Project Management Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Project Management
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 21 19
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 4 5 13
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 5.19% 4.63% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.25% 5.10% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 12
10th Percentile - - £319
25th Percentile £425 - £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £465
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% - -
75th Percentile £475 £526 -
90th Percentile - £563 -
Devon median daily rate £425 £465 £465
% change year-on-year -8.60% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64 98 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 83.12% 90.74% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 82 152
10th Percentile £213 £332 £413
25th Percentile £305 £407 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £550 £615 £600
90th Percentile £588 £685 £700
Devon median daily rate £425 £501 £573
% change year-on-year -15.08% -12.58% +7.58%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Exeter

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Project Management

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Project Management

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Data Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft