Project Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Project Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 39 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 -18 -13
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Project Manager 82 111 227
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.96% 4.90% 8.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.42% 5.36% 8.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 66 168
10th Percentile £406 £375 £400
25th Percentile £456 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% - +2.00%
75th Percentile £604 £632 £600
90th Percentile £636 £675 £641
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 2
10th Percentile - £41.28 £61.80
25th Percentile £36.14 £57.63 £63.55
Median hourly rate £37.28 £71.75 £66.79
Median % change year-on-year -48.04% +7.42% -7.88%
75th Percentile £38.42 £100.00 £69.72
90th Percentile - - £71.28
South East median hourly rate £48.64 £65.00 £70.50
% change year-on-year -25.17% -7.79% +7.96%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,514 2,071 2,645
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 91.39% 94.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 1,184 1,794
10th Percentile £270 £261 £263
25th Percentile £400 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.49% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £615
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 116 89
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.61 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.12 £22.56 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.43 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -56.96% +20.73% +154.74%
75th Percentile £58.62 £70.73 £66.00
90th Percentile £83.85 £88.75 £74.83
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
DemandTrendContract 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 Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire 0 60 £525 -12.50% 76
Oxfordshire -2 16 £550 +7.32% 6
Buckinghamshire -6 8 £450 +2.86% 17
Project Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 45 (54.88%) Project Management
2 39 (47.56%) Agile
3 37 (45.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (43.90%) Social Skills
5 30 (36.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 26 (31.71%) Project Delivery
7 23 (28.05%) PRINCE2
8 18 (21.95%) Finance
8 18 (21.95%) Waterfall
9 17 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (18.29%) Oracle
11 14 (17.07%) Change Management
11 14 (17.07%) Project Planning
12 13 (15.85%) Telecoms
13 12 (14.63%) Migration
13 12 (14.63%) SAP
13 12 (14.63%) PMI Certification
13 12 (14.63%) Project Governance
14 11 (13.41%) Business Case
15 10 (12.20%) Azure
15 10 (12.20%) PMP
16 9 (10.98%) Retail
16 9 (10.98%) Budget Management
17 8 (9.76%) JIRA
17 8 (9.76%) CRM
17 8 (9.76%) ERP
17 8 (9.76%) SAP S/4HANA
18 7 (8.54%) Strategic Thinking
18 7 (8.54%) Power BI
18 7 (8.54%) Time Management

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 6 (7.32%) Confluence
2 4 (4.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.66%) CMS
4 1 (1.22%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (9.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (7.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (3.66%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.22%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (1.22%) SAP HCM
4 1 (1.22%) SAP PM
4 1 (1.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.20%) Azure
2 7 (8.54%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (4.88%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (2.44%) Contentstack
5 2 (2.44%) OCI
5 2 (2.44%) Oracle CX
5 2 (2.44%) SaaS
6 1 (1.22%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.22%) AWS
6 1 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.22%) Miro
6 1 (1.22%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.22%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.66%) Broadband
2 2 (2.44%) 5G
2 2 (2.44%) Network Security
2 2 (2.44%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (2.44%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.54%) Power BI
2 2 (2.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.22%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (9.76%) JIRA
2 1 (1.22%) Snyk
General
1 36 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 18 (21.95%) Finance
3 13 (15.85%) Telecoms
4 9 (10.98%) Retail
5 7 (8.54%) Manufacturing
5 7 (8.54%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.10%) Marketing
7 4 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.88%) Automotive
8 3 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.66%) Legal
9 2 (2.44%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.22%) Electronics
10 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.22%) Law
10 1 (1.22%) Military
10 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.44%) ADO
1 2 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (2.44%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.32%) Life Science
1 6 (7.32%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (6.10%) Smart Meter
3 4 (4.88%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.88%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.44%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.44%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.44%) PMI
4 2 (2.44%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.22%) EPoS
5 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.22%) Robotics
5 1 (1.22%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (54.88%) Project Management
2 39 (47.56%) Agile
3 37 (45.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (36.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 26 (31.71%) Project Delivery
6 23 (28.05%) PRINCE2
7 18 (21.95%) Waterfall
8 17 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (17.07%) Change Management
9 14 (17.07%) Project Planning
10 12 (14.63%) Migration
10 12 (14.63%) Project Governance
11 11 (13.41%) Business Case
12 9 (10.98%) Budget Management
13 8 (9.76%) CRM
13 8 (9.76%) ERP
14 7 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
14 7 (8.54%) ITIL
14 7 (8.54%) Risk Management
14 7 (8.54%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 12 (14.63%) PMI Certification
2 10 (12.20%) PMP
3 3 (3.66%) Degree
3 3 (3.66%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.44%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.22%) CISSP
5 1 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) PMBOK
1 6 (7.32%) PMO
1 6 (7.32%) QA
2 3 (3.66%) GDPR
3 2 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.44%) GRC
3 2 (2.44%) NIST
4 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (3.66%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 15 (18.29%) Oracle
2 12 (14.63%) SAP
3 6 (7.32%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.32%) Remedy
4 2 (2.44%) Adobe
4 2 (2.44%) Ariba
4 2 (2.44%) Cramer
4 2 (2.44%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.22%) Databricks
5 1 (1.22%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.22%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.22%) Juniper
5 1 (1.22%) Progress
5 1 (1.22%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.22%) Workday