The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 May 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
49,107
43,607
80,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
87.27%
85.36%
87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted
33,613
28,956
54,139
10th Percentile
£311
£288
£300
25th Percentile
£400
£380
£381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£494
£475
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+4.00%
-
+5.56%
75th Percentile
£588
£575
£575
90th Percentile
£675
£663
£650
UK excluding London median daily rate
£440
£450
£438
% change year-on-year
-2.22%
+2.86%
+4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,469
1,346
2,008
10th Percentile
£12.24
£12.36
£11.50
25th Percentile
£15.79
£16.00
£14.25
Median hourly rate
£26.50
£22.00
£22.65
Median % change year-on-year
+20.45%
-2.87%
+10.49%
75th Percentile
£47.50
£46.00
£44.50
90th Percentile
£58.95
£55.00
£50.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£23.00
£20.11
£22.40
% change year-on-year
+14.37%
-10.22%
+16.41%
Project Management Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Project Management Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management.
Project Management Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management over the 6 months to 12 May 2021.
Project Management Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management.
Project Management Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management over the 6 months to 12 May 2021.
Project Management Top 18 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 12 May 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 12 May 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Project Management also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Project Management.
Project Management Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
