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 in the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 117 118
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +27
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 6 9 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.36% 0.38% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.42% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 25
10th Percentile £468 £413 £363
25th Percentile £475 £431 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.86% +4.62%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £575
90th Percentile £533 £705 £665
South East median daily rate £545 £538 £510
% change year-on-year +1.40% +5.39% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,540 2,143 2,724
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 91.50% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 931 1,218 1,847
10th Percentile £290 £253 £275
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £599 £619 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £695
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 131 90
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.00 £16.03
25th Percentile £15.13 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.89 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year -55.79% +21.81% +133.50%
75th Percentile £64.69 £69.93 £66.00
90th Percentile £87.19 £87.50 £74.81
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +133.75%

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
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 6 August 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
Berkshire +17 6 £500 - 3
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 6 August 2025, 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 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) PMP
3 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 2 (33.33%) Power BI
3 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (33.33%) Cost Management
4 1 (16.67%) Order Management
4 1 (16.67%) Culture Change
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Smartsheet
4 1 (16.67%) NIST
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (16.67%) Workday
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS

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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (16.67%) SAP HCM
2 1 (16.67%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) EPoS
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Cost Management
3 2 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Culture Change
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (16.67%) Order Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Sales Enablement
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Workday