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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 22 8
Rank change year-on-year +8 -14 +24
Contract jobs citing Project Management 7 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 6.09% 4.60% 10.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.53% 7.27% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 11
10th Percentile £443 £526 £458
25th Percentile £479 £695 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £710 £565
Median % change year-on-year -26.06% +25.66% -
75th Percentile £538 £729 £605
90th Percentile - - £730
Hampshire median daily rate £513 £423 £550
% change year-on-year +21.30% -23.18% +7.84%

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 93 110 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 80.87% 63.22% 79.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 73 80
10th Percentile £200 £300 £260
25th Percentile £367 £425 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £589
90th Percentile £666 £713 £657
Hampshire median daily rate £545 £591 £525
% change year-on-year -7.76% +12.55% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 3
10th Percentile - £13.13 £17.24
25th Percentile - £66.88 £18.74
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £21.22
Median % change year-on-year - +277.00% +20.29%
75th Percentile - - £39.99
90th Percentile - - £51.24
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.50 £57.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year +0.26% +4.27% +124.49%

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
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
1 1 (14.29%) NX-OS
1 1 (14.29%) VoIP
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) PMO Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Algorithms
1 4 (57.14%) Device Driver
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (57.14%) IoT
2 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Architectural Design
1 4 (57.14%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Cloud Enablement
1 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
1 4 (57.14%) Device Driver Development
1 4 (57.14%) Multithreading
1 4 (57.14%) SDLC
1 4 (57.14%) Signal Processing
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded C
2 3 (42.86%) C
3 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CCIE
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco