Project Manager Contracts in the South East

Project Manager
England > South East

The median Project Manager daily rate in the South East is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 20 10
Rank change year-on-year -8 -10 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 313 440 888
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.75% 7.87% 11.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.24% 8.32% 12.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 337 683
10th Percentile £363 £400 £390
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £604 £600 £575
90th Percentile £663 £638 £638
England median daily rate £525 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -2.33% +4.88% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 7 7
10th Percentile £12.78 £32.86 £32.57
25th Percentile £23.63 £48.88 £48.81
Median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £65.30
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% -0.46% +92.03%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 £82.13
90th Percentile £71.75 £75.00 £82.60
England median hourly rate £35.73 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -42.83% +25.00% +69.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,018 5,291 7,308
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 94.69% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,016 3,707 4,981
10th Percentile £213 £221 £203
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £601 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 480 230 327
10th Percentile £12.78 £16.25 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.95 £15.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +142.00% -19.19%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £42.63
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £57.85
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
% change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the South East

Project Manager
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 Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Thames Valley -19 141 £525 +5.00% 77
Berkshire -18 100 £575 +14.43% 34
Hampshire -8 64 £575 +1.77% 37
Surrey +26 55 £525 -14.29% 11
Buckinghamshire -7 29 £475 - 29
West Sussex +9 17 £525 +0.96% 4
East Sussex +14 12 £410 -31.67% 5
Oxfordshire +4 12 £425 -17.07% 14
Kent -3 9 £550 +7.84% 23
Sussex - 2 £513 -
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 South East region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 167 (53.35%) Project Management
2 87 (27.80%) Agile
2 87 (27.80%) Social Skills
3 85 (27.16%) Finance
4 68 (21.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 58 (18.53%) Project Delivery
6 54 (17.25%) PRINCE2
7 50 (15.97%) Security Cleared
8 35 (11.18%) Microsoft
8 35 (11.18%) Degree
9 34 (10.86%) Public Sector
10 32 (10.22%) Migration
11 28 (8.95%) Manufacturing
11 28 (8.95%) Risk Management
12 27 (8.63%) E-Commerce
13 26 (8.31%) SAP
13 26 (8.31%) Change Management
13 26 (8.31%) Waterfall
14 25 (7.99%) Budget Management
15 24 (7.67%) DV Cleared
15 24 (7.67%) Programme Management
15 24 (7.67%) PMI Certification
16 23 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (7.03%) Problem-Solving
18 21 (6.71%) ERP
19 20 (6.39%) PMP
19 20 (6.39%) Telecoms
19 20 (6.39%) SC Cleared
20 19 (6.07%) Decision-Making
21 18 (5.75%) Azure

Project Manager Skill Set
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 10 (3.19%) Confluence
2 9 (2.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.15%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.96%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.64%) Maya
5 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.56%) SAP Hybris
2 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.32%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 1 (0.32%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.32%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 18 (5.75%) Azure
2 12 (3.83%) SaaS
3 9 (2.88%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 9 (2.88%) Smartsheet
4 6 (1.92%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.64%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.32%) AWS
9 1 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.32%) GitHub
9 1 (0.32%) OCI
9 1 (0.32%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.32%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.32%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.28%) Internet
2 3 (0.96%) 5G
2 3 (0.96%) Network Security
3 2 (0.64%) CTI
3 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.32%) DMZ
4 1 (0.32%) MPLS
4 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.32%) SNMP
4 1 (0.32%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.56%) Electronic Patient Records
2 6 (1.92%) Power BI
3 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.96%) Tableau
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Database 11g
4 2 (0.64%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.32%) IDMS
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (4.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
General
1 87 (27.80%) Social Skills
2 85 (27.16%) Finance
3 34 (10.86%) Public Sector
4 28 (8.95%) Manufacturing
5 20 (6.39%) Telecoms
6 17 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.43%) Retail
7 14 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (3.83%) Marketing
9 10 (3.19%) Legal
10 9 (2.88%) Electronics
11 6 (1.92%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.60%) Automotive
12 5 (1.60%) Banking
12 5 (1.60%) Law
12 5 (1.60%) Publishing
13 4 (1.28%) Local Government
13 4 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.64%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 2 (0.64%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.11%) NHS
2 12 (3.83%) PMI
3 9 (2.88%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.88%) Life Science
3 9 (2.88%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.56%) LIMS
5 7 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (1.60%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.64%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.64%) Replication
8 2 (0.64%) Robotics
9 1 (0.32%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.32%) Over-the-Top Content
9 1 (0.32%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.32%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.51%) Windows
2 3 (0.96%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.32%) Android
3 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (53.35%) Project Management
2 87 (27.80%) Agile
3 68 (21.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 58 (18.53%) Project Delivery
5 54 (17.25%) PRINCE2
6 32 (10.22%) Migration
7 28 (8.95%) Risk Management
8 27 (8.63%) E-Commerce
9 26 (8.31%) Change Management
9 26 (8.31%) Waterfall
10 25 (7.99%) Budget Management
11 24 (7.67%) Programme Management
12 23 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (7.03%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (6.71%) ERP
15 19 (6.07%) Decision-Making
16 18 (5.75%) CRM
16 18 (5.75%) Project Planning
17 15 (4.79%) DevOps
18 14 (4.47%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.64%) SQL
2 1 (0.32%) Java
2 1 (0.32%) Python
2 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 50 (15.97%) Security Cleared
2 35 (11.18%) Degree
3 24 (7.67%) DV Cleared
3 24 (7.67%) PMI Certification
4 20 (6.39%) PMP
4 20 (6.39%) SC Cleared
5 14 (4.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 13 (4.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 10 (3.19%) APMP
8 5 (1.60%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.60%) ISEB
9 4 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.28%) CISM
9 4 (1.28%) CISSP
9 4 (1.28%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.96%) RIBA
11 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.32%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.32%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.79%) PMO
1 15 (4.79%) QA
2 8 (2.56%) HL7
3 5 (1.60%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.28%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.28%) NEBOSH
4 4 (1.28%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.28%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.32%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (1.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.32%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 35 (11.18%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.31%) SAP
3 9 (2.88%) Adobe
4 6 (1.92%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.60%) Citrix
6 4 (1.28%) NEC
6 4 (1.28%) Oracle
6 4 (1.28%) Sage
6 4 (1.28%) Workday
7 3 (0.96%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.96%) Siemens
8 2 (0.64%) Ariba
8 2 (0.64%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.32%) BT
9 1 (0.32%) Cisco
9 1 (0.32%) EMC
9 1 (0.32%) Epicor
9 1 (0.32%) IBM
9 1 (0.32%) Nokia
9 1 (0.32%) PeopleSoft