Project Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Management
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 10 9
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 +8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 219 332 447
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.29% 11.59% 12.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.66% 12.77% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 248 312
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £404 £372 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £604 £595 £550
90th Percentile £641 £653 £612
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 3
10th Percentile £26.47 £16.25 £33.79
25th Percentile £41.25 £20.27 £47.84
Median hourly rate £45.00 £38.55 £76.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.73% -49.61% +178.18%
75th Percentile £61.88 £61.74 £82.13
90th Percentile £69.23 £77.20 £82.35
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £52.10 £32.75
% change year-on-year -42.42% +59.08% -9.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,268 2,599 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.88% 90.75% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,245 1,764 2,187
10th Percentile £213 £317 £235
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +4.12% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £585
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

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

Project Management
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 June 2024.

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

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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 June 2024.

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 June 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
Berkshire -7 156 £525 +10.53% 94
Buckinghamshire -3 46 £439 -7.49% 41
Oxfordshire +2 17 £488 -2.50% 50
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 9 (4.11%) Confluence
2 6 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.28%) SAS
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 31 (14.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (12.79%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (8.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (6.39%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.37%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.28%) Primavera
2 3 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.91%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.46%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 1 (0.46%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.46%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 25 (11.42%) Azure
2 15 (6.85%) OCI
3 7 (3.20%) Smartsheet
4 4 (1.83%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.37%) SaaS
6 2 (0.91%) AWS
6 2 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.46%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.46%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.46%) GitHub
7 1 (0.46%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.76%) Firewall
2 15 (6.85%) DHCP
2 15 (6.85%) DNS
3 14 (6.39%) SAN
4 6 (2.74%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (1.83%) WAN
6 3 (1.37%) VPN
7 2 (0.91%) LAN
7 2 (0.91%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.91%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.46%) DMZ
8 1 (0.46%) InfiniBand
8 1 (0.46%) Internet
8 1 (0.46%) Junos
8 1 (0.46%) MPLS
8 1 (0.46%) SDH
8 1 (0.46%) SMS
8 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.46%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.28%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (1.83%) Power BI
3 3 (1.37%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.46%) MySQL
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (5.48%) JIRA
General
1 88 (40.18%) Social Skills
2 55 (25.11%) Finance
3 32 (14.61%) Telecoms
4 29 (13.24%) Public Sector
5 23 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (9.59%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (8.22%) Legal
8 14 (6.39%) Manufacturing
9 12 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (4.57%) Automotive
12 9 (4.11%) Mandarin Language
13 8 (3.65%) Marketing
14 7 (3.20%) Law
15 6 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (2.74%) Retail
16 3 (1.37%) Military
17 2 (0.91%) Financial Institution
18 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
18 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 77 (35.16%) Project Manager
2 26 (11.87%) Analyst
3 23 (10.50%) Senior
4 18 (8.22%) Lead
5 15 (6.85%) IT Manager
6 14 (6.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (5.94%) IT Project Manager
8 12 (5.48%) Business Analyst
9 11 (5.02%) Senior Manager
9 11 (5.02%) Senior Project Manager
10 10 (4.57%) Storage Engineer
11 9 (4.11%) Coordinator
11 9 (4.11%) Delivery Manager
11 9 (4.11%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.65%) Security Manager
13 7 (3.20%) Architect
13 7 (3.20%) HR Manager
14 6 (2.74%) Developer
14 6 (2.74%) DV Cleared Project Manager
14 6 (2.74%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.91%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 2 (0.91%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (0.46%) ADO
2 1 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.13%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.94%) PMI
3 9 (4.11%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.20%) Life Science
5 6 (2.74%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.83%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.91%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.91%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.91%) NHS
9 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.91%) Replication
9 2 (0.91%) Robotics
9 2 (0.91%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.46%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.68%) Windows
2 17 (7.76%) Windows Server 2016
3 16 (7.31%) Linux
3 16 (7.31%) Windows Server
4 15 (6.85%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (6.39%) Windows 10
5 14 (6.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (6.39%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.46%) Unix
6 1 (0.46%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (26.48%) Project Delivery
2 48 (21.92%) Agile
2 48 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (18.26%) PRINCE2
4 34 (15.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 29 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (11.87%) ITIL
7 24 (10.96%) Change Management
8 21 (9.59%) Decision-Making
9 20 (9.13%) Logistics
10 18 (8.22%) Risk Management
11 17 (7.76%) Roadmaps
12 16 (7.31%) Collaborative Working
12 16 (7.31%) Waterfall
13 15 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (6.85%) Portfolio Management
13 15 (6.85%) Time Management
14 14 (6.39%) Break/Fix
14 14 (6.39%) Server Management
14 14 (6.39%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.31%) PowerShell
2 10 (4.57%) SQL
3 2 (0.91%) Java
3 2 (0.91%) Python
4 1 (0.46%) Perl
4 1 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 58 (26.48%) Degree
2 57 (26.03%) Security Cleared
3 38 (17.35%) DV Cleared
4 34 (15.53%) SC Cleared
5 22 (10.05%) PMI Certification
6 15 (6.85%) CCNA
6 15 (6.85%) CCNP
6 15 (6.85%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (5.02%) PMP
8 10 (4.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (3.65%) APMP
9 8 (3.65%) ISEB
10 5 (2.28%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (1.83%) CISM
11 4 (1.83%) CISSP
12 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.91%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (13.24%) PMO
2 15 (6.85%) QA
3 7 (3.20%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.83%) GDPR
5 3 (1.37%) SLA
6 2 (0.91%) P3O
6 2 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.46%) ITGC
System Software
1 15 (6.85%) Active Directory
1 15 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (6.39%) Hyper-V
2 14 (6.39%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.46%) Docker
3 1 (0.46%) NFS
3 1 (0.46%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (6.85%) SCCM
2 14 (6.39%) EMC NetWorker
2 14 (6.39%) NetBackup
2 14 (6.39%) SCOM
2 14 (6.39%) vCenter Server
2 14 (6.39%) WSUS
3 2 (0.91%) Ansible
4 1 (0.46%) CFEngine
4 1 (0.46%) Grafana
4 1 (0.46%) Graylog
4 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.46%) Nagios
4 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.46%) Puppet
4 1 (0.46%) SafeCom
4 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (21.46%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.68%) Oracle
3 17 (7.76%) Cisco
4 15 (6.85%) EMC
4 15 (6.85%) Juniper
4 15 (6.85%) VMware
5 14 (6.39%) 3PAR
5 14 (6.39%) Dell
5 14 (6.39%) Extreme Networks
5 14 (6.39%) HP
5 14 (6.39%) Palo Alto
5 14 (6.39%) Symantec
5 14 (6.39%) Veeam
6 10 (4.57%) SAP
7 6 (2.74%) IFS
8 5 (2.28%) Reuters
8 5 (2.28%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.37%) Siemens
10 2 (0.91%) NEC
10 2 (0.91%) Workday