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 £518, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 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
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 114 129
Rank change year-on-year +5 +15 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 5 19 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.75% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.81% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 14
10th Percentile £480 £516 £57
25th Percentile £506 £544 £147
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £611 £460
Median % change year-on-year -15.26% +32.88% -16.36%
75th Percentile £544 £660 £534
90th Percentile £554 £675 £540
South East median daily rate £560 £600 £538
% change year-on-year -6.67% +11.63% -6.52%

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 1,527 2,342 2,812
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 92.13% 94.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 921 1,307 1,922
10th Percentile £286 £250 £298
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% +0.20% +0.05%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £605
90th Percentile £675 £688 £695
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 163 91
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.86 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £19.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.30 £53.03 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.29% +17.84% +157.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £69.22 £66.21
90th Percentile £87.25 £87.49 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £55.80 £50.00
% change year-on-year -50.72% +11.60% +136.13%

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
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 21 July 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
Buckinghamshire +6 4 £528 -4.09% 1
Berkshire +9 1 £518 -15.77% 4
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 21 July 2025, 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 4 (80.00%) Project Management
1 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 3 (60.00%) APMP
2 3 (60.00%) ISEB
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Resource Management
3 2 (40.00%) Product Management
3 2 (40.00%) Cost Management
3 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
3 2 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) GRC
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (20.00%) Snow
4 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (20.00%) Static Application Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared

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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
3 2 (40.00%) Cost Management
3 2 (40.00%) Product Management
3 2 (40.00%) Resource Management
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (20.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Static Application Security Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) APMP
2 3 (60.00%) ISEB
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Snow