Senior Project Manager Contracts in the South West

Senior Project Manager
England > South West

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in the South West is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 136 154
Rank change year-on-year -1 +18 -40
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 17 30 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.53% 0.85% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.92% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 23 17
10th Percentile £463 £462 £495
25th Percentile £465 £509 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £575 £649 £638
90th Percentile £588 £710 -
England median daily rate £593 £600 £589
% change year-on-year -1.19% +1.91% +12.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £66.50 - -
25th Percentile £68.75 £46.75 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £48.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +49.48% - -
75th Percentile £76.25 £50.25 -
90th Percentile £78.50 - -
England median hourly rate £51.00 £55.50 £58.02
% change year-on-year -8.11% -4.34% -18.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,966 3,260 3,497
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 92.38% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,885 2,442 2,495
10th Percentile £210 £275 £225
25th Percentile £396 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £715 £668
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 409 258 204
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.92 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £49.17 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.57 £47.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.82% +36.66% +11.18%
75th Percentile £71.25 £72.98 £64.06
90th Percentile £77.60 £83.51 £69.63
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the South West

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Project Manager in the South West

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in the South West

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Project Manager in the South West

Senior Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in the South West

Senior Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Devon -4 7 £465 +0.27% 1
Bristol +12 5 £475 -24.00% 8
Gloucestershire 0 2 £638 +6.25%
Senior Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 West region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
3 9 (52.94%) SC Cleared
4 8 (47.06%) Project Delivery
5 7 (41.18%) Project Management
6 6 (35.29%) Agile
6 6 (35.29%) Project Governance
6 6 (35.29%) Contract Management
6 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
7 5 (29.41%) PRINCE2
8 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (17.65%) Finance
9 3 (17.65%) PRINCE
9 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
9 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
9 3 (17.65%) Strategic Management
10 2 (11.76%) Acceptance Criteria
11 1 (5.88%) Emotional Intelligence
11 1 (5.88%) Conflict Resolution
11 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
11 1 (5.88%) Generative AI
11 1 (5.88%) Scrum
11 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
11 1 (5.88%) Change Management
11 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
11 1 (5.88%) Oracle
11 1 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
11 1 (5.88%) Visualisation
11 1 (5.88%) Waterfall

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

Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Project Delivery
2 7 (41.18%) Project Management
3 6 (35.29%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) Contract Management
3 6 (35.29%) Project Governance
4 5 (29.41%) PRINCE2
5 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (17.65%) PRINCE
6 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Strategic Management
7 2 (11.76%) Acceptance Criteria
8 1 (5.88%) Conflict Resolution
8 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
8 1 (5.88%) Emotional Intelligence
8 1 (5.88%) Generative AI
8 1 (5.88%) Kanban
8 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
8 1 (5.88%) Visualisation
8 1 (5.88%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 9 (52.94%) SC Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle