Project Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 19 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 -10 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 143 222 345
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.46% 8.27% 11.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.19% 9.49% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 130 249
10th Percentile £351 £315 £297
25th Percentile £441 £409 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +2.56% +5.98%
75th Percentile £628 £597 £575
90th Percentile £651 £638 £679
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 3
10th Percentile - £26.77 £22.10
25th Percentile £46.30 £41.25 £22.25
Median hourly rate £47.15 £48.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.28% +93.00% -68.05%
75th Percentile £56.06 £62.12 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.90 £71.41 £75.50
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £40.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +87.50% -18.36% +27.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the Thames Valley

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the Thames Valley

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the Thames Valley

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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 Project Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +5 123 £469 -10.71% 109
Oxfordshire -2 10 £550 +12.82% 76
Buckinghamshire -11 10 £525 +22.09% 39
Project Management
South East

Project Management
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 3 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.40%) Confluence
2 2 (1.40%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.70%) Camunda
3 1 (0.70%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.40%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.70%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.80%) Maximo
2 4 (2.80%) Oracle ASCP
2 4 (2.80%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.80%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (2.80%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.40%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (1.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.70%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.70%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.99%) Azure
2 8 (5.59%) Power Platform
3 5 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (2.80%) OpenShift
5 3 (2.10%) AWS
5 3 (2.10%) Google Workspace
5 3 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.40%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.40%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.40%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 2 (1.40%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.70%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.70%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.70%) GCP
7 1 (0.70%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.70%) IaaS
7 1 (0.70%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.70%) PaaS
7 1 (0.70%) SaaS
7 1 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.99%) LTE
2 17 (11.89%) LAN
2 17 (11.89%) VPN
2 17 (11.89%) WAN
3 16 (11.19%) ATM
3 16 (11.19%) Ethernet
3 16 (11.19%) Frame Relay
3 16 (11.19%) GPRS
3 16 (11.19%) GSM
3 16 (11.19%) MPLS
3 16 (11.19%) SAN
3 16 (11.19%) SDH
3 16 (11.19%) UMTS
3 16 (11.19%) Wireshark
4 6 (4.20%) 3G
4 6 (4.20%) 4G
4 6 (4.20%) Structured Cabling
5 5 (3.50%) Radio Access Network
6 4 (2.80%) 5G
6 4 (2.80%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.80%) Power BI
2 1 (0.70%) MS Access
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.50%) JIRA
2 1 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.70%) Selenium
General
1 72 (50.35%) Social Skills
2 39 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 31 (21.68%) Finance
4 27 (18.88%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 9 (6.29%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.90%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.90%) Marketing
7 7 (4.90%) Retail
8 5 (3.50%) Legal
8 5 (3.50%) Local Government
9 4 (2.80%) Agriculture
9 4 (2.80%) Law
10 3 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.40%) Aviation
11 2 (1.40%) Electronics
11 2 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.70%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.70%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 42 (29.37%) Project Manager
2 15 (10.49%) IP Engineer
3 14 (9.79%) Test Engineer
4 13 (9.09%) Lead
5 9 (6.29%) Analyst
6 8 (5.59%) Architect
6 8 (5.59%) Consultant
7 7 (4.90%) Senior
7 7 (4.90%) Senior Manager
8 6 (4.20%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (3.50%) Delivery Manager
9 5 (3.50%) HR Manager
9 5 (3.50%) Implementation Manager
9 5 (3.50%) Implementation Project Manager
9 5 (3.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 5 (3.50%) IP Network Engineer
9 5 (3.50%) Network Engineer
9 5 (3.50%) Senior Project Manager
10 4 (2.80%) Compliance Specialist
10 4 (2.80%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.10%) ADO
2 2 (1.40%) Node.js
2 2 (1.40%) Parceljs
2 2 (1.40%) RESTful
3 1 (0.70%) .NET
3 1 (0.70%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.29%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.29%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.90%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.20%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (3.50%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.50%) Life Science
6 4 (2.80%) PMI
6 4 (2.80%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.10%) Infotainment
7 3 (2.10%) IoT
7 3 (2.10%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.10%) Social Media
8 2 (1.40%) CCTV
8 2 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.40%) PKI
8 2 (1.40%) Podcast
9 1 (0.70%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.70%) FMCG
9 1 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.89%) Linux
2 16 (11.19%) Unix
3 3 (2.10%) Windows
4 2 (1.40%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (32.87%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (28.67%) Agile
3 40 (27.97%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 23 (16.08%) PRINCE2
5 23 (16.08%) Risk Management
6 22 (15.38%) Change Management
7 19 (13.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 19 (13.29%) Test Strategy
8 16 (11.19%) Fault Management
8 16 (11.19%) Regression Testing
9 15 (10.49%) Waterfall
10 13 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
11 11 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (6.99%) Programme Management
13 9 (6.29%) Migration
13 9 (6.29%) Project Planning
13 9 (6.29%) Regulatory Compliance
14 8 (5.59%) Contract Management
14 8 (5.59%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.89%) Java
2 2 (1.40%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.40%) SQL
3 1 (0.70%) C#
3 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (13.29%) Degree
1 19 (13.29%) ISEB
2 16 (11.19%) CCNP
2 16 (11.19%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (11.19%) ISTQB
2 16 (11.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 15 (10.49%) PMI Certification
4 12 (8.39%) PMP
5 11 (7.69%) Security Cleared
6 7 (4.90%) SC Cleared
7 5 (3.50%) APMP
8 4 (2.80%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (2.10%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.40%) PgMP
11 1 (0.70%) CISSP
11 1 (0.70%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.70%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.70%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.09%) PMO
2 8 (5.59%) QA
3 7 (4.90%) GDPR
4 5 (3.50%) GRC
5 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.40%) NIST
5 2 (1.40%) P3O
6 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.10%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 28 (19.58%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.19%) Cisco
2 16 (11.19%) Juniper
3 14 (9.79%) SAP
4 10 (6.99%) VMware
5 7 (4.90%) Oracle
6 4 (2.80%) Google
7 3 (2.10%) Adobe
7 3 (2.10%) Cramer
7 3 (2.10%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.40%) Ariba
8 2 (1.40%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.40%) Infoblox
8 2 (1.40%) Remedy
9 1 (0.70%) Capita
9 1 (0.70%) Computacenter
9 1 (0.70%) IBM
9 1 (0.70%) Intel
9 1 (0.70%) NEC
9 1 (0.70%) Salesforce