IT Project Manager Contracts in Bristol

IT Project Manager
South West > Bristol

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in Bristol is £523, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 67 86
Rank change year-on-year +19 +19 -1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 7 7 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.30% 0.66% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 0.70% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 12
10th Percentile £378 £422 £411
25th Percentile £434 £434 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £488 £506
Median % change year-on-year +7.18% -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £542
90th Percentile £538 £544 £588
South West median daily rate £523 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.80% -1.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 512 1,004 1,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 94.99% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 541 805
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £564 £613 £630
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 218 142
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £30.97
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +55.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £86.23
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in Bristol

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in Bristol

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in Bristol

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in Bristol

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 Bristol region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Data Migration
2 3 (42.86%) SaaS
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Ansible
4 1 (14.29%) GitLab
4 1 (14.29%) Power BI
4 1 (14.29%) Terraform
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Business Case
4 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (14.29%) LAN
4 1 (14.29%) WAN

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Data Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Business Case
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat