (9.52%) Analytics
9 4 (9.52%) QA
9 4 (9.52%) SAP
10 3 (7.14%) Windows
10 3 (7.14%) Supplier Management
10 3 (7.14%) Resource Management
10 3 (7.14%) Kanban
10 3 (7.14%) SaaS
10 3 (7.14%) Azure

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.14%) Azure
1 3 (7.14%) SaaS
2 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.76%) WhatsApp
3 1 (2.38%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Data Lake
1 2 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) IDMS
2 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
General
1 16 (38.10%) Finance
2 12 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Legal
6 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (4.76%) NHS
2 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.38%) FMCG
2 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (2.38%) Android
2 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (47.62%) Agile
2 19 (45.24%) Project Management
3 12 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 8 (19.05%) Migration
4 8 (19.05%) Waterfall
5 7 (16.67%) Business Case
6 6 (14.29%) Project Governance
6 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (11.90%) Change Control
7 5 (11.90%) ERP
7 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (11.90%) Scrum
8 4 (9.52%) Analytics
8 4 (9.52%) Contingency Planning
8 4 (9.52%) Matrix Organization
8 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Identification
9 3 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (7.14%) Data Analytics
9 3 (7.14%) Kanban
9 3 (7.14%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) SQL
2 1 (2.38%) Java
2 1 (2.38%) Python
2 1 (2.38%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.76%) PMP
3 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.38%) Degree
3 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (9.52%) SAP
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle
2 1 (2.38%) PeopleSoft