Project Manager Contracts in Gloucester

Project Manager
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Project Manager daily rate in Gloucester is £217, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 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
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 12 30
Rank change year-on-year -4 +18 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 2 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 3.28% 12.82% 4.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.39% 13.70% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - - £434
25th Percentile - £513 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £217 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -58.60% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile - £538 £459
90th Percentile - £616 £465
Gloucestershire median daily rate £518 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +15.79%

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 59 73 127
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.72% 93.59% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 58 87
10th Percentile £131 £400 £342
25th Percentile £225 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +24.71%
75th Percentile £649 £594 £650
90th Percentile £860 £638 £700
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £51.20
25th Percentile - £17.50 -
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year - -75.64% -
75th Percentile - £20.50 £84.00
90th Percentile - - £90.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £54.99 £66.25 £78.00
% change year-on-year -17.00% -15.06% +290.00%

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
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 27 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 Gloucester region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Ariba
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Spend Analysis

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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Spend Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Ariba
1 1 (50.00%) SAP