Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Salisbury

Project Manager
Wiltshire > Salisbury

The median Project Manager daily rate in Salisbury is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Salisbury 6.67% - 2.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.41% - 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £505
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.22%
75th Percentile £688 - £513
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £606 £500 £463
% change year-on-year +21.25% +8.11% -12.94%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Salisbury

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Salisbury. 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 Salisbury with a recognized job title 54 22 44
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 91.67% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 13 34
10th Percentile £549 £220 £200
25th Percentile £590 £475 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £615 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% +53.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £706 £670 £501
90th Percentile £796 £684 £538
Wiltshire median daily rate £525 £563 £538
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.39
Median hourly rate £17.85 - £17.39
75th Percentile - - £18.38
90th Percentile £57.68 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £41.71 £22.38 £12.79
% change year-on-year +86.35% +75.00% -74.42%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Salisbury

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

Project Manager job vacancy trend in Salisbury

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Salisbury

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

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

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Salisbury

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

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

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury

For the 6 months to 8 September 2026, 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 Salisbury region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Business Case
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 3 (75.00%) Contract Management
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (50.00%) Coaching
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Identification
4 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (25.00%) PMP
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Military
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Business Case
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 3 (75.00%) Contract Management
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (50.00%) Coaching
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Identification
4 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner