Project Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Project Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -24 -6 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 139 303 462
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.17% 10.31% 13.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.52% 10.95% 13.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 235 344
10th Percentile £363 £371 £381
25th Percentile £445 £425 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +1.01% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £538
90th Percentile £651 £624 £589
South East median daily rate £525 £510 £500
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 2
10th Percentile - - £71.95
25th Percentile £41.25 - £73.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -17.20% +185.45%
75th Percentile £71.75 - £82.50
90th Percentile £72.21 - £82.65
South East median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £49.12
% change year-on-year -34.62% +32.33% +66.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,517 2,768 3,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 94.21% 96.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,916 2,273
10th Percentile £207 £313 £188
25th Percentile £370 £406 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 77 101
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +157.14% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.90 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.40 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -13.40%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 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
Berkshire -17 100 £575 +15.00% 26
Buckinghamshire -13 24 £488 +2.63% 28
Oxfordshire +1 15 £425 -20.93% 20
Project Manager
South East

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 26 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 Thames Valley region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 73 (52.52%) Project Management
2 45 (32.37%) Agile
3 34 (24.46%) Social Skills
4 31 (22.30%) Project Delivery
4 31 (22.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (19.42%) PRINCE2
6 25 (17.99%) Finance
7 19 (13.67%) Security Cleared
8 18 (12.95%) Waterfall
9 17 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (11.51%) Degree
10 16 (11.51%) Risk Management
10 16 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (10.79%) Telecoms
11 15 (10.79%) Migration
12 14 (10.07%) Change Management
12 14 (10.07%) DV Cleared
12 14 (10.07%) Public Sector
13 13 (9.35%) Decision-Making
13 13 (9.35%) Budget Management
13 13 (9.35%) Microsoft
13 13 (9.35%) PMI Certification
13 13 (9.35%) Resource Management
14 12 (8.63%) QA
15 11 (7.91%) Manufacturing
15 11 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
15 11 (7.91%) Business Case
16 10 (7.19%) Azure
16 10 (7.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 9 (6.47%) Life Science

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (2.16%) Confluence
1 3 (2.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.44%) Maya
5 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.72%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.19%) Azure
2 9 (6.47%) Smartsheet
3 4 (2.88%) SaaS
3 4 (2.88%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (2.16%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.44%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.72%) AWS
6 1 (0.72%) GitHub
6 1 (0.72%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.16%) 5G
2 2 (1.44%) Firewall
2 2 (1.44%) Network Security
2 2 (1.44%) VPN
3 1 (0.72%) DMZ
3 1 (0.72%) MPLS
3 1 (0.72%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.72%) VoLTE
3 1 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.16%) Power BI
1 3 (2.16%) Tableau
2 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.72%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.16%) JIRA
General
1 34 (24.46%) Social Skills
2 25 (17.99%) Finance
3 15 (10.79%) Telecoms
4 14 (10.07%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.91%) Manufacturing
6 9 (6.47%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.32%) Legal
8 5 (3.60%) Automotive
8 5 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.16%) Retail
10 2 (1.44%) Aviation
10 2 (1.44%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.44%) Police
11 1 (0.72%) Banking
11 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.44%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.47%) Life Science
2 7 (5.04%) PMI
3 5 (3.60%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.60%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.16%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.44%) CSOC
6 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.44%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.44%) Robotics
6 2 (1.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.72%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.72%) FMCG
7 1 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.60%) Windows
2 1 (0.72%) Android
2 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (52.52%) Project Management
2 45 (32.37%) Agile
3 31 (22.30%) Project Delivery
3 31 (22.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (19.42%) PRINCE2
5 18 (12.95%) Waterfall
6 17 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (11.51%) Risk Management
8 15 (10.79%) Migration
9 14 (10.07%) Change Management
10 13 (9.35%) Budget Management
10 13 (9.35%) Decision-Making
10 13 (9.35%) Resource Management
11 11 (7.91%) Business Case
12 10 (7.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 9 (6.47%) CRM
13 9 (6.47%) Matrix Organization
14 8 (5.76%) Analytics
14 8 (5.76%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.72%) Java
1 1 (0.72%) Python
1 1 (0.72%) R
1 1 (0.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (13.67%) Security Cleared
2 16 (11.51%) Degree
3 14 (10.07%) DV Cleared
4 13 (9.35%) PMI Certification
5 7 (5.04%) PMP
5 7 (5.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 6 (4.32%) SC Cleared
7 5 (3.60%) APMP
8 4 (2.88%) CISM
8 4 (2.88%) CISSP
8 4 (2.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (2.16%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.44%) RIBA
11 1 (0.72%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.72%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.63%) QA
2 4 (2.88%) PMO
3 2 (1.44%) SLA
4 1 (0.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.72%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (9.35%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.32%) SAP
3 4 (2.88%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.88%) Workday
4 3 (2.16%) Siemens
5 2 (1.44%) AlgoSec
5 2 (1.44%) Ariba
5 2 (1.44%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.44%) Citrix
5 2 (1.44%) Juniper
5 2 (1.44%) NEC
5 2 (1.44%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.72%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.72%) Cisco
6 1 (0.72%) EMC
6 1 (0.72%) IBM
6 1 (0.72%) Isilon
6 1 (0.72%) Nokia
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle
6 1 (0.72%) PeopleSoft