Project Management Contracts in the South West

Project Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 13 22
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 141 336 281
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 8.40% 10.50% 7.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.30% 12.65% 8.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 192 212
10th Percentile £240 £300 £375
25th Percentile £369 £406 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.01% -5.68% +10.00%
75th Percentile £573 £594 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.61% +5.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 22 24
10th Percentile £31.50 £31.60 £35.00
25th Percentile £40.75 £31.95 £39.55
Median hourly rate £58.75 £35.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.86% -46.15% +283.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.94 £81.25
90th Percentile £72.00 £69.50 £86.75
England median hourly rate £46.18 £38.12 £49.00
% change year-on-year +21.14% -22.20% +48.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the South West

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the South West

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the South West

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the South West

Project Management
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 Project Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bristol +5 59 £425 -14.31% 99
Wiltshire -7 33 £550 +4.76% 36
Gloucestershire -12 24 £500 -4.76% 94
Somerset +2 14 £550 +3.38% 37
Devon -2 6 £500 +7.53% 25
Dorset -2 1 - - 20
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 8 (5.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.55%) Confluence
3 3 (2.13%) CMS
4 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.71%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 13 (9.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.71%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (4.26%) Primavera
2 2 (1.42%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.71%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.71%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.71%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (4.26%) Azure
3 4 (2.84%) Google Workspace
3 4 (2.84%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.13%) AWS
5 2 (1.42%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.42%) SaaS
6 1 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.71%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.84%) 5G
2 3 (2.13%) VPN
2 3 (2.13%) WAN
3 2 (1.42%) BGP
3 2 (1.42%) DHCP
3 2 (1.42%) DNS
3 2 (1.42%) Firewall
3 2 (1.42%) LAN
3 2 (1.42%) MPLS
3 2 (1.42%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.42%) Skype
3 2 (1.42%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.42%) VoIP
3 2 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.71%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.71%) OSPF
4 1 (0.71%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.71%) VLAN
4 1 (0.71%) Wireless
4 1 (0.71%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.84%) Metadata
2 3 (2.13%) Power BI
3 2 (1.42%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 10 (7.09%) JIRA
2 2 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.71%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.71%) GCC
3 1 (0.71%) GitLab
General
1 60 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 53 (37.59%) Finance
3 36 (25.53%) Public Sector
4 23 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (9.22%) Local Government
5 13 (9.22%) Telecoms
6 11 (7.80%) Manufacturing
6 11 (7.80%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (6.38%) Police
8 8 (5.67%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (4.96%) Fire and Rescue
9 7 (4.96%) Military
10 5 (3.55%) Electronics
10 5 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.55%) Marketing
11 4 (2.84%) Billing
11 4 (2.84%) Legal
12 2 (1.42%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (32.62%) Project Manager
2 13 (9.22%) Delivery Manager
3 9 (6.38%) Lead
4 8 (5.67%) Architect
4 8 (5.67%) Coordinator
4 8 (5.67%) IT Manager
5 7 (4.96%) Service Manager
6 6 (4.26%) Analyst
6 6 (4.26%) IT Project Manager
7 5 (3.55%) Business Architect
7 5 (3.55%) Project Coordinator
8 4 (2.84%) Administrator
8 4 (2.84%) Consultant
8 4 (2.84%) OSS Project Manager
8 4 (2.84%) Project Planner
8 4 (2.84%) Report Manager
8 4 (2.84%) Senior
8 4 (2.84%) Service Level Manager
8 4 (2.84%) Telecoms Manager
8 4 (2.84%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.42%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.51%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.96%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.84%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.13%) PKI
6 3 (2.13%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.42%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.42%) NHS
7 2 (1.42%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.71%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.71%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.71%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.38%) Windows
2 6 (4.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.42%) AIX
3 2 (1.42%) Linux
3 2 (1.42%) Unix
4 1 (0.71%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (29.08%) Agile
2 28 (19.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (19.15%) Project Delivery
4 24 (17.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (16.31%) PRINCE2
5 23 (16.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 22 (15.60%) Collaborative Working
7 17 (12.06%) ITIL
7 17 (12.06%) Risk Management
8 16 (11.35%) Business Case
8 16 (11.35%) Service Management
9 15 (10.64%) Migration
10 13 (9.22%) Change Management
10 13 (9.22%) Decision-Making
10 13 (9.22%) Scrum
11 11 (7.80%) Coaching
12 10 (7.09%) Budget Management
12 10 (7.09%) Roadmaps
12 10 (7.09%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (45.39%) Security Cleared
2 45 (31.91%) SC Cleared
3 19 (13.48%) Degree
4 11 (7.80%) DV Cleared
5 7 (4.96%) PMI Certification
5 7 (4.96%) PMP
6 4 (2.84%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.42%) CCNP
8 2 (1.42%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.42%) CISA
8 2 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.42%) CISSP
8 2 (1.42%) RIBA
9 1 (0.71%) APMP
9 1 (0.71%) CCNA
9 1 (0.71%) HNC
9 1 (0.71%) IIBA
9 1 (0.71%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.64%) PMO
2 4 (2.84%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.84%) Government Security Classifications
3 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.42%) JSP 440
4 2 (1.42%) QA
4 2 (1.42%) RMADS
5 1 (0.71%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.71%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.71%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (3.55%) Ansible
1 5 (3.55%) SCCM
2 4 (2.84%) Amdocs OSS
2 4 (2.84%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (2.13%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (2.13%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 2 (1.42%) NSN NetAct
5 1 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.71%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.71%) SCOM
5 1 (0.71%) Terraform
5 1 (0.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 17 (12.06%) SAP
2 15 (10.64%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.26%) Ericsson
3 6 (4.26%) Nokia
3 6 (4.26%) Oracle
4 5 (3.55%) Cisco
5 4 (2.84%) Amdocs
5 4 (2.84%) Ciena
5 4 (2.84%) Google
5 4 (2.84%) McAfee
5 4 (2.84%) NetCracker
5 4 (2.84%) Symantec
6 3 (2.13%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.13%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.42%) Ariba
7 2 (1.42%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.42%) Foundry
7 2 (1.42%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.42%) VMware
8 1 (0.71%) Workday