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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -11 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 14 17 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 8.97% 9.39% 11.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.37% 12.59% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 21
10th Percentile - £210 £445
25th Percentile £222 £434 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% -2.38% +16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £600
90th Percentile £800 £656 £800
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £26.18 -
25th Percentile £25.75 £26.40 -
Median hourly rate £26.50 £27.52 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% - -
75th Percentile £27.25 £29.38 -
90th Percentile - £30.05 -
South East median hourly rate £51.00 £35.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year +45.71% -42.86% +59.09%

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 135 135 205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 86.54% 74.59% 88.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 95 136
10th Percentile £181 £180 £195
25th Percentile £250 £271 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
75th Percentile £550 £500 £625
90th Percentile £688 £623 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £520
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.87% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 18
10th Percentile £20.21 £11.50 £25.67
25th Percentile - £11.54 £25.96
Median hourly rate £25.15 £14.25 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +76.49% -55.88% +72.59%
75th Percentile £80.25 £27.13 £50.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £54.65 £51.13
South East median hourly rate £22.75 £57.35 £51.42
% change year-on-year -60.33% +11.53% +85.43%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Oxfordshire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Project Management

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 29 August 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 -7 6 £225 -47.06% 17
Bicester - 1 £850 -
Thame - 1 £488 - 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Power Platform
2 4 (28.57%) PowerApps
3 3 (21.43%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (7.14%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) Local Government
4 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 2 (14.29%) Marketing
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Automotive
5 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Legal
5 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 5 (35.71%) Senior
3 4 (28.57%) Accountant
3 4 (28.57%) Financial Accountant
3 4 (28.57%) Senior Accountant
3 4 (28.57%) Senior Systems Accountant
3 4 (28.57%) Systems Accountant
4 2 (14.29%) Business Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Programme Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Business Process Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Marketing Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Process Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Service Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.14%) Life Science
1 1 (7.14%) Marketing Technology
1 1 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (7.14%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Process Improvement
4 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 4 (28.57%) Data Management
4 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 4 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (28.57%) Systems Thinking
5 3 (21.43%) Resource Management
6 2 (14.29%) Change Management
6 2 (14.29%) Six Sigma
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (7.14%) B2C
7 1 (7.14%) CRM
7 1 (7.14%) Data Security
7 1 (7.14%) ERP
7 1 (7.14%) Process Management
7 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CCAB
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe
2 1 (7.14%) Facebook
2 1 (7.14%) HubSpot
2 1 (7.14%) Salesforce