Senior Project Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

Senior Project Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 111 112
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 26 37 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.98% 1.30% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.38% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 31 35
10th Percentile £498 £57 £439
25th Percentile £525 £243 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £521 £538
Median % change year-on-year +15.16% -3.07% +7.50%
75th Percentile £615 £550 £613
90th Percentile £668 £598 £707
South East median daily rate £588 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +6.82% -4.35% +17.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
South East median hourly rate £51.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -21.54% - -

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 2,453 2,688 3,303
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 94.58% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,413 1,857 2,251
10th Percentile £207 £312 £200
25th Percentile £370 £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 £491
% change year-on-year - +1.94% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 76 96
10th Percentile £15.63 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.49 £79.19 £56.19
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -1.21% +140.40% -17.13%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Senior 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 Senior Project Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 May 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 0 20 £611 +16.43% 10
Buckinghamshire +12 3 £550 +801.64% 3
Oxfordshire +3 3 £500 -9.09% 1
Senior Project Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 13 (50.00%) Project Management
2 12 (46.15%) Agile
3 11 (42.31%) Project Delivery
4 8 (30.77%) Waterfall
4 8 (30.77%) Finance
5 7 (26.92%) Business Case
6 6 (23.08%) Migration
7 4 (15.38%) ERP
7 4 (15.38%) DV Cleared
7 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
7 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (15.38%) Matrix Organization
7 4 (15.38%) Contingency Planning
7 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
7 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
7 4 (15.38%) Project Governance
7 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (11.54%) Process Improvement
8 3 (11.54%) Change Control
8 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (11.54%) SaaS
8 3 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (11.54%) Business Strategy
8 3 (11.54%) Cost Accounting
8 3 (11.54%) Acceptance Criteria
8 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Identification
8 3 (11.54%) Conflict Resolution
8 3 (11.54%) Resource Management
8 3 (11.54%) QA
8 3 (11.54%) Oracle

Senior 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 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) SaaS
2 2 (7.69%) WhatsApp
3 1 (3.85%) AWS
3 1 (3.85%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle Database
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (3.85%) Oracle Database 12c
2 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
General
1 8 (30.77%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 2 (7.69%) Replication
2 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.85%) FMCG
2 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Android
2 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Project Management
2 12 (46.15%) Agile
3 11 (42.31%) Project Delivery
4 8 (30.77%) Waterfall
5 7 (26.92%) Business Case
6 6 (23.08%) Migration
7 4 (15.38%) Contingency Planning
7 4 (15.38%) ERP
7 4 (15.38%) Matrix Organization
7 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (15.38%) Project Governance
8 3 (11.54%) Acceptance Criteria
8 3 (11.54%) Business Strategy
8 3 (11.54%) Change Control
8 3 (11.54%) Conflict Resolution
8 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (11.54%) Cost Accounting
8 3 (11.54%) Process Improvement
8 3 (11.54%) Resource Management
8 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Identification
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Java
1 1 (3.85%) Python
1 1 (3.85%) R
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) DV Cleared
1 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle
2 2 (7.69%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) Fujitsu
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) PeopleSoft