Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Project Manager
South East > Surrey

The median Project Manager daily rate in Surrey is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 31 52
Rank change year-on-year -5 +21 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 17 22 24
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 4.23% 4.80% 3.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.58% 5.12% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 20 23
10th Percentile £388 £358 £463
25th Percentile £493 £363 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £408 £600
Median % change year-on-year +31.90% -32.08% -
75th Percentile £609 £578 £675
90th Percentile £671 £599 £698
South East median daily rate £550 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +8.91% -3.81% +2.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 371 430 653
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 93.89% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 287 519
10th Percentile £204 £203 £182
25th Percentile £255 £263 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -0.74%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £688 £653 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £513
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 20 35
10th Percentile £25.15 £15.69 £19.20
25th Percentile £48.68 £20.22 £45.42
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +127.46% -60.77% +36.96%
75th Percentile £75.00 £56.75 £76.53
90th Percentile £90.09 £75.00 £78.02
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £51.42
% change year-on-year -52.38% +2.10% +38.49%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in Surrey

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Surrey

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Surrey over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Surrey

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Surrey

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Epsom -4 2 £561 +12.25%
Staines - 2 £650 -
Woking +3 1 - - 1
Chertsey +2 1 £325 -10.96%
Addlestone - 1 £525 -
Guildford - 1 £600 - 2
Tadworth - 1 £380 -
Project Manager
South East

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (52.94%) Project Management
2 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (29.41%) Agile
3 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
4 4 (23.53%) ERP
4 4 (23.53%) Project Governance
4 4 (23.53%) SAP
5 3 (17.65%) Business Case
5 3 (17.65%) CRM
5 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
5 3 (17.65%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (17.65%) Google
5 3 (17.65%) Migration
5 3 (17.65%) PMO
5 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
5 3 (17.65%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (11.76%) AWS
6 2 (11.76%) Change Control
6 2 (11.76%) Change Management
6 2 (11.76%) Firewall
6 2 (11.76%) GCP
6 2 (11.76%) IFS
6 2 (11.76%) JIRA
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (11.76%) Oracle
6 2 (11.76%) PMI Certification
6 2 (11.76%) PMP
6 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
1 2 (11.76%) GCP
1 2 (11.76%) SaaS
2 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Project Management
2 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (29.41%) Agile
3 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
4 4 (23.53%) ERP
4 4 (23.53%) Project Governance
5 3 (17.65%) Business Case
5 3 (17.65%) CRM
5 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
5 3 (17.65%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (17.65%) Migration
5 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
6 2 (11.76%) Change Control
6 2 (11.76%) Change Management
6 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
6 2 (11.76%) Supply Chain Management
6 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) PMI Certification
1 2 (11.76%) PMP
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) SAP
2 3 (17.65%) Google
3 2 (11.76%) IFS
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.88%) Salesforce