IT Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

IT Project Manager
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in Portsmouth is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 20 37
Rank change year-on-year -2 +17 +5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.24% 0.91% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.95% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.00%
75th Percentile £438 - £425
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £458 £545 £400
% change year-on-year -16.06% +36.25% -27.27%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 151 105 260
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 95.45% 91.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 55 130
10th Percentile £266 £264 £384
25th Percentile £400 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% +9.69%
75th Percentile £556 £613 £635
90th Percentile £638 £660 £800
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 22 61
10th Percentile £25.15 £31.25 £41.70
25th Percentile £44.58 £35.00 £57.50
Median hourly rate £48.05 £59.13 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.73% -4.64% +3.33%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £67.02
90th Percentile £56.44 £70.63 £75.16
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -27.08% +10.34%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

IT Project Manager job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Portsmouth

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Portsmouth

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 11 February 2026, IT Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (50.00%) Document Management
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) Housing Management
1 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) NEC
1 1 (50.00%) NEC Housing
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (50.00%) Document Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) NEC