Project Manager Contracts in the South East

Project Manager
England > South East

The median Project Manager daily rate in the South East is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 26 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 -16 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 311 441 839
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.59% 7.56% 10.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.04% 8.00% 11.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 336 642
10th Percentile £362 £400 £381
25th Percentile £447 £447 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £600 £589 £575
90th Percentile £664 £650 £638
England median daily rate £525 £530 £513
% change year-on-year -0.94% +3.41% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 7 6
10th Percentile £12.78 £32.86 £29.74
25th Percentile £23.63 £48.88 £32.53
Median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £49.12
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +32.33% +54.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 £77.56
90th Percentile £71.75 £75.00 £82.25
England median hourly rate £35.96 £65.00 £49.53
% change year-on-year -44.68% +31.23% +73.76%

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 5,153 5,511 7,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.43% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,094 3,838 5,032
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £394 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £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 479 242 335
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.45 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.98 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the South East

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 Project Manager within the South East 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
Thames Valley -25 139 £525 +5.00% 68
Berkshire -21 100 £575 +15.00% 22
Hampshire +2 63 £575 +5.99% 57
Surrey +30 54 £525 -9.68% 19
Buckinghamshire -15 24 £488 +2.63% 25
West Sussex +7 18 £520 +1.96% 11
Oxfordshire -1 15 £425 -21.84% 21
East Sussex +14 12 £468 -16.89% 6
Kent -1 10 £550 -4.35% 13
Sussex - 2 £513 -
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 South East region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 159 (51.13%) Project Management
2 89 (28.62%) Agile
3 87 (27.97%) Social Skills
4 82 (26.37%) Finance
5 67 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 59 (18.97%) Project Delivery
7 47 (15.11%) PRINCE2
8 45 (14.47%) Security Cleared
9 35 (11.25%) Public Sector
9 35 (11.25%) Degree
10 31 (9.97%) Migration
11 30 (9.65%) Microsoft
12 29 (9.32%) Risk Management
13 28 (9.00%) Manufacturing
14 27 (8.68%) E-Commerce
14 27 (8.68%) PMI Certification
15 26 (8.36%) SAP
16 24 (7.72%) PMP
16 24 (7.72%) Telecoms
16 24 (7.72%) Change Management
16 24 (7.72%) Waterfall
17 23 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
17 23 (7.40%) Problem-Solving
17 23 (7.40%) Budget Management
18 22 (7.07%) Decision-Making
18 22 (7.07%) SC Cleared
18 22 (7.07%) Programme Management
19 21 (6.75%) ERP
19 21 (6.75%) DV Cleared
20 20 (6.43%) Project Planning

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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 9 (2.89%) Confluence
2 4 (1.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.57%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.96%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.64%) Maya
6 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.57%) SAP Hybris
2 3 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.32%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 1 (0.32%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.32%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 18 (5.79%) Azure
2 10 (3.22%) SaaS
3 9 (2.89%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 9 (2.89%) Smartsheet
4 7 (2.25%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.64%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.32%) AWS
9 1 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.32%) GitHub
9 1 (0.32%) OCI
9 1 (0.32%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.32%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.32%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.61%) Network Security
2 3 (0.96%) 5G
2 3 (0.96%) Internet
3 2 (0.64%) CTI
3 2 (0.64%) Firewall
3 2 (0.64%) VPN
3 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.32%) DMZ
4 1 (0.32%) MPLS
4 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.32%) SNMP
4 1 (0.32%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.57%) Electronic Patient Records
2 7 (2.25%) Power BI
3 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.96%) Tableau
4 2 (0.64%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.32%) IDMS
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (4.50%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
General
1 87 (27.97%) Social Skills
2 82 (26.37%) Finance
3 35 (11.25%) Public Sector
4 28 (9.00%) Manufacturing
5 24 (7.72%) Telecoms
6 18 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (5.47%) Retail
8 14 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.54%) Marketing
11 10 (3.22%) Legal
12 9 (2.89%) Electronics
13 6 (1.93%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.93%) Publishing
14 5 (1.61%) Automotive
14 5 (1.61%) Banking
15 4 (1.29%) Law
15 4 (1.29%) Local Government
16 3 (0.96%) Military
16 3 (0.96%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.64%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.82%) NHS
2 11 (3.54%) PMI
3 9 (2.89%) Life Science
4 8 (2.57%) LIMS
4 8 (2.57%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.25%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.93%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.96%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.96%) Robotics
10 2 (0.64%) CSOC
10 2 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.64%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.32%) FMCG
11 1 (0.32%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.32%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.32%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.54%) Windows
2 3 (0.96%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.32%) Android
3 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (51.13%) Project Management
2 89 (28.62%) Agile
3 67 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 59 (18.97%) Project Delivery
5 47 (15.11%) PRINCE2
6 31 (9.97%) Migration
7 29 (9.32%) Risk Management
8 27 (8.68%) E-Commerce
9 24 (7.72%) Change Management
9 24 (7.72%) Waterfall
10 23 (7.40%) Budget Management
10 23 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (7.40%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (7.07%) Decision-Making
11 22 (7.07%) Programme Management
12 21 (6.75%) ERP
13 20 (6.43%) Project Planning
14 17 (5.47%) CRM
15 16 (5.14%) Resource Management
16 15 (4.82%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.64%) SQL
2 1 (0.32%) Java
2 1 (0.32%) Python
2 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 45 (14.47%) Security Cleared
2 35 (11.25%) Degree
3 27 (8.68%) PMI Certification
4 24 (7.72%) PMP
5 22 (7.07%) SC Cleared
6 21 (6.75%) DV Cleared
7 13 (4.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 9 (2.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (1.93%) APMP
10 5 (1.61%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.29%) CISM
11 4 (1.29%) CISSP
11 4 (1.29%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.64%) RIBA
14 1 (0.32%) APMG
14 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.32%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (0.32%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.14%) QA
2 15 (4.82%) PMO
3 8 (2.57%) HL7
4 5 (1.61%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.29%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.29%) NEBOSH
5 4 (1.29%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.29%) PMBOK
6 3 (0.96%) SLA
7 1 (0.32%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (1.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (9.65%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.36%) SAP
3 9 (2.89%) Adobe
4 5 (1.61%) Citrix
4 5 (1.61%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.29%) Sage
5 4 (1.29%) Workday
6 3 (0.96%) Guidewire
6 3 (0.96%) Siemens
7 2 (0.64%) AlgoSec
7 2 (0.64%) Ariba
7 2 (0.64%) CheckPoint
7 2 (0.64%) Juniper
7 2 (0.64%) NEC
7 2 (0.64%) Oracle
7 2 (0.64%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.32%) EMC
8 1 (0.32%) Epicor
8 1 (0.32%) Nokia
8 1 (0.32%) PeopleSoft