Project Management Contracts in Oxford

Project Management
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford 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 6 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 6 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 11.54% 7.48% 13.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.00% 9.09% 17.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 13
10th Percentile £250 £456 £403
25th Percentile £344 £464 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +120.82%
75th Percentile £525 £528 £800
90th Percentile £540 £534 -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £525 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% +66.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate £46.30 £26.03 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.87% +4.12% -
75th Percentile - £28.27 £27.50
90th Percentile - £29.61 -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £46.30 £27.52 £25.00
% change year-on-year +68.27% +10.06% +2.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50 88 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 96.15% 82.24% 80.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 59 66
10th Percentile £204 £236 £250
25th Percentile £328 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £450 £444
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +1.41% -1.39%
75th Percentile £556 £506 £525
90th Percentile £688 £570 £673
Oxfordshire median daily rate £413 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 1
10th Percentile £13.08 £12.70 -
25th Percentile £16.96 £13.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.19% -36.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £46.30 £47.75 £27.50
90th Percentile - £65.00 -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.30 £19.50 £30.23
% change year-on-year +29.74% -35.49% +51.15%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Oxford

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Oxford

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Oxford over the 6 months to 6 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Oxford

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Oxford

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Lucidchart
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Police
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Planner
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Implementation Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Process Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (50.00%) Change Control
1 3 (50.00%) Cost Management
1 3 (50.00%) Critical Path Analysis
1 3 (50.00%) Gantt Chart
1 3 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (50.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) MBA
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) PMP
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (16.67%) SAP