People Management Contracts in the South East

People Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring People Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited People Management over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 147 183
Rank change year-on-year -1 +36 +21
DemandTrendContract jobs citing People Management 13 41 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.37% 0.86% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 1.05% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 17 13
10th Percentile £505 £345 £345
25th Percentile £663 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 £365 £475
Median % change year-on-year +108.90% -23.16% -17.39%
75th Percentile £897 £538 £549
90th Percentile £1,094 £588 £688
England median daily rate £582 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +5.77% - +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 3
10th Percentile £54.13 - £60.00
25th Percentile - £18.35 £65.63
Median hourly rate £75.00 £49.62 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -33.85% -
75th Percentile - £75.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £52.99
% change year-on-year +3.57% +32.11% +79.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

People 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,156 3,921 4,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.46% 82.17% 89.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,965 2,366 3,368
10th Percentile £243 £260 £250
25th Percentile £394 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.31% +3.68%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 311 309 234
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.25 £21.09
Median hourly rate £24.00 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.15% +14.70% +80.31%
75th Percentile £53.75 £70.18 £64.91
90th Percentile £70.16 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +54.55%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing People Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for People Management in the South East

People Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

People Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing People Management in the South East over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for People Management in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

People Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing People Management in the South East over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for People Management in the South East

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DemandTrendContract 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 People Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +19 7 £775 - 5
Berkshire +9 4 £750 +19.90% 22
Thames Valley -9 4 £750 +19.90% 34
West Sussex -1 1 £775 +47.62% 2
Surrey -4 1 - - 12
People Management
England

People Management
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 (7.69%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) SaaS
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) GCP
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) DTS
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Legal
2 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 2 (15.38%) Aviation
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Military
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) ERP Implementation Manager
1 5 (38.46%) ERP Manager
1 5 (38.46%) Implementation Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Data Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) HR Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) HR Data Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Applications Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Implementation Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Operations Director
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Planning Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Report Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Programme Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.69%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (7.69%) IoT
2 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.69%) SCADA
2 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 7 (53.85%) PRINCE2
3 6 (46.15%) Coaching
3 6 (46.15%) Process Improvement
3 6 (46.15%) Project Management
3 6 (46.15%) Time Management
4 5 (38.46%) ERP
4 5 (38.46%) Impact Analysis
5 4 (30.77%) Data Privacy
5 4 (30.77%) Project Governance
6 3 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (23.08%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (23.08%) Dashboard Development
6 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
6 3 (23.08%) PLM
6 3 (23.08%) Programme Management
7 2 (15.38%) Order to Cash
7 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
7 2 (15.38%) Record to Report
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) PMP
2 6 (46.15%) Degree
3 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) ACCA
5 1 (7.69%) CIMA
5 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
1 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
1 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Sage
1 1 (7.69%) Workday