Project Management Contracts in the South East

Project Management
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 +8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 422 560 842
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 7.48% 9.93% 10.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.01% 11.15% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 396 597
10th Percentile £313 £307 £332
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +6.38%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £590
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £530 £513
% change year-on-year -0.94% +3.41% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 19 12
10th Percentile £18.32 £20.59 £21.69
25th Percentile £23.63 £22.16 £30.48
Median hourly rate £30.00 £52.10 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -42.42% +59.08% -9.03%
75th Percentile £53.00 £73.75 £50.06
90th Percentile £61.95 £77.50 £82.43
England median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £32.45
% change year-on-year -22.20% +51.00% +21.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,683 5,022 6,900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.99% 89.03% 89.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,708 3,452 4,710
10th Percentile £260 £250 £231
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £504 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 220 272
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.21 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.26 £22.47 £15.38
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%
75th Percentile £62.60 £65.00 £47.77
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £63.15
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Thames Valley -8 219 £475 - 183
Berkshire -7 156 £525 +10.53% 92
Hampshire -10 90 £438 -20.45% 105
Surrey +3 58 £488 -2.50% 51
Buckinghamshire -3 46 £439 -7.49% 41
West Sussex +19 31 £500 +5.26% 21
Oxfordshire +2 17 £488 -2.50% 50
East Sussex +14 12 £325 -27.78% 16
Kent 0 7 £550 -5.58% 40
Sussex - 2 - -
Middlesex - 1 - - 1
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (4.27%) Confluence
2 14 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.90%) Documentum
4 7 (1.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (1.18%) SAS
6 3 (0.71%) Apache
6 3 (0.71%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) EPiServer
Applications
1 34 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (4.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (4.50%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.71%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.66%) SAP Hybris
2 5 (1.18%) Primavera
2 5 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.95%) Infor SunSystems
3 4 (0.95%) SAP WM
4 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.24%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.24%) PeopleSoft HRMS
5 1 (0.24%) Relativity
5 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.24%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 38 (9.00%) Azure
2 19 (4.50%) OCI
3 13 (3.08%) SaaS
4 9 (2.13%) Power Platform
5 7 (1.66%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 7 (1.66%) Smartsheet
6 5 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (0.95%) AWS
7 4 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (0.95%) PaaS
8 3 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.71%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.47%) IaaS
9 2 (0.47%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.24%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.24%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.24%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.24%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.92%) VPN
2 23 (5.45%) WAN
3 22 (5.21%) LAN
3 22 (5.21%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (4.98%) Firewall
5 16 (3.79%) DHCP
5 16 (3.79%) DNS
6 15 (3.55%) SAN
7 6 (1.42%) Network Security
7 6 (1.42%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (1.18%) Internet
9 4 (0.95%) HTTP
10 3 (0.71%) Junos
11 2 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.47%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (0.47%) MPLS
11 2 (0.47%) SSL
11 2 (0.47%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.47%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.13%) Power BI
1 9 (2.13%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.90%) EDMS
3 5 (1.18%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.71%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) IDMS
6 1 (0.24%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.24%) MySQL
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 29 (6.87%) JIRA
2 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.47%) Git
2 2 (0.47%) JMeter
2 2 (0.47%) Selenium
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 165 (39.10%) Social Skills
2 115 (27.25%) Finance
3 47 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.48%) Public Sector
5 33 (7.82%) Telecoms
6 31 (7.35%) Legal
7 27 (6.40%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (4.74%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (4.50%) Retail
10 18 (4.27%) Manufacturing
11 17 (4.03%) Marketing
12 16 (3.79%) Automotive
13 11 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (2.61%) Local Government
14 9 (2.13%) Law
14 9 (2.13%) Mandarin Language
14 9 (2.13%) Military
15 7 (1.66%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 167 (39.57%) Project Manager
2 47 (11.14%) Senior
3 41 (9.72%) Analyst
4 30 (7.11%) Architect
4 30 (7.11%) Lead
5 26 (6.16%) IT Manager
6 22 (5.21%) IT Project Manager
7 20 (4.74%) Business Analyst
7 20 (4.74%) Network Architect
7 20 (4.74%) Senior Manager
8 19 (4.50%) Senior Project Manager
9 15 (3.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (3.32%) Coordinator
11 12 (2.84%) Technical Manager
12 11 (2.61%) Consultant
12 11 (2.61%) Delivery Manager
12 11 (2.61%) Security Manager
12 11 (2.61%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (2.37%) Storage Engineer
13 10 (2.37%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.42%) Kafka
2 4 (0.95%) BAPI
2 4 (0.95%) REST
2 4 (0.95%) SAP ALE
3 2 (0.47%) .NET
3 2 (0.47%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.47%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 2 (0.47%) RESTful
3 2 (0.47%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (0.24%) ADO
4 1 (0.24%) CSS
4 1 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.24%) HTML
4 1 (0.24%) LAMP
4 1 (0.24%) PySpark
4 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.92%) Data Centre
2 17 (4.03%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.03%) PMI
3 13 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.66%) Life Science
6 6 (1.42%) NHS
6 6 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (1.42%) Robotics
7 5 (1.18%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.18%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.95%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.71%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.71%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.47%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.47%) PKI
10 2 (0.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.16%) Windows
2 21 (4.98%) Windows Server
3 20 (4.74%) Linux
4 17 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (3.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (3.32%) Windows 10
6 14 (3.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (3.32%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.47%) VMS
8 1 (0.24%) Android
8 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.24%) Unix
8 1 (0.24%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (26.78%) Project Delivery
2 112 (26.54%) Agile
3 86 (20.38%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (17.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 71 (16.82%) PRINCE2
6 46 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (9.48%) Decision-Making
8 36 (8.53%) ITIL
9 33 (7.82%) Change Management
9 33 (7.82%) Risk Management
10 32 (7.58%) Migration
11 28 (6.64%) Budget Management
11 28 (6.64%) Waterfall
12 27 (6.40%) Roadmaps
13 26 (6.16%) Business Analysis
13 26 (6.16%) Programme Management
14 24 (5.69%) Collaborative Working
15 23 (5.45%) DevOps
15 23 (5.45%) ERP
15 23 (5.45%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.79%) PowerShell
1 16 (3.79%) SQL
2 7 (1.66%) Java
3 4 (0.95%) ABAP
4 3 (0.71%) Python
5 1 (0.24%) Perl
5 1 (0.24%) PHP
5 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 113 (26.78%) Security Cleared
2 89 (21.09%) Degree
3 50 (11.85%) SC Cleared
4 49 (11.61%) DV Cleared
5 34 (8.06%) PMI Certification
6 26 (6.16%) PMP
7 23 (5.45%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (4.74%) CCNA
8 20 (4.74%) CCNP
9 15 (3.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 11 (2.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 9 (2.13%) APMP
12 8 (1.90%) ISEB
12 8 (1.90%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.18%) ACCA
13 5 (1.18%) CIMA
13 5 (1.18%) CISSP
13 5 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.18%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.95%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (12.56%) PMO
2 25 (5.92%) QA
3 11 (2.61%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.95%) GDPR
4 4 (0.95%) PMBOK
4 4 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.71%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.71%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.71%) SLA
6 2 (0.47%) COBIT
6 2 (0.47%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.47%) GxP
6 2 (0.47%) P3O
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) ITGC
System Software
1 21 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.32%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.24%) Docker
4 1 (0.24%) NFS
4 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 15 (3.55%) SCCM
2 14 (3.32%) EMC NetWorker
2 14 (3.32%) NetBackup
2 14 (3.32%) SCOM
2 14 (3.32%) vCenter Server
2 14 (3.32%) WSUS
3 3 (0.71%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.71%) MOM
4 2 (0.47%) Ansible
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.24%) AppManager
5 1 (0.24%) CFEngine
5 1 (0.24%) Grafana
5 1 (0.24%) Graylog
5 1 (0.24%) Nagios
5 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.24%) Puppet
5 1 (0.24%) QRadar
5 1 (0.24%) SafeCom
5 1 (0.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 67 (15.88%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.48%) Cisco
3 35 (8.29%) Juniper
4 28 (6.64%) Oracle
4 28 (6.64%) SAP
5 16 (3.79%) Palo Alto
5 16 (3.79%) VMware
6 15 (3.55%) EMC
7 14 (3.32%) 3PAR
7 14 (3.32%) Dell
7 14 (3.32%) Extreme Networks
7 14 (3.32%) HP
7 14 (3.32%) Symantec
7 14 (3.32%) Veeam
8 7 (1.66%) Adobe
8 7 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.42%) IFS
10 5 (1.18%) IBM
10 5 (1.18%) Reuters
11 4 (0.95%) Sun