Project Manager Contracts in Gloucestershire

Project Manager
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Gloucestershire is £518, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 29 31
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 8 33 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 3.36% 6.90% 5.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.74% 7.47% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 24 21
10th Percentile £334 £425 £450
25th Percentile £464 £477 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £534 £616 £588
90th Percentile £653 £688 £650
South West median daily rate £456 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -8.75% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Median hourly rate - £47.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year - +18.82% +10.72%
South West median hourly rate - £35.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -44.00% +47.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 214 442 445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.92% 92.47% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 239 280
10th Percentile £164 £325 £313
25th Percentile £289 £453 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £665
90th Percentile £756 £720 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 55 43
10th Percentile £31.50 £15.75 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.01 £26.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -16.67% +290.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.38 £83.31
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.67 £55.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -38.78% -12.70% +30.52%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Gloucestershire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Gloucestershire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Gloucestershire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Gloucestershire

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 25 June 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 -6 2 £217 -58.60% 5
Cheltenham +11 1 £763 +32.61% 2
Project Manager
South West

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) Resource Allocation
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 3 (37.50%) Scrum
4 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) SAP
5 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (25.00%) Ariba
5 2 (25.00%) Validation
5 2 (25.00%) Process Management
5 2 (25.00%) Change Management
5 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Local Government
5 2 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (25.00%) Due Diligence
5 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Contract Management
5 2 (25.00%) Spend Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (25.00%) Performance Metrics

Project Manager Skill Set
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 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Local Government
5 1 (12.50%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Resource Allocation
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Scrum
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (25.00%) Contract Management
4 2 (25.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Process Management
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Spend Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) APMP
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Ariba
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce