Project Management Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Project Management
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bournemouth requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 -9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 3.09% 2.00% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 2.22% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £338
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.95%
75th Percentile £625 - £356
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £425 - £175
% change year-on-year - - -63.16%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bournemouth

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bournemouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 69 45 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth 71.13% 90.00% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 28 63
10th Percentile £350 £377 £172
25th Percentile £375 £413 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £475 £185
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +157.02% -53.65%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £551
90th Percentile £686 £675 £825
Dorset median daily rate £410 £475 £413
% change year-on-year -13.68% +15.15% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 13
10th Percentile - £14.63 £7.85
25th Percentile - £14.97 £13.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £16.78 £14.81
Median % change year-on-year +31.11% +13.30% -27.76%
75th Percentile - £20.03 £15.62
90th Percentile - £23.01 £17.49
Dorset median hourly rate £71.00 £25.00 £15.62
% change year-on-year +184.00% +60.05% -72.25%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Project Management

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Project Management

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
1 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework