Project Management Contracts in the South East

Project Management
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 14 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 411 568 833
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 7.38% 9.72% 10.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.67% 10.87% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 380 584
10th Percentile £316 £301 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £589 £598 £588
90th Percentile £681 £713 £663
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 19 9
10th Percentile £18.32 £22.13 £25.63
25th Percentile £23.63 £22.16 £32.50
Median hourly rate £38.50 £40.00 £33.24
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +20.34% -12.53%
75th Percentile £60.00 £71.25 £40.14
90th Percentile £67.29 £75.00 £82.15
England median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £33.12
% change year-on-year -22.20% +47.95% +24.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,738 5,226 6,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.09% 89.47% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,767 3,619 4,727
10th Percentile £232 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £588
90th Percentile £698 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 429 219 290
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.29 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £63.80
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

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 24 April 2024.

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 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
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 24 April 2024. 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 -9 227 £490 +3.16% 187
Berkshire -8 165 £525 +10.53% 78
Hampshire -6 83 £423 -19.52% 116
Surrey +5 48 £475 -5.00% 68
Buckinghamshire 0 44 £428 -7.07% 61
West Sussex +15 29 £500 +5.26% 33
Oxfordshire -4 18 £494 -9.20% 48
East Sussex +5 12 £443 -34.44% 20
Kent -1 8 £550 -11.29% 42
Sussex - 3 £410 - 3
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 13 (3.16%) Confluence
1 13 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (1.46%) SAS
4 5 (1.22%) Documentum
5 3 (0.73%) Apache
5 3 (0.73%) CMS
5 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.49%) nginx
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.24%) EPiServer
Applications
1 34 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (5.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.92%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.73%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.70%) SAP Hybris
3 4 (0.97%) Infor SunSystems
3 4 (0.97%) Primavera
3 4 (0.97%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.73%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.73%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.73%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.49%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.24%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.24%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 34 (8.27%) Azure
2 17 (4.14%) OCI
3 9 (2.19%) SaaS
4 8 (1.95%) Power Platform
5 7 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (1.70%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 7 (1.70%) Smartsheet
6 6 (1.46%) AWS
7 4 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (0.49%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.49%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.49%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.49%) PaaS
8 2 (0.49%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.24%) GitHub
9 1 (0.24%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.24%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.81%) VPN
2 27 (6.57%) WAN
3 25 (6.08%) Firewall
4 23 (5.60%) LAN
5 21 (5.11%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (3.65%) SAN
7 14 (3.41%) DHCP
7 14 (3.41%) DNS
8 9 (2.19%) Network Security
9 8 (1.95%) Radio Access Network
10 5 (1.22%) Wireless
11 3 (0.73%) 4G
11 3 (0.73%) 5G
11 3 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (0.73%) Internet
11 3 (0.73%) Junos
11 3 (0.73%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.73%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.49%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (0.49%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.95%) Power BI
1 8 (1.95%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.22%) Crystal Reports
2 5 (1.22%) EDMS
3 4 (0.97%) MySQL
3 4 (0.97%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.49%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.24%) IDMS
5 1 (0.24%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.24%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 23 (5.60%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.49%) Git
2 2 (0.49%) JMeter
2 2 (0.49%) Selenium
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
General
1 166 (40.39%) Social Skills
2 113 (27.49%) Finance
3 51 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.73%) Public Sector
4 40 (9.73%) Telecoms
5 34 (8.27%) Presentation Skills
6 25 (6.08%) Legal
7 22 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (5.11%) Retail
9 20 (4.87%) Manufacturing
9 20 (4.87%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (4.38%) Automotive
11 16 (3.89%) Marketing
12 11 (2.68%) Local Government
13 10 (2.43%) Military
14 9 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (2.19%) Mandarin Language
15 8 (1.95%) Law
15 8 (1.95%) Publishing
16 7 (1.70%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 159 (38.69%) Project Manager
2 43 (10.46%) Senior
3 40 (9.73%) Analyst
4 32 (7.79%) Lead
5 28 (6.81%) Architect
5 28 (6.81%) IT Manager
6 20 (4.87%) Business Analyst
6 20 (4.87%) IT Project Manager
6 20 (4.87%) Network Architect
7 19 (4.62%) Senior Manager
7 19 (4.62%) Senior Project Manager
8 15 (3.65%) Technical Manager
9 14 (3.41%) Delivery Manager
10 13 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (2.92%) Infrastructure Manager
11 12 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
11 12 (2.92%) Technical Project Manager
12 11 (2.68%) Coordinator
12 11 (2.68%) Junior
12 11 (2.68%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.97%) Kafka
2 2 (0.49%) .NET
2 2 (0.49%) .NET Core
2 2 (0.49%) AngularJS
2 2 (0.49%) BAPI
2 2 (0.49%) EDI
2 2 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.49%) REST
2 2 (0.49%) RESTful
2 2 (0.49%) SAP ALE
2 2 (0.49%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (0.24%) ADO
3 1 (0.24%) CSS
3 1 (0.24%) HTML
3 1 (0.24%) LAMP
3 1 (0.24%) PySpark
3 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.84%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.38%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.65%) PMI
4 12 (2.92%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.95%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.70%) Life Science
8 6 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.46%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.22%) NHS
10 4 (0.97%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.97%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.73%) CCTV
12 2 (0.49%) CSOC
12 2 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.49%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.49%) Robotics
12 2 (0.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.06%) Windows
2 21 (5.11%) Linux
3 19 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 15 (3.65%) Windows Server 2012
4 15 (3.65%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (3.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (2.92%) Windows 10
6 12 (2.92%) Windows XP
7 3 (0.73%) Android
7 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.49%) VMS
9 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.24%) Unix
9 1 (0.24%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (28.47%) Project Delivery
2 112 (27.25%) Agile
3 88 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (16.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 65 (15.82%) PRINCE2
6 43 (10.46%) Decision-Making
7 42 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (8.27%) Change Management
8 34 (8.27%) ITIL
9 33 (8.03%) Business Analysis
10 32 (7.79%) Migration
10 32 (7.79%) Risk Management
11 31 (7.54%) Budget Management
12 27 (6.57%) Programme Management
12 27 (6.57%) Waterfall
13 26 (6.33%) Roadmaps
14 24 (5.84%) Project Planning
15 23 (5.60%) Business Case
16 22 (5.35%) Data Analysis
16 22 (5.35%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.89%) SQL
2 14 (3.41%) PowerShell
3 8 (1.95%) Java
4 3 (0.73%) Python
5 2 (0.49%) ABAP
6 1 (0.24%) Perl
6 1 (0.24%) PHP
6 1 (0.24%) R
6 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 109 (26.52%) Security Cleared
2 91 (22.14%) Degree
3 49 (11.92%) SC Cleared
4 48 (11.68%) DV Cleared
5 37 (9.00%) PMI Certification
6 32 (7.79%) PMP
7 21 (5.11%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (4.62%) CCNP
9 17 (4.14%) CCNA
10 12 (2.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 9 (2.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (1.46%) APMP
12 6 (1.46%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.46%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (0.97%) ACCA
14 4 (0.97%) CCIE
14 4 (0.97%) CIMA
14 4 (0.97%) CISM
14 4 (0.97%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (13.38%) PMO
2 26 (6.33%) QA
3 12 (2.92%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.97%) PMBOK
5 3 (0.73%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.73%) SLA
6 2 (0.49%) COBIT
6 2 (0.49%) GDPR
6 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) ITGC
7 1 (0.24%) P3O
System Software
1 21 (5.11%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.92%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.92%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.24%) Docker
4 1 (0.24%) NFS
4 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 15 (3.65%) SCCM
2 12 (2.92%) EMC NetWorker
2 12 (2.92%) NetBackup
2 12 (2.92%) SCOM
2 12 (2.92%) vCenter Server
2 12 (2.92%) WSUS
3 5 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.73%) Ansible
4 3 (0.73%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.73%) MOM
5 2 (0.49%) Grafana
5 2 (0.49%) Graylog
5 2 (0.49%) Nagios
5 2 (0.49%) PaperCut
5 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.49%) Terraform
6 1 (0.24%) AppManager
6 1 (0.24%) CFEngine
6 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (14.60%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.98%) Cisco
3 35 (8.52%) Juniper
4 28 (6.81%) SAP
5 21 (5.11%) Oracle
6 16 (3.89%) VMware
7 14 (3.41%) HP
7 14 (3.41%) Palo Alto
7 14 (3.41%) Veeam
8 13 (3.16%) EMC
9 12 (2.92%) 3PAR
9 12 (2.92%) Dell
9 12 (2.92%) Extreme Networks
9 12 (2.92%) Symantec
10 7 (1.70%) Adobe
10 7 (1.70%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.22%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.22%) IFS
11 5 (1.22%) Reuters
12 4 (0.97%) Sun