IT Project Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

IT Project Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 117 122
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 -2
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 13 32 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.48% 1.08% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 1.15% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 28 34
10th Percentile - £400 £416
25th Percentile £413 £441 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £495
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.98% +4.26%
75th Percentile £538 £552 £538
90th Percentile £570 £641 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -2.44% +7.89% +7.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate - - £76.50
75th Percentile - - £81.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 - £51.74
% change year-on-year - - +120.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,541 2,785 3,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 94.06% 95.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,454 1,929 2,285
10th Percentile £205 £313 £190
25th Percentile £363 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 78 101
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £44.50 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.70 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £83.94 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.21% +128.95% -13.40%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured IT Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the Thames Valley

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in the Thames Valley

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in the Thames Valley

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in the Thames Valley

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Buckinghamshire +24 5 £450 -11.76% 1
Oxfordshire +5 4 £425 -19.05% 1
Berkshire -20 4 £538 +19.58%
IT Project Manager
South East

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, IT Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Project Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
3 4 (30.77%) Manufacturing
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (23.08%) Siemens
4 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Risk Register
4 3 (23.08%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 3 (23.08%) Logistics
4 3 (23.08%) IT Governance
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (15.38%) Automotive
6 1 (7.69%) Migration
6 1 (7.69%) FMCG
6 1 (7.69%) Confluence
6 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (7.69%) Data Governance
6 1 (7.69%) Project Governance
6 1 (7.69%) Change Control
6 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.69%) Windows
6 1 (7.69%) SharePoint

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.69%) Confluence
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Slack
General
1 4 (30.77%) Manufacturing
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Project Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
4 3 (23.08%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 3 (23.08%) IT Governance
4 3 (23.08%) Logistics
4 3 (23.08%) Risk Register
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (7.69%) B2C
6 1 (7.69%) Business Case
6 1 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (7.69%) Line Management
6 1 (7.69%) Migration
6 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Siemens
2 1 (7.69%) Citrix