Project Management Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Project Management
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Project Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 7 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 3.72% 7.54% 5.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.14% 10.20% 6.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 8
10th Percentile £530 £443 £321
25th Percentile £575 £506 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £550 £631
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -12.80% +48.41%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £749
90th Percentile - £643 £818
South West median daily rate £450 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.44% +0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £90.00
South West median hourly rate £49.25 £42.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +17.26% -6.67% +0.50%

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 169 147 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 89.89% 73.87% 87.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 87 117
10th Percentile £170 £200 £205
25th Percentile £263 £347 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.06% +7.60%
75th Percentile £620 £600 £650
90th Percentile £715 £680 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 28
10th Percentile - £12.50 £34.22
25th Percentile - £14.00 £46.14
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -51.82% +3.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.38 £65.00
90th Percentile - £63.75 £66.85
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.75
% change year-on-year -62.74% +7.57% +4.58%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

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 25 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
Taunton +4 4 £610 +3.83% 2
Bath - 1 - - 19
Portishead - 1 - -
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Metadata
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
3 3 (42.86%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Law
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Police
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) Project Implementation Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (14.29%) Bootstrap
1 1 (14.29%) Express.js
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
1 1 (14.29%) React
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
1 1 (14.29%) WCF
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
1 1 (14.29%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Budget Management
2 3 (42.86%) Business Case
2 3 (42.86%) Culture Change
2 3 (42.86%) Data Governance
2 3 (42.86%) Data Governance Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Data Management
2 3 (42.86%) Machine Learning
2 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (42.86%) Supplier Management
2 3 (42.86%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Atlassian
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) VMware