Junior Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Junior Project Manager
England > South East

The median Junior Project Manager daily rate in the South East is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 184 168 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Project Manager 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.054% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.058% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £250 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £349 - -
90th Percentile £378 - -
England median daily rate £302 £350 £375
% change year-on-year -13.71% -6.67% +7.14%

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 3,944 3,454 4,707
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.19% 92.77% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,557 2,161 3,078
10th Percentile £220 £235 £206
25th Percentile £400 £398 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £507
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +0.69% +1.30%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £680
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 367 132 232
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.81 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.09% -20.21% +52.86%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.00 £66.06
90th Percentile £81.40 £73.56 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

Junior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Junior Project Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Junior Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Project Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Project Manager job vacancies in the South East

Junior Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Project Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Project Manager job vacancies in the South East

Junior 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 Junior Project Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Thames Valley -9 4 £343 +37.30% 3
Berkshire -4 2 £387 +54.60% 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 £300 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
West Sussex - 1 £300 - 1
Junior Project Manager
England

Junior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Junior 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 South East region featuring Junior Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) PMO
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) ERP
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (20.00%) ADO
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Confluence
4 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) OCI
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle CX
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (20.00%) PMBOK
4 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (20.00%) PMP

Junior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) OCI
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle CX
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) ADO
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
1 1 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Presales
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) SAP