Project Manager Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Project Manager
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 13 9
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 0
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 29 102 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 6.09% 12.03% 13.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.55% 12.78% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 82 101
10th Percentile £397 £91 £404
25th Percentile £425 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year - -3.06% +3.16%
75th Percentile £524 £531 £530
90th Percentile £555 £605 £590
South East median daily rate £525 £515 £500
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate - - £76.50
75th Percentile - - £81.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £65.30
% change year-on-year -34.62% -0.46% +105.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 443 798 865
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 94.10% 97.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 642 651
10th Percentile £233 £246 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.97%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £570
90th Percentile £649 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 5 46
10th Percentile £15.85 £10.96 £10.48
25th Percentile £17.64 £13.16 £10.77
Median hourly rate £23.22 £17.50 £12.28
Median % change year-on-year +32.66% +42.57% -9.07%
75th Percentile £28.75 £19.50 £18.06
90th Percentile £48.75 £34.05 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £20.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +142.00% -20.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Buckinghamshire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Buckinghamshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Buckinghamshire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Buckinghamshire

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Milton Keynes -16 18 £510 +7.37% 18
High Wycombe -3 2 - - 4
Marlow - 1 - -
Buckingham - 1 - - 2
Project Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 21 (72.41%) Project Management
2 11 (37.93%) PRINCE2
3 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 9 (31.03%) Agile
4 8 (27.59%) Logistics
4 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
5 7 (24.14%) Project Delivery
6 6 (20.69%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
6 6 (20.69%) APMP
7 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
7 5 (17.24%) ISEB
7 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (13.79%) Resource Management
8 4 (13.79%) Azure
8 4 (13.79%) Waterfall
8 4 (13.79%) Decision-Making
8 4 (13.79%) CRM
8 4 (13.79%) Automotive
9 3 (10.34%) Migration
9 3 (10.34%) Scrum
9 3 (10.34%) IT Governance
9 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
9 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
9 3 (10.34%) Budget Management
10 2 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
10 2 (6.90%) SAP Implementation

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) WhatsApp
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) GitHub
3 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) DMZ
1 1 (3.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
1 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
2 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Automotive
5 2 (6.90%) Financial Institution
5 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Marketing
6 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) Robotics
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.45%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (72.41%) Project Management
2 11 (37.93%) PRINCE2
3 9 (31.03%) Agile
4 8 (27.59%) Logistics
4 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (24.14%) Project Delivery
6 4 (13.79%) CRM
6 4 (13.79%) Decision-Making
6 4 (13.79%) Resource Management
6 4 (13.79%) Waterfall
7 3 (10.34%) Budget Management
7 3 (10.34%) IT Governance
7 3 (10.34%) Migration
7 3 (10.34%) Scrum
8 2 (6.90%) ERP
8 2 (6.90%) Resource Allocation
8 2 (6.90%) Risk Assessment
8 2 (6.90%) SAP Implementation
8 2 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
9 1 (3.45%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Java
1 1 (3.45%) Python
1 1 (3.45%) R
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) APMP
1 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.24%) ISEB
2 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (6.90%) Degree
4 2 (6.90%) PMI Certification
4 2 (6.90%) PMP
4 2 (6.90%) RIBA
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) NEC
2 2 (6.90%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) Red Hat