Project Management Contracts in Gloucestershire

Project Management
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 5 31
Rank change year-on-year -12 +26 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 23 81 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 8.95% 18.45% 6.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.13% 21.77% 7.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 35 17
10th Percentile £217 £440 £446
25th Percentile £463 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £525 £638 £600
90th Percentile £538 £706 £650
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 6
10th Percentile £29.89 £31.00 -
25th Percentile £31.50 - -
Median hourly rate £35.17 £33.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.58% -5.71% +8.02%
75th Percentile £43.25 £52.50 £38.41
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.00 £39.55
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +64.29% -36.36% +224.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 227 372 401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 88.33% 84.74% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 222 250
10th Percentile £223 £363 £313
25th Percentile £381 £458 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +5.85%
75th Percentile £638 £674 £650
90th Percentile £748 £725 £726
South West median daily rate £508 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 33 44
10th Percentile £26.19 £14.30 £35.00
25th Percentile £31.96 £21.00 £50.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £40.00 £75.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% -47.02% +133.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £83.31
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.30 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £36.00 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -34.55% -8.33% +27.66%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Gloucestershire

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Gloucestershire.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Gloucestershire

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Gloucestershire

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Gloucestershire.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Gloucestershire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Gloucestershire

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Gloucester -11 6 £500 -14.89% 17
Filton +7 5 - - 2
Cheltenham -9 3 £494 -5.95% 15
Tewkesbury - 1 - -
Project Management
South West

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 (4.35%) CMS
1 1 (4.35%) Confluence
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) MS Project Server
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Google Workspace
2 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) BGP
1 1 (4.35%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.35%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Unified Communications
1 1 (4.35%) VoIP
1 1 (4.35%) VPN
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
1 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (4.35%) Wireless
1 1 (4.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) GCC
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 9 (39.13%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 7 (30.43%) Finance
4 6 (26.09%) Local Government
5 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
7 1 (4.35%) Aviation
7 1 (4.35%) Avionics
7 1 (4.35%) Legal
7 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Project Manager
2 4 (17.39%) IT Support
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) SAP Manager
3 3 (13.04%) SAP Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) IT Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.70%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Procurement Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Procurement Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Workstream Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Workstream Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Financial Services Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Juniper Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Lead
5 1 (4.35%) Project Supervisor
5 1 (4.35%) Test Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
3 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.35%) PKI
4 1 (4.35%) Reinsurance
4 1 (4.35%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (21.74%) Data Management
2 5 (21.74%) Risk Management
3 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (17.39%) Resource Allocation
3 4 (17.39%) Security Patching
3 4 (17.39%) Software Licensing
4 3 (13.04%) Agile
4 3 (13.04%) Business Case
4 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
4 3 (13.04%) ERP
4 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
4 3 (13.04%) Programme Governance
4 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
4 3 (13.04%) Scrum
4 3 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (13.04%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) APMP
2 1 (4.35%) CCNA
2 1 (4.35%) CCNP
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) IIBA
2 1 (4.35%) ISEB
2 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.35%) PMP
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (4.35%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) SAP
2 5 (21.74%) Google
3 2 (8.70%) Ariba
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.35%) Aruba
4 1 (4.35%) F5
4 1 (4.35%) FireEye
4 1 (4.35%) Juniper
4 1 (4.35%) Meraki
4 1 (4.35%) Symantec
4 1 (4.35%) Twitter