Project Manager Contracts in Dorset

Project Manager
South West > Dorset

The median Project Manager daily rate in Dorset is £443 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 24 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 -15 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 4 12 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 2.42% 5.45% 12.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.45% 5.94% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 20
10th Percentile £303 £274 £436
25th Percentile £308 £333 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.23% +8.33% +2.86%
75th Percentile £589 £561 £549
90th Percentile £592 £580 £639
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £499
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.26% +7.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 163 202 179
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.79% 91.82% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 118 100
10th Percentile £172 £160 £195
25th Percentile £175 £239 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £463 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -3.65% +20.00%
75th Percentile £630 £575 £575
90th Percentile £797 £650 £650
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 48 36
10th Percentile £11.87 £13.60 £20.63
25th Percentile £13.69 £17.50 £44.67
Median hourly rate £15.62 £54.09 £53.28
Median % change year-on-year -71.12% +1.53% +12.16%
75th Percentile £47.83 £61.03 £60.92
90th Percentile £57.50 £68.56 £79.64
South West median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +10.59%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Dorset

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Dorset

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Dorset over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Dorset

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Dorset

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Bournemouth -7 3 £575 +21.05% 3
Project Manager
South West

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 26 April 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 Dorset region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Local Government
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 2 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Case
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree