Project Management Contracts in Somerset

Project Management
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 12 12
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +17
Contract jobs citing Project Management 14 15 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 10.07% 7.39% 11.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.77% 9.74% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 19
10th Percentile £368 £477 £304
25th Percentile £419 £490 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £532 £563
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -5.42% +25.00%
75th Percentile £620 £575 £730
90th Percentile £625 £600 £817
South West median daily rate £472 £519 £550
% change year-on-year -9.01% -5.68% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 130 154 186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 93.53% 75.86% 89.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 86 140
10th Percentile £263 £159 £234
25th Percentile £413 £397 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £597 £664
90th Percentile £775 £613 £724
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 29 16
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.50 £17.38
25th Percentile - - £32.11
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile - £40.00 £61.09
90th Percentile - £50.65 £76.84
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Somerset

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Somerset

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Somerset over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Somerset

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Somerset

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 1 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
Taunton +8 3 £620 +3.33% 4
Bridgwater -1 3 £250 -52.83% 3
Street - 3 £438 - 6
Weston-super-Mare - 1 £500 - 1
Portishead - 1 - - 3
Bath - 1 - - 40
Project Management
South West

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Metadata
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
4 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Local Government
6 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Law
6 1 (7.14%) Legal
6 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
6 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Police
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Delivery Manager
1 4 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Change Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Lead
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Business Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Finance Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Finance Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support
4 1 (7.14%) Regulatory Change Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Transition Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Transition Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Agile
1 5 (35.71%) Business Case
2 4 (28.57%) Change Management
2 4 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
3 3 (21.43%) Culture Change
3 3 (21.43%) Data Governance
3 3 (21.43%) Data Governance Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Data Management
3 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) Machine Learning
3 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
3 3 (21.43%) Supplier Management
3 3 (21.43%) Technology Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Validation
4 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (7.14%) SAP