Project Manager Contracts in Bristol

Project Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Project Manager daily rate in Bristol is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 22 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 45 71 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 7.38% 6.36% 7.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.88% 6.70% 8.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 54 60
10th Percentile £371 £315 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £498 £521
Median % change year-on-year -14.66% -4.46% +4.25%
75th Percentile £525 £542 £598
90th Percentile £580 £588 £662
South West median daily rate £456 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -8.75% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 11
10th Percentile - £35.00 £50.00
25th Percentile - £38.13 £56.25
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -16.00% +35.14%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £67.25
90th Percentile - £72.50 £68.75
South West median hourly rate - £35.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -44.00% +47.06%

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 571 1,059 1,048
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 94.81% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 572 739
10th Percentile £235 £258 £313
25th Percentile £355 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -12.05% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £553 £599 £638
90th Percentile £648 £688 £714
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 257 125
10th Percentile £18.13 £27.50 £18.60
25th Percentile £18.87 £44.94 £55.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +3.85% +44.44%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.30
90th Percentile £75.60 £80.00 £84.50
South West median hourly rate £33.67 £55.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -38.78% -12.70% +30.52%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Bristol

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Bristol

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Bristol over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Bristol

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 32 (71.11%) Project Management
2 22 (48.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (42.22%) Telecoms
4 18 (40.00%) Finance
5 17 (37.78%) Social Skills
6 14 (31.11%) Ericsson
6 14 (31.11%) Nokia
7 13 (28.89%) PRINCE2
7 13 (28.89%) Security Cleared
8 10 (22.22%) Agile
8 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (20.00%) Project Delivery
9 9 (20.00%) 5G
9 9 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (20.00%) SC Cleared
9 9 (20.00%) Risk Management
9 9 (20.00%) Service Delivery
10 8 (17.78%) Service Management
10 8 (17.78%) Waterfall
10 8 (17.78%) NSN NetAct
11 7 (15.56%) Scrum
11 7 (15.56%) Migration
11 7 (15.56%) PMP
11 7 (15.56%) PMI Certification
12 6 (13.33%) CRM
12 6 (13.33%) Amdocs
12 6 (13.33%) Billing
12 6 (13.33%) NetCracker
12 6 (13.33%) Fault Management
12 6 (13.33%) Network Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.22%) Confluence
1 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.22%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.22%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.11%) SaaS
2 2 (4.44%) Azure
3 1 (2.22%) AWS
3 1 (2.22%) OpenShift
3 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.00%) 5G
2 3 (6.67%) Firewall
2 3 (6.67%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 19 (42.22%) Telecoms
2 18 (40.00%) Finance
3 17 (37.78%) Social Skills
4 6 (13.33%) Billing
5 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.89%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Legal
6 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.22%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 3 (6.67%) Replication
3 1 (2.22%) FMCG
3 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.22%) NHS
3 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (71.11%) Project Management
2 22 (48.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (28.89%) PRINCE2
4 10 (22.22%) Agile
4 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 9 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 9 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 9 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (17.78%) Service Management
6 8 (17.78%) Waterfall
7 7 (15.56%) Migration
7 7 (15.56%) Scrum
8 6 (13.33%) CRM
8 6 (13.33%) Fault Management
8 6 (13.33%) Network Management
9 4 (8.89%) Data Migration
9 4 (8.89%) Project Governance
9 4 (8.89%) Roadmaps
9 4 (8.89%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) Security Cleared
2 9 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (15.56%) PMI Certification
3 7 (15.56%) PMP
4 3 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (4.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (2.22%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.22%) Degree
6 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) PMO
Systems Management
1 8 (17.78%) NSN NetAct
2 6 (13.33%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (2.22%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (31.11%) Ericsson
1 14 (31.11%) Nokia
2 6 (13.33%) Amdocs
2 6 (13.33%) Ciena
2 6 (13.33%) NetCracker
3 2 (4.44%) SAP
4 1 (2.22%) Guidewire
4 1 (2.22%) Infor
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle
4 1 (2.22%) Red Hat