Project Management Contracts in Bristol

Project Management
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 15 20
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 59 87 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 10.99% 8.23% 8.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.97% 9.90% 9.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 54 68
10th Percentile £230 £260 £375
25th Percentile £363 £379 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £496 £490
Median % change year-on-year -14.31% +1.28% -5.82%
75th Percentile £520 £543 £588
90th Percentile £585 £608 £641
South West median daily rate £472 £519 £550
% change year-on-year -9.01% -5.68% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 15
10th Percentile £57.38 £35.00 £47.65
25th Percentile £59.06 £49.06 £60.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £56.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% -13.08% +283.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.19 £82.50
90th Percentile £74.00 £69.50 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £58.75 £35.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +67.86% -46.15% +283.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 493 879 1,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.81% 83.16% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 484 750
10th Percentile £222 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £567 £602 £631
90th Percentile £657 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 184 220
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £42.51 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% +36.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £83.88
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Bristol

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Bristol

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Bristol

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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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.47%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.39%) CMS
2 2 (3.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Primavera
2 2 (3.39%) Teamcenter
3 1 (1.69%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.69%) SAP PS
3 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) Azure
2 3 (5.08%) AWS
3 2 (3.39%) OpenShift
3 2 (3.39%) SaaS
4 1 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.69%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) 5G
2 2 (3.39%) MPLS
3 1 (1.69%) DHCP
3 1 (1.69%) DNS
3 1 (1.69%) LAN
3 1 (1.69%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.69%) WAN
3 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.69%) Metadata
2 1 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (11.86%) JIRA
2 2 (3.39%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.69%) GitLab
General
1 29 (49.15%) Finance
2 27 (45.76%) Social Skills
3 13 (22.03%) Telecoms
4 12 (20.34%) Public Sector
5 8 (13.56%) Manufacturing
6 5 (8.47%) Electronics
6 5 (8.47%) Marketing
7 4 (6.78%) Billing
7 4 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (3.39%) Aerospace
9 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.69%) Banking
10 1 (1.69%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (1.69%) Legal
10 1 (1.69%) Local Government
10 1 (1.69%) Military
10 1 (1.69%) Police
10 1 (1.69%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (33.90%) Project Manager
2 8 (13.56%) Delivery Manager
3 4 (6.78%) IT Manager
3 4 (6.78%) IT Project Manager
3 4 (6.78%) OSS Project Manager
3 4 (6.78%) Product Owner
3 4 (6.78%) Telecoms Manager
3 4 (6.78%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 3 (5.08%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 3 (5.08%) Analyst
4 3 (5.08%) Architect
4 3 (5.08%) Business Architect
4 3 (5.08%) Consultant
4 3 (5.08%) Coordinator
4 3 (5.08%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (5.08%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 3 (5.08%) Programme Controller
4 3 (5.08%) Project Controller
4 3 (5.08%) Project Coordinator
4 3 (5.08%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) Middleware
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.78%) Cloud Native
2 4 (6.78%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.39%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.69%) Clustering
4 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.69%) NHS
4 1 (1.69%) PKI
4 1 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) AIX
1 2 (3.39%) Linux
1 2 (3.39%) Unix
2 1 (1.69%) Windows
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.20%) Agile
2 18 (30.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (27.12%) Project Delivery
4 15 (25.42%) PRINCE2
5 11 (18.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (16.95%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (16.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (15.25%) Coaching
8 8 (13.56%) Risk Management
8 8 (13.56%) Scrum
9 7 (11.86%) Commercial Awareness
9 7 (11.86%) Waterfall
10 6 (10.17%) CI/CD
10 6 (10.17%) Decision-Making
10 6 (10.17%) Product Backlog
11 5 (8.47%) Business Case
11 5 (8.47%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (8.47%) ITIL
11 5 (8.47%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 23 (38.98%) Security Cleared
2 16 (27.12%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.17%) PMI Certification
3 6 (10.17%) PMP
4 3 (5.08%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) Degree
5 2 (3.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.64%) PMO
2 4 (6.78%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.69%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.69%) PMBOK
3 1 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.69%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (8.47%) Ansible
2 4 (6.78%) Amdocs OSS
3 2 (3.39%) NSN NetAct
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (1.69%) SCCM
4 1 (1.69%) Terraform
4 1 (1.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 10 (16.95%) SAP
2 6 (10.17%) Ericsson
2 6 (10.17%) Nokia
3 4 (6.78%) Amdocs
3 4 (6.78%) Ciena
3 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.78%) NetCracker
4 3 (5.08%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.39%) Oracle
6 1 (1.69%) Google
6 1 (1.69%) Veritas
6 1 (1.69%) VMware