Project Manager Contracts in Gloucester

Project Manager
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Project Manager daily rate in Gloucester is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 17 32
Rank change year-on-year +1 +15 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 7 6 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 7.69% 7.14% 4.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.95% 7.69% 5.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £266 - £350
25th Percentile £340 £513 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £456
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +15.07% -1.35%
75th Percentile £494 £538 £469
90th Percentile £498 £616 £491
Gloucestershire median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £21.04 - -
25th Percentile £21.89 - -
Median hourly rate £23.30 - -
75th Percentile £24.71 - -
90th Percentile £25.56 - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £26.12 £70.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -62.69% +76.99% +10.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucester. 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 Gloucester with a recognized job title 88 78 129
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.70% 92.86% 87.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 60 98
10th Percentile £127 £324 £288
25th Percentile £265 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £600 £628 £600
90th Percentile £710 £706 £675
Gloucestershire median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £21.04 £18.90 £17.08
25th Percentile £21.89 - £26.19
Median hourly rate £23.30 £21.00 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.95% -61.99% -
75th Percentile £24.71 £28.75 £78.00
90th Percentile £25.56 £32.50 -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £67.50 £37.50 £71.50
% change year-on-year +80.00% -47.55% +138.33%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Gloucester

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Gloucester

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Gloucester

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Gloucester

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Gloucester region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Local Government
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Business Case
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) SAP
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) JIRA
4 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Confluence
4 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Due Diligence
5 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
5 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Spend Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (14.29%) Contract Management
5 1 (14.29%) PMO

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) GCC
General
1 4 (57.14%) Local Government
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Business Case
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Ariba
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft