Project Management Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Project Management
Somerset > Taunton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 5 6
Rank change year-on-year -19 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 11 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 9.17% 17.65% 6.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.58% 18.75% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile - £604 -
25th Percentile £463 £610 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £620 £600
Median % change year-on-year -23.39% +3.33% -16.38%
75th Percentile £503 - -
90th Percentile £531 - -
Somerset median daily rate £475 £610 £550
% change year-on-year -22.13% +10.91% -10.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Taunton

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 Taunton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 104 16 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton 86.67% 94.12% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 15 22
10th Percentile £406 £532 £438
25th Percentile £413 £610 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £715 £590
Median % change year-on-year -33.57% +21.19% -14.18%
75th Percentile £600 £886 £600
90th Percentile £730 £960 £681
Somerset median daily rate £523 £520 £532
% change year-on-year +0.48% -2.26% +7.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.85 £12.45 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -4.23% -
75th Percentile - - £14.25
90th Percentile - - £15.60
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £20.50
% change year-on-year +210.64% -9.71% -60.34%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Taunton

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

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

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Taunton

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

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

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 4 (36.36%) Confluence
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Azure
1 9 (81.82%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Data Mart
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Snyk
General
1 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Delivery Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Service Delivery Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Service Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Agile Delivery Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
4 2 (18.18%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Agile Scrum Master
5 1 (9.09%) Delivery Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Lead
5 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Scrum Master
5 1 (9.09%) ScrumMaster Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) PMI
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Agile
1 9 (81.82%) DevOps
2 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (54.55%) Decision-Making
2 6 (54.55%) Sprint Planning
2 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (45.45%) ITIL
3 5 (45.45%) Project Delivery
3 5 (45.45%) Service Delivery
4 4 (36.36%) Kanban
4 4 (36.36%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 4 (36.36%) Scrum
4 4 (36.36%) Sprint Retrospective
4 4 (36.36%) Sprint Review
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (27.27%) Agile Project Management
5 3 (27.27%) Budgeting
5 3 (27.27%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 3 (27.27%) Change Management
5 3 (27.27%) Cost Control
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
3 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
1 2 (18.18%) GRC
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle
1 1 (9.09%) SAP
1 1 (9.09%) Workday