Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Project Manager
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Oxfordshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 September 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
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 14 13
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 10 7 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 6.94% 4.38% 8.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.75% 4.83% 8.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 16
10th Percentile £498 - £413
25th Percentile £522 - £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +3.09% +4.86%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £556
90th Percentile £743 £670 £630
South East median daily rate £545 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +6.86% -2.86% +0.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 129 145 213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.58% 90.63% 92.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 86 143
10th Percentile £174 £165 £180
25th Percentile £229 £334 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% - -
75th Percentile £550 £509 £588
90th Percentile £640 £638 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 16
10th Percentile - - £21.54
25th Percentile £25.15 £12.18 £25.71
Median hourly rate £25.83 £20.50 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +25.98% -36.53% +90.00%
75th Percentile £84.66 £25.99 £50.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £59.50 -
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £51.42
% change year-on-year -57.00% +13.75% +110.82%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Oxfordshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Oxfordshire

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 September 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 -4 1 - -
Bicester - 1 £850 -
Project Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 29 September 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (50.00%) Project Management
3 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (40.00%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (40.00%) Agile
5 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
5 3 (30.00%) Resource Management
5 3 (30.00%) SAP
5 3 (30.00%) Finance
6 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 2 (20.00%) ERP
6 2 (20.00%) Life Science
6 2 (20.00%) Time Management
6 2 (20.00%) Migration
6 2 (20.00%) PMBOK
6 2 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (20.00%) Product Requirements
6 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 1 (10.00%) Databricks
7 1 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
7 1 (10.00%) Power Platform

Project Manager Skill Set
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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Automotive
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Life Science
1 2 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Resource Management
5 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (20.00%) ERP
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Product Requirements
5 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (20.00%) Time Management
6 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
6 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 1 (10.00%) Digital Innovation
6 1 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Databricks
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft