Project Manager Contracts in Somerset

Project Manager
South West > Somerset

The median Project Manager daily rate in Somerset is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 21 20
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 6 6 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 4.32% 2.96% 6.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.88% 3.21% 6.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 13
10th Percentile £312 £313 £382
25th Percentile £405 £363 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.76% +12.42%
75th Percentile £500 £597 £571
90th Percentile £501 £600 £594
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 123 187 204
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.49% 92.12% 98.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 113 156
10th Percentile £263 £164 £196
25th Percentile £413 £250 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £675 £578 £650
90th Percentile £724 £605 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 32 16
10th Percentile £13.66 £12.28 £17.38
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.23 £32.11
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £19.76 £40.00 £61.09
90th Percentile £20.51 £48.00 £76.84
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Somerset

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Somerset

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Somerset

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Somerset

Project Manager
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 Manager 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
Bath -6 2 £463 -11.90% 10
Bridgwater - 1 £250 - 1
Weston-super-Mare - 1 £500 -
Project Manager
South West

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Somerset region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Local Government
4 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (16.67%) PLM
5 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (16.67%) Law
5 1 (16.67%) Legal
5 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) Data Security
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (16.67%) SAP
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
5 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
5 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
5 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance

Project Manager Skill Set
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 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Local Government
3 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Law
4 1 (16.67%) Legal
4 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Compliance Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
3 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (16.67%) PLM
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) SAP