Project Management Contracts in Southampton

Project Management
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 11 17 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 +19
Contract jobs citing Project Management 9 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 8.33% 4.73% 10.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.11% 7.84% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 9
10th Percentile £396 £526 £446
25th Percentile £420 £695 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £710 £565
Median % change year-on-year -33.10% +25.66% +7.62%
75th Percentile £538 £729 £600
90th Percentile - - £636
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £423 £525
% change year-on-year +18.34% -19.52% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89 102 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 82.41% 60.36% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 68 83
10th Percentile £200 £300 £240
25th Percentile £329 £413 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £515
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +11.65% +14.76%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £595
90th Percentile £625 £713 £663
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 5
10th Percentile - £13.13 £21.99
25th Percentile - £66.88 £23.15
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year - +122.22% +104.08%
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - £52.65
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Southampton

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Southampton.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Southampton

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Southampton

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Southampton.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Southampton

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 2 (22.22%) PMO Lead
4 1 (11.11%) PMO Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 6 (66.67%) Device Driver
1 6 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (66.67%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
1 6 (66.67%) Architectural Design
1 6 (66.67%) Cloud Enablement
1 6 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 6 (66.67%) Device Driver Development
1 6 (66.67%) Multithreading
1 6 (66.67%) SDLC
2 5 (55.56%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Signal Processing
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Document Management
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Embedded C
2 5 (55.56%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft