Project Manager Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Project Manager
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £474, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 23 33
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 26 42 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 6.52% 6.45% 7.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.81% 6.79% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 33 73
10th Percentile £375 £463 £353
25th Percentile £422 £481 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -9.64% +7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £510 £600 £538
90th Percentile £549 £625 £586
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +2.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 382 619 1,242
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.74% 95.08% 96.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 470 1,017
10th Percentile £250 £225 £324
25th Percentile £374 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £595
90th Percentile £638 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £507 £500
% change year-on-year +0.64% +1.35% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 30
10th Percentile £14.59 £13.16 £10.77
25th Percentile £15.04 £13.57 £12.25
Median hourly rate £18.70 £18.25 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% +17.74% +14.81%
75th Percentile £33.00 £22.06 £17.50
90th Percentile £37.50 £24.00 £21.98
South East median hourly rate £57.79 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +15.59% +53.85% +30.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Buckinghamshire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Buckinghamshire.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Buckinghamshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Buckinghamshire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Buckinghamshire.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Buckinghamshire

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Milton Keynes -6 14 £474 -6.06% 17
Bletchley - 2 - -
Marlow - 2 £650 -
High Wycombe -1 1 - - 1
Aylesbury - 1 £400 -
Buckingham - 1 - -
Project Manager
South East

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 18 (69.23%) Project Management
2 11 (42.31%) PRINCE2
2 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
3 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 8 (30.77%) Project Delivery
3 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 7 (26.92%) APMP
4 7 (26.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 7 (26.92%) ISEB
4 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (23.08%) Finance
5 6 (23.08%) DV Cleared
5 6 (23.08%) Logistics
6 5 (19.23%) Migration
6 5 (19.23%) Change Management
7 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
7 4 (15.38%) Degree
7 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (15.38%) Decision-Making
8 3 (11.54%) Project Planning
8 3 (11.54%) RIBA
8 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
8 3 (11.54%) Impact Assessments
8 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (11.54%) Budget Management
8 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (11.54%) Change Control
8 3 (11.54%) Retail

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.85%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (7.69%) OneDrive
1 2 (7.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
1 1 (3.85%) Internet
1 1 (3.85%) VPN
1 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 3 (11.54%) Retail
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) French Language
5 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) EPoS
1 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.85%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.85%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) Project Management
2 11 (42.31%) PRINCE2
3 8 (30.77%) Project Delivery
4 6 (23.08%) Logistics
5 5 (19.23%) Change Management
5 5 (19.23%) Migration
6 4 (15.38%) Decision-Making
6 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (11.54%) Budget Management
7 3 (11.54%) Change Control
7 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (11.54%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (11.54%) Project Planning
7 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (7.69%) Data Governance
8 2 (7.69%) Machine Learning
8 2 (7.69%) Strategic Planning
8 2 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 7 (26.92%) APMP
2 7 (26.92%) ISEB
2 7 (26.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 6 (23.08%) DV Cleared
4 4 (15.38%) Degree
5 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
5 3 (11.54%) PMP
5 3 (11.54%) RIBA
6 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) NEC
3 2 (7.69%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.85%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.85%) Zscaler