IT Project Manager Contracts in the South East

IT Project Manager
England > South East

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in the South East is £545, 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 147 173 164
Rank change year-on-year +26 -9 -22
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 12 32 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.40% 0.58% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.62% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 28 46
10th Percentile - £355 £406
25th Percentile £513 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year +6.86% -1.92% +9.47%
75th Percentile £568 £566 £588
90th Percentile £575 £603 £681
England median daily rate £545 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +3.81% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £25.28 £62.50
% change year-on-year +196.74% -59.56% +29.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 2,767 5,141 5,491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.50% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,084 3,829
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 481 240
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £18.04
25th Percentile £20.06 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.16
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the South East

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in the South East

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in the South East

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the South East 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
Hampshire +27 6 £545 +38.85% 11
Surrey +12 3 £525 +2.44% 7
Thames Valley +32 2 £525 +5.00% 12
Berkshire +28 1 - - 4
Buckinghamshire +12 1 £525 +16.67% 5
Kent - 1 £550 - 5
IT Project Manager
England

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 South East region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Project Management
2 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
4 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Budget Management
5 3 (25.00%) Strategic Management
5 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) PMP
5 3 (25.00%) PMI Certification
5 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (16.67%) WAN
6 2 (16.67%) Retail
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Local Government
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (16.67%) Degree
6 2 (16.67%) JIRA
6 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
6 2 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
7 1 (8.33%) Risk Register
7 1 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
7 1 (8.33%) Business Case

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Confluence
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (8.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Smartsheet
1 1 (8.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (8.33%) Intranet
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (8.33%) MPLS
2 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Local Government
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) EPoS
2 1 (8.33%) FMCG
2 1 (8.33%) iPad
2 1 (8.33%) Life Science
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) Strategic Management
5 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (8.33%) Budget Responsibility
6 1 (8.33%) Business Case
6 1 (8.33%) Conflict Resolution
6 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 1 (8.33%) Risk Register
6 1 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (25.00%) PMP
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO 14001
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco
1 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto