Project Management Contracts in Oxfordshire

Project Management
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 9 17 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 8.57% 7.46% 12.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.89% 9.24% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 29
10th Percentile £344 - £410
25th Percentile £503 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £488 £538
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% -9.30% +79.17%
75th Percentile £616 £531 £638
90th Percentile £647 £538 £801
South East median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile - - £22.05
25th Percentile - £26.03 £22.13
Median hourly rate £46.30 £27.52 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.27% +12.31% -
75th Percentile - £35.06 £27.13
90th Percentile - £43.28 £27.35
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £38.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year +94.81% -21.42% +27.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 91 184 223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 86.67% 80.70% 89.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 116 146
10th Percentile £250 £150 £263
25th Percentile £353 £262 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £473
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £506 £561
90th Percentile £696 £600 £673
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 39 13
10th Percentile £13.08 £12.30 £22.10
25th Percentile £20.85 £13.23 £25.95
Median hourly rate £27.76 £19.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.36% -25.00% +38.96%
75th Percentile £46.30 £32.75 £32.30
90th Percentile £46.54 £65.00 £52.90
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Oxfordshire

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Oxfordshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Oxfordshire

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Oxfordshire

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Oxford -2 6 £500 +1.27% 26
Project Management
South East

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Lucidchart
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) Tableau
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Electronics
4 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Police
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Project Planner
2 2 (22.22%) Implementation Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Process Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Commercial Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Process Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Project Implementation Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Commercial Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Workday Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (33.33%) Change Control
2 3 (33.33%) Cost Management
2 3 (33.33%) Critical Path Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Gantt Chart
2 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 3 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 3 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 3 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) B2B
4 1 (11.11%) B2C
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 1 (11.11%) MBA
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Google
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) Adobe
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 1 (11.11%) Workday