Project Management Contracts in the South East

Project Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 21 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 -8 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 214 422 554
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 7.18% 7.41% 9.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.85% 8.96% 11.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 235 395
10th Percentile £325 £313 £302
25th Percentile £400 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £568 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £670 £695
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 52 17
10th Percentile £46.30 £18.32 £19.38
25th Percentile £47.15 £23.63 £22.23
Median hourly rate £75.00 £30.00 £57.99
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -48.27% +74.46%
75th Percentile - £53.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - £61.95 £80.00
England median hourly rate £46.30 £38.12 £48.50
% change year-on-year +21.46% -21.40% +53.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Project 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 2,726 4,709 5,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.42% 82.69% 89.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,739 2,713 3,452
10th Percentile £250 £255 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £505
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +0.99% +1.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £619
90th Percentile £660 £700 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 465 221
10th Percentile £13.22 £13.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.32 £24.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -9.52% +138.96%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.94 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -25.33% +4.17% +41.18%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the South East over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the South East over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the South East

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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 Project Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 June 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 -3 122 £463 +0.54% 515
Berkshire +1 105 £450 -14.29% 418
Hampshire +6 59 £513 +13.89% 134
Surrey -15 12 £450 -5.26% 60
West Sussex -8 10 £500 - 20
Buckinghamshire -12 9 £528 +22.67% 50
Oxfordshire -8 8 £525 +20.00% 54
Kent -2 5 £480 -12.73% 47
Home Counties - 2 - -
Sussex +4 1 £500 - 18
East Sussex -10 1 - - 22
Project Management
England

Project 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 10 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.34%) Confluence
3 1 (0.47%) Camunda
3 1 (0.47%) CMS
3 1 (0.47%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 16 (7.48%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (6.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.93%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.87%) Maximo
3 3 (1.40%) Oracle ASCP
3 3 (1.40%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.40%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.40%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.93%) Primavera
4 2 (0.93%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.93%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.47%) BPCS
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.94%) Azure
2 11 (5.14%) AWS
3 9 (4.21%) Power Platform
4 5 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.87%) Asana
5 4 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.87%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.40%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.40%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.93%) GCP
7 2 (0.93%) OCI
7 2 (0.93%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.93%) SaaS
7 2 (0.93%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) IaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.47%) PaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.47%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.35%) WAN
2 18 (8.41%) VPN
3 17 (7.94%) LAN
3 17 (7.94%) MPLS
4 16 (7.48%) ATM
4 16 (7.48%) Ethernet
4 16 (7.48%) Frame Relay
4 16 (7.48%) GPRS
4 16 (7.48%) GSM
4 16 (7.48%) LTE
4 16 (7.48%) SAN
4 16 (7.48%) SDH
4 16 (7.48%) UMTS
4 16 (7.48%) Wireshark
5 7 (3.27%) SD-WAN
6 5 (2.34%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (2.34%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (1.87%) DNS
7 4 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.40%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.87%) Power BI
2 3 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.93%) Tableau
4 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.47%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.47%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.47%) GIS
4 1 (0.47%) MS Access
4 1 (0.47%) OLAP
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.47%) QlikView
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.47%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 17 (7.94%) JIRA
2 3 (1.40%) Selenium
3 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.47%) JMeter
3 1 (0.47%) JUnit
3 1 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.47%) TestRail
General
1 108 (50.47%) Social Skills
2 57 (26.64%) Finance
3 36 (16.82%) Telecoms
4 34 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.01%) Manufacturing
5 15 (7.01%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.21%) Retail
8 8 (3.74%) Marketing
9 7 (3.27%) Aviation
9 7 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.80%) Legal
11 5 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.87%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.87%) Agriculture
12 4 (1.87%) Local Government
13 3 (1.40%) Automotive
13 3 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.93%) Law
14 2 (0.93%) Military
Job Titles
1 70 (32.71%) Project Manager
2 15 (7.01%) Analyst
2 15 (7.01%) IP Engineer
3 14 (6.54%) Lead
3 14 (6.54%) Test Engineer
4 11 (5.14%) Implementation Manager
4 11 (5.14%) IT Manager
4 11 (5.14%) Senior
5 10 (4.67%) Architect
6 9 (4.21%) IT Project Manager
7 8 (3.74%) Consultant
7 8 (3.74%) ERP Manager
8 7 (3.27%) Developer
8 7 (3.27%) ERP Implementation Manager
8 7 (3.27%) Infrastructure Manager
9 6 (2.80%) Business Analyst
9 6 (2.80%) Data Analyst
9 6 (2.80%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 6 (2.80%) Network Engineer
9 6 (2.80%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.93%) CSS
1 2 (0.93%) HTML
1 2 (0.93%) Node.js
1 2 (0.93%) Parceljs
1 2 (0.93%) RESTful
1 2 (0.93%) Visualforce
2 1 (0.47%) .NET
2 1 (0.47%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.47%) ADO
2 1 (0.47%) EDI
2 1 (0.47%) J2EE
2 1 (0.47%) Middleware
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.47%) SAML
2 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.88%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (6.07%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.07%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.74%) IoT
4 7 (3.27%) PMI
5 6 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.34%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.87%) Life Science
7 4 (1.87%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.87%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.40%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.40%) CCTV
8 3 (1.40%) Device Driver
8 3 (1.40%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.40%) Infotainment
8 3 (1.40%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.40%) PKI
9 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.35%) Linux
2 16 (7.48%) Unix
3 5 (2.34%) Windows
4 3 (1.40%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (35.05%) Agile
2 60 (28.04%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (28.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 54 (25.23%) PRINCE2
4 36 (16.82%) Project Delivery
5 35 (16.36%) Risk Management
6 27 (12.62%) Migration
7 25 (11.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 24 (11.21%) Change Management
9 23 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (10.28%) Project Planning
11 21 (9.81%) Test Strategy
12 17 (7.94%) Process Improvement
12 17 (7.94%) Waterfall
13 16 (7.48%) ERP
13 16 (7.48%) Fault Management
13 16 (7.48%) Regression Testing
14 14 (6.54%) Collaborative Working
14 14 (6.54%) Time Management
15 12 (5.61%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.88%) Java
2 4 (1.87%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.40%) Embedded C
3 3 (1.40%) SQL
4 2 (0.93%) Apex Code
4 2 (0.93%) C
5 1 (0.47%) C#
5 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (19.63%) Degree
2 38 (17.76%) Security Cleared
3 33 (15.42%) PMP
4 28 (13.08%) PMI Certification
5 20 (9.35%) DV Cleared
6 19 (8.88%) ISEB
7 18 (8.41%) SC Cleared
8 17 (7.94%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (7.94%) ISTQB
9 16 (7.48%) CCNP
9 16 (7.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 10 (4.67%) APMP
11 8 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.80%) Master's Degree
12 6 (2.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (1.87%) CISA
13 4 (1.87%) CISM
13 4 (1.87%) CISSP
14 2 (0.93%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.93%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.07%) QA
2 12 (5.61%) PMO
3 11 (5.14%) GDPR
4 7 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.80%) NIST
5 6 (2.80%) P3O
6 4 (1.87%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.40%) GRC
8 2 (0.93%) SLA
9 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.47%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.47%) PMBOK
9 1 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 10 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.40%) Firmware
4 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (1.40%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (0.47%) Ansible
Vendors
1 35 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.88%) Cisco
3 16 (7.48%) Juniper
4 14 (6.54%) SAP
5 10 (4.67%) Oracle
5 10 (4.67%) VMware
6 5 (2.34%) IFS
6 5 (2.34%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.87%) Adobe
7 4 (1.87%) Google
7 4 (1.87%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.40%) Ariba
8 3 (1.40%) Citrix
8 3 (1.40%) Cramer
9 2 (0.93%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.93%) Fujitsu
9 2 (0.93%) IBM
9 2 (0.93%) Intel
9 2 (0.93%) Remedy
9 2 (0.93%) Workday