Matrix Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Matrix Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Matrix Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 164 192
Rank change year-on-year -6 +28 +37
Contract jobs citing Matrix Management 7 7 11
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.16% 0.20% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.22% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 9
10th Percentile - £504 £420
25th Percentile - £510 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile - £588 £531
90th Percentile £518 £629 £598
England median daily rate £508 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -0.88% -6.82% -2.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Matrix 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,731 3,175 4,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.60% 88.46% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,450 1,978 2,853
10th Percentile £223 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -1.38% +1.37%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £678 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 355 119 236
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.84 £19.10
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.13 £27.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +29.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.00 £66.30
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.89 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%

Matrix Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Matrix Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Matrix Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Matrix Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Matrix Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Matrix Management

Matrix Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Matrix Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Matrix Management

Matrix Management
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 Matrix Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 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 -4 7 £500 -13.61% 7
Berkshire -12 6 £500 -13.61% 5
Buckinghamshire - 1 £500 - 1
Matrix Management
England

Matrix Management
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 (14.29%) Camunda
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Project Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Data Centre Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Engineering Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Lead
4 1 (14.29%) PMO Lead
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Centre
1 4 (57.14%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Change Management
1 6 (85.71%) Matrix Organization
2 5 (71.43%) PRINCE
2 5 (71.43%) PRINCE2
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) Budget Management
3 4 (57.14%) Business Case
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Line Management
3 4 (57.14%) Virtual Team Management
4 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (14.29%) Agile
6 1 (14.29%) AI
6 1 (14.29%) BPMN
6 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
6 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (14.29%) Time Management
6 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) PMO
2 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle