Project Manager Contracts in the South West

Project Manager
England > South West

The median Project Manager daily rate in the South West is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 23 18
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 175 265 335
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.49% 7.23% 8.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% 7.83% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 208 282
10th Percentile £350 £375 £389
25th Percentile £450 £456 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £494
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% +5.06% +6.90%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £542
90th Percentile £600 £629 £613
England median daily rate £525 £530 £513
% change year-on-year -0.94% +3.41% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 19 6
10th Percentile - £45.31 £31.25
25th Percentile £23.63 £61.25 £32.29
Median hourly rate £35.00 £65.50 £37.78
Median % change year-on-year -46.56% +73.40% +80.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.38 £49.41
90th Percentile £66.00 £88.63 £61.25
England median hourly rate £35.96 £65.00 £49.53
% change year-on-year -44.68% +31.23% +73.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,978 3,385 3,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 92.33% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,914 2,526 2,533
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 277 202
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £51.25 £17.25
Median hourly rate £49.00 £65.00 £45.60
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +42.54% +7.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.33
90th Percentile £77.60 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the South West

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 Project Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Bristol -2 61 £486 -7.52% 32
Wiltshire -28 35 £538 -2.27% 12
Devon +4 33 £465 +1.64% 20
Gloucestershire +5 26 £525 +1.20% 12
Somerset -4 6 £550 +6.02% 12
Dorset -5 2 £581 +22.37% 6
Cornwall - 1 £158 -
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 103 (58.86%) Project Management
2 90 (51.43%) Security Cleared
3 60 (34.29%) Agile
4 59 (33.71%) Social Skills
5 55 (31.43%) PRINCE2
6 52 (29.71%) SC Cleared
7 44 (25.14%) Finance
8 42 (24.00%) DV Cleared
9 40 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 36 (20.57%) Public Sector
11 35 (20.00%) Project Delivery
12 28 (16.00%) Change Management
13 25 (14.29%) Project Governance
14 21 (12.00%) Decision-Making
15 20 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
16 19 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
17 18 (10.29%) Programme Management
18 17 (9.71%) Risk Management
19 16 (9.14%) Scrum
19 16 (9.14%) Business Case
19 16 (9.14%) Problem-Solving
20 15 (8.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 13 (7.43%) Project Planning
21 13 (7.43%) Software Engineering
21 13 (7.43%) Coaching
22 12 (6.86%) Telecoms
22 12 (6.86%) Migration
22 12 (6.86%) Military
23 11 (6.29%) Budget Management
24 10 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement

Project Manager Skill Set
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 4 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.71%) Confluence
3 1 (0.57%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) CA PPM
1 1 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.57%) SAP CRM
1 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.57%) SAP SRM
1 1 (0.57%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (1.14%) Azure
3 1 (0.57%) SaaS
3 1 (0.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.57%) Network Security
2 7 (4.00%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.57%) 4G
4 1 (0.57%) 5G
4 1 (0.57%) LAN
4 1 (0.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.57%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 6 (3.43%) JIRA
General
1 59 (33.71%) Social Skills
2 44 (25.14%) Finance
3 36 (20.57%) Public Sector
4 19 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.86%) Military
5 12 (6.86%) Telecoms
6 9 (5.14%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.57%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.57%) Legal
8 7 (4.00%) Electronics
8 7 (4.00%) Marketing
9 6 (3.43%) Local Government
10 5 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.29%) Retail
12 3 (1.71%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.57%) Aviation
13 1 (0.57%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.57%) Cyber Defence
1 8 (4.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (3.43%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.29%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.71%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.14%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.14%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.57%) Contactless
7 1 (0.57%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.57%) FMCG
7 1 (0.57%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.71%) Windows
2 2 (1.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (58.86%) Project Management
2 60 (34.29%) Agile
3 55 (31.43%) PRINCE2
4 40 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 28 (16.00%) Change Management
7 25 (14.29%) Project Governance
8 21 (12.00%) Decision-Making
9 20 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (10.29%) Programme Management
11 17 (9.71%) Risk Management
12 16 (9.14%) Business Case
12 16 (9.14%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (9.14%) Scrum
13 13 (7.43%) Coaching
13 13 (7.43%) Project Planning
13 13 (7.43%) Software Engineering
14 12 (6.86%) Migration
15 11 (6.29%) Budget Management
16 10 (5.71%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 90 (51.43%) Security Cleared
2 52 (29.71%) SC Cleared
3 42 (24.00%) DV Cleared
4 15 (8.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 9 (5.14%) Degree
5 9 (5.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 7 (4.00%) CISM
6 7 (4.00%) CISSP
6 7 (4.00%) PMP
7 3 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.71%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.14%) APMP
8 2 (1.14%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.71%) PMO
2 8 (4.57%) NIST
2 8 (4.57%) NIST 800
3 2 (1.14%) QA
4 1 (0.57%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.57%) RMADS
Vendors
1 9 (5.14%) SAP
2 5 (2.86%) Atlassian
2 5 (2.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.14%) BT
3 2 (1.14%) Oracle
3 2 (1.14%) Remedy
4 1 (0.57%) CA
4 1 (0.57%) Dell
4 1 (0.57%) Hitachi
4 1 (0.57%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.57%) Progress
4 1 (0.57%) Salesforce