Project Manager Contracts in the South West

Project Manager
England > South West

The median Project Manager daily rate in the South West is £500 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 27 25 16
Rank change year-on-year -2 -9 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 171 248 327
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.43% 7.14% 8.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.83% 7.73% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 191 276
10th Percentile £343 £369 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £591 £546
90th Percentile £615 £638 £613
England median daily rate £525 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -2.33% +4.88% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 6
10th Percentile £23.63 £40.99 £31.25
25th Percentile £25.44 £56.25 £32.29
Median hourly rate £35.00 £65.00 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% +76.88% +75.55%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.15 £61.25
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 West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,934 3,207 3,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 92.39% 95.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,860 2,398 2,482
10th Percentile £213 £275 £225
25th Percentile £400 £414 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £666
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 412 254 207
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.57 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.82% +35.94% +11.76%
75th Percentile £71.25 £72.53 £64.38
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £69.09
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the South West

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol +1 60 £496 -5.52% 32
Devon +4 32 £465 +0.54% 13
Wiltshire -34 31 £544 -5.43% 9
Gloucestershire -3 25 £525 -4.55% 15
Somerset -6 6 £550 +4.76% 11
Dorset +4 4 £443 -6.84% 5
Cornwall - 1 £158 - 3
Project Manager
England

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

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 West region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 97 (56.73%) Project Management
2 85 (49.71%) Security Cleared
3 60 (35.09%) Social Skills
4 59 (34.50%) Agile
5 56 (32.75%) PRINCE2
6 48 (28.07%) SC Cleared
7 44 (25.73%) Finance
8 41 (23.98%) DV Cleared
9 36 (21.05%) Project Delivery
10 35 (20.47%) Public Sector
10 35 (20.47%) Stakeholder Management
11 30 (17.54%) Change Management
12 25 (14.62%) Project Governance
13 22 (12.87%) Decision-Making
14 20 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
15 19 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
16 18 (10.53%) Programme Management
17 17 (9.94%) Business Case
18 16 (9.36%) Risk Management
19 15 (8.77%) Scrum
19 15 (8.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 15 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
20 13 (7.60%) Software Engineering
21 12 (7.02%) Project Planning
21 12 (7.02%) Migration
21 12 (7.02%) Telecoms
21 12 (7.02%) Coaching
22 11 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
23 10 (5.85%) Stakeholder Identification
23 10 (5.85%) Contract Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.75%) Confluence
3 1 (0.58%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.17%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.58%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.58%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (1.17%) Azure
3 1 (0.58%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.68%) Network Security
2 7 (4.09%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.58%) 4G
4 1 (0.58%) 5G
4 1 (0.58%) LAN
4 1 (0.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 5 (2.92%) JIRA
General
1 60 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 44 (25.73%) Finance
3 35 (20.47%) Public Sector
4 19 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.02%) Telecoms
6 10 (5.85%) Manufacturing
6 10 (5.85%) Military
7 8 (4.68%) Legal
7 8 (4.68%) Local Government
8 7 (4.09%) Electronics
8 7 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (4.09%) Marketing
9 6 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.34%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.75%) Retail
13 1 (0.58%) Aviation
13 1 (0.58%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.68%) Cyber Defence
1 8 (4.68%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.34%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.17%) Credit Risk
4 2 (1.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.17%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.58%) Contactless
5 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.58%) FMCG
5 1 (0.58%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.34%) Windows
2 2 (1.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (56.73%) Project Management
2 59 (34.50%) Agile
3 56 (32.75%) PRINCE2
4 36 (21.05%) Project Delivery
5 35 (20.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (17.54%) Change Management
7 25 (14.62%) Project Governance
8 22 (12.87%) Decision-Making
9 20 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (10.53%) Programme Management
11 17 (9.94%) Business Case
12 16 (9.36%) Risk Management
13 15 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (8.77%) Scrum
14 13 (7.60%) Software Engineering
15 12 (7.02%) Coaching
15 12 (7.02%) Migration
15 12 (7.02%) Project Planning
16 11 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
17 10 (5.85%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 85 (49.71%) Security Cleared
2 48 (28.07%) SC Cleared
3 41 (23.98%) DV Cleared
4 15 (8.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 10 (5.85%) Degree
5 10 (5.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 7 (4.09%) CISM
6 7 (4.09%) CISSP
7 5 (2.92%) PMP
8 4 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.17%) APMP
9 2 (1.17%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.17%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.26%) PMO
2 8 (4.68%) NIST
2 8 (4.68%) NIST 800
3 2 (1.17%) QA
4 1 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.58%) GDPR
4 1 (0.58%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.58%) RMADS
Vendors
1 10 (5.85%) SAP
2 5 (2.92%) Atlassian
2 5 (2.92%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.17%) Oracle
3 2 (1.17%) Remedy
4 1 (0.58%) Adobe
4 1 (0.58%) CA
4 1 (0.58%) Dell
4 1 (0.58%) Hitachi
4 1 (0.58%) NEC
4 1 (0.58%) Progress