Project Management Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Project Management
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swindon requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 3 14 16
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 3.16% 15.38% 11.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 18.67% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 10
10th Percentile £320 £205 £363
25th Percentile £331 £210 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £563
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -20.00% +16.88%
75th Percentile £461 £538 £617
90th Percentile £528 £738 £630
Wiltshire median daily rate £575 £550 £570
% change year-on-year +4.55% -3.51% +8.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76 75 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 80.00% 82.42% 86.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 42 87
10th Percentile £332 £208 £282
25th Percentile £400 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £616
90th Percentile £730 £738 £677
Wiltshire median daily rate £588 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +6.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78.75 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - £14.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -77.21%
75th Percentile £86.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £22.27 £36.40 £50.00
% change year-on-year -38.82% -27.21% -23.66%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Swindon

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Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Project Management

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Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Swindon over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Swindon

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Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Project Management

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Biotechnology
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
Project Management jobs