Senior Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Senior Project Manager
England > South East

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in the South East is £586, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 147 190
Rank change year-on-year -23 +43 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 19 23 19
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.43% 0.63% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.67% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 15
10th Percentile £473 £525 £428
25th Percentile £512 £554 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £586 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.83% +6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £618 £650 £594
90th Percentile £649 £675 £653
England median daily rate £603 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +0.42% - +4.35%

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 3,945 3,410 4,671
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 92.84% 93.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,555 2,133 3,048
10th Percentile £221 £235 £205
25th Percentile £400 £399 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +0.95% +0.05%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 366 127 226
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.73 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £25.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £54.44
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -21.94% +51.23%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.62 £66.25
90th Percentile £82.50 £71.51 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Senior Project Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in the South East

Senior Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Project Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 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 -17 11 £577 +0.30% 5
Berkshire -11 9 £573 -0.35% 2
Hampshire -20 5 £625 +6.38% 2
Buckinghamshire - 2 £584 - 2
Surrey +1 1 £460 -36.55% 1
West Sussex - 1 £575 -
Kent - 1 £500 - 1
Senior Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, Senior 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 Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 13 (68.42%) Agile
2 9 (47.37%) Project Management
3 8 (42.11%) Project Delivery
3 8 (42.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (31.58%) Waterfall
6 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2
6 5 (26.32%) Scrum
7 4 (21.05%) Business Case
7 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (21.05%) Migration
7 4 (21.05%) PMI Certification
7 4 (21.05%) Resource Management
7 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
7 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
7 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
8 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
8 3 (15.79%) Degree
8 3 (15.79%) Impact Assessments
8 3 (15.79%) Oracle
8 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
8 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
9 2 (10.53%) Agile Project Management
9 2 (10.53%) Azure
9 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (10.53%) Case Management
9 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (10.53%) Customer Engagement
9 2 (10.53%) Customer Experience
9 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity

Senior 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 (5.26%) Confluence
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
1 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle CX
2 1 (5.26%) Contentstack
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Network Security
2 1 (5.26%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Data Lake
1 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
3 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Marketing
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) ADO
1 1 (5.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) PMI
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) Smartcard
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Agile
2 9 (47.37%) Project Management
3 8 (42.11%) Project Delivery
3 8 (42.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (31.58%) Waterfall
6 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2
6 5 (26.32%) Scrum
7 4 (21.05%) Business Case
7 4 (21.05%) Migration
7 4 (21.05%) Resource Management
7 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
8 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
8 3 (15.79%) Impact Assessments
8 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
8 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
9 2 (10.53%) Release Management
9 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
9 2 (10.53%) Service Management
9 2 (10.53%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) PMI Certification
1 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Degree
3 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) PMP
4 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.26%) GRC
1 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
1 1 (5.26%) PMO
1 1 (5.26%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) SAP