IT Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the South West

IT Project Manager
England > South West

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in the South West is £450, 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 115 106 125
Rank change year-on-year -9 +19 +9
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 15 20 23
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.64% 0.95% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 1.01% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 18
10th Percentile £413 £450 £344
25th Percentile £425 £456 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% -1.06%
75th Percentile £475 £535 £523
90th Percentile £478 £556 £591
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.00 - -
Median hourly rate £69.00 - £45.00
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £69.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +97.14% -30.00% -23.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,103 1,982 2,779
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 93.93% 94.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,222 1,235 1,821
10th Percentile £230 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £535
Median % change year-on-year +4.79% -6.36% +1.90%
75th Percentile £644 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £717 £706
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 138 291
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.62 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.70 £50.88 £45.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £65.00 £57.33
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +13.38% -11.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.31 £74.13 £83.40
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

IT Project Manager job vacancy trend in the South West

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in the South West

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in the South West

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in the South West

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the South West 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
Devon - 7 £450 -
Bristol -13 5 £300 -40.59%
Wiltshire -14 1 £500 +11.11%
Somerset - 1 - -
IT Project Manager
England

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, IT 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 West region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 6 (40.00%) Project Management
2 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (13.33%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (6.67%) Agile
6 1 (6.67%) Analytics
6 1 (6.67%) Budget Management
6 1 (6.67%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) CRM
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.67%) Data Analytics
6 1 (6.67%) Data Migration
6 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
6 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
6 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (6.67%) JIRA
6 1 (6.67%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (6.67%) Line Management
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.67%) Aviation
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) FMCG
1 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 6 (40.00%) Project Management
2 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (6.67%) Analytics
6 1 (6.67%) Budget Management
6 1 (6.67%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.67%) Data Analytics
6 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (6.67%) Line Management
6 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Project Governance
6 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (6.67%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA