Project Manager Contracts in Hampshire

Project Manager
South East > Hampshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Hampshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 July 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
31 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 41 38
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 40 64 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 4.23% 4.03% 5.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.47% 4.39% 6.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 41 52
10th Percentile £372 £372 £425
25th Percentile £503 £506 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £600
90th Percentile £656 £675 £718
South East median daily rate £533 £525 £520
% change year-on-year +1.43% +0.96% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 4
10th Percentile - £18.32 £68.62
25th Percentile - £22.80 £68.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £48.75 £71.83
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -32.13% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - £102.52 -
South East median hourly rate £58.75 £56.25 £70.50
% change year-on-year +4.44% -20.21% +8.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 894 1,458 1,190
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 91.87% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 629 912 705
10th Percentile £223 £363 £240
25th Percentile £425 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +2.44%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £612
90th Percentile £660 £725 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 146 104
10th Percentile £20.43 £18.32 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £40.00 £20.91
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +9.24% +89.33%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.32 £67.78
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.18 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +134.74%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Hampshire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Hampshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Hampshire over the 6 months to 31 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Hampshire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Hampshire

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 31 July 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
Basingstoke +24 12 £550 - 1
Farnborough +11 6 £563 +18.42% 8
Fareham 0 4 £456 +22.67%
Southampton -4 3 £800 +28.00% 4
Gosport +3 1 £490 -
Portsmouth +2 1 - - 2
Havant -13 1 £600 -7.69%
Project Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 31 July 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 Hampshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 19 (47.50%) Project Management
2 18 (45.00%) Security Cleared
3 15 (37.50%) DV Cleared
4 12 (30.00%) PRINCE2
4 12 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 10 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 10 (25.00%) Agile
6 9 (22.50%) Finance
7 8 (20.00%) Budget Management
8 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
9 6 (15.00%) Project Planning
9 6 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (12.50%) Project Delivery
10 5 (12.50%) JIRA
10 5 (12.50%) ITIL
11 4 (10.00%) PMI Certification
11 4 (10.00%) PMI
11 4 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 4 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
11 4 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
12 3 (7.50%) Vulnerability Management
12 3 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
12 3 (7.50%) Security Hardening
12 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
12 3 (7.50%) Asset Management
12 3 (7.50%) Risk Assessment
12 3 (7.50%) PMP
12 3 (7.50%) B2C

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (5.00%) Confluence
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Azure
1 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.50%) SonarCloud
Development Applications
1 5 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Snyk
General
1 12 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Finance
3 6 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.50%) Automotive
6 1 (2.50%) Billing
6 1 (2.50%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Military
6 1 (2.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) PMI
2 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) CMDB
3 1 (2.50%) EPoS
3 1 (2.50%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (47.50%) Project Management
2 12 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 10 (25.00%) Agile
3 10 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 8 (20.00%) Budget Management
5 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (15.00%) Project Planning
7 5 (12.50%) ITIL
7 5 (12.50%) Project Delivery
8 4 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
8 4 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
8 4 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 3 (7.50%) B2C
9 3 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (7.50%) E-Commerce
9 3 (7.50%) Migration
9 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (7.50%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (7.50%) Security Hardening
9 3 (7.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 18 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
4 4 (10.00%) PMI Certification
5 3 (7.50%) PMP
6 2 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) PMO
2 1 (2.50%) EU AI Act
2 1 (2.50%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.50%) NIST
2 1 (2.50%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 1 (2.50%) Adobe
1 1 (2.50%) SAP
1 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow