Project Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Management
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 219 331 454
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.39% 11.76% 12.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.63% 12.91% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 245 324
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £488 £461
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% +5.69% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £638 £656 £613
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 2
10th Percentile £26.47 £22.15 £71.88
25th Percentile £41.25 £22.38 £72.81
Median hourly rate £45.00 £38.55 £78.25
Median % change year-on-year +16.73% -50.73% +184.55%
75th Percentile £61.88 £61.74 £82.31
90th Percentile £69.23 £77.20 £82.43
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £46.05 £33.00
% change year-on-year -34.85% +39.55% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,273 2,564 3,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.09% 91.12% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,262 1,770 2,157
10th Percentile £213 £320 £227
25th Percentile £370 £413 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year - +2.99% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +1.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 64 87
10th Percentile £14.17 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.13 £11.78
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.05 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.85% +200.29% -19.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.42
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the Thames Valley

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the Thames Valley

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 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
Berkshire -7 159 £525 +10.53% 91
Buckinghamshire -2 45 £449 -5.50% 50
Oxfordshire 0 15 £450 -14.29% 58
Project Management
South East

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (3.20%) Confluence
2 6 (2.74%) SAS
2 6 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 31 (14.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (13.24%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (9.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (6.39%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.37%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.28%) Primavera
2 4 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.91%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.91%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.91%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.91%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.46%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 24 (10.96%) Azure
2 15 (6.85%) OCI
3 7 (3.20%) Smartsheet
4 3 (1.37%) AWS
4 3 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.37%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.37%) SaaS
5 2 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.46%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.46%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.46%) GitHub
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.46%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.31%) Firewall
2 15 (6.85%) DHCP
2 15 (6.85%) DNS
3 14 (6.39%) SAN
4 6 (2.74%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (1.83%) WAN
6 2 (0.91%) LAN
6 2 (0.91%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.91%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.91%) VPN
7 1 (0.46%) DMZ
7 1 (0.46%) InfiniBand
7 1 (0.46%) Internet
7 1 (0.46%) Junos
7 1 (0.46%) MPLS
7 1 (0.46%) SDH
7 1 (0.46%) SMS
7 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.46%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.28%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (1.37%) Power BI
2 3 (1.37%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.46%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.46%) MySQL
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.46%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (5.02%) JIRA
General
1 90 (41.10%) Social Skills
2 53 (24.20%) Finance
3 31 (14.16%) Telecoms
4 28 (12.79%) Public Sector
5 23 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (10.50%) Presentation Skills
6 18 (8.22%) Legal
7 14 (6.39%) Manufacturing
8 12 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (4.57%) Mandarin Language
10 9 (4.11%) Automotive
11 8 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (3.65%) Marketing
11 8 (3.65%) Retail
12 7 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.20%) Law
13 3 (1.37%) Military
14 2 (0.91%) Banking
14 2 (0.91%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 80 (36.53%) Project Manager
2 26 (11.87%) Analyst
3 25 (11.42%) Senior
4 18 (8.22%) Lead
5 14 (6.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (6.39%) IT Manager
6 13 (5.94%) Business Analyst
6 13 (5.94%) Senior Manager
6 13 (5.94%) Senior Project Manager
7 12 (5.48%) IT Project Manager
8 10 (4.57%) Delivery Manager
8 10 (4.57%) Storage Engineer
9 9 (4.11%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (3.65%) Coordinator
11 7 (3.20%) HR Manager
11 7 (3.20%) Security Manager
12 6 (2.74%) Business Manager
12 6 (2.74%) Developer
12 6 (2.74%) DV Cleared Project Manager
12 6 (2.74%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.91%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 2 (0.91%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (0.46%) ADO
2 1 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.13%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.94%) PMI
3 11 (5.02%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.20%) Life Science
5 6 (2.74%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.83%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.37%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.91%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.91%) NHS
9 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.91%) Replication
9 2 (0.91%) Robotics
10 1 (0.46%) Blog
10 1 (0.46%) CCTV
10 1 (0.46%) Grid Computing
10 1 (0.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.05%) Windows
2 17 (7.76%) Windows Server 2016
3 16 (7.31%) Linux
3 16 (7.31%) Windows Server
4 15 (6.85%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (6.39%) Windows 10
5 14 (6.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (6.39%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.46%) Unix
6 1 (0.46%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (28.31%) Project Delivery
2 48 (21.92%) Agile
2 48 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (18.72%) PRINCE2
4 33 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 29 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (11.42%) Change Management
6 25 (11.42%) ITIL
7 20 (9.13%) Decision-Making
7 20 (9.13%) Logistics
8 19 (8.68%) Risk Management
9 17 (7.76%) Collaborative Working
9 17 (7.76%) Roadmaps
10 16 (7.31%) Business Analysis
10 16 (7.31%) Business Case
10 16 (7.31%) Waterfall
11 15 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (6.85%) Matrix Organization
11 15 (6.85%) Migration
12 14 (6.39%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.31%) PowerShell
2 10 (4.57%) SQL
3 2 (0.91%) Java
3 2 (0.91%) Python
4 1 (0.46%) Perl
4 1 (0.46%) R
4 1 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 59 (26.94%) Degree
2 58 (26.48%) Security Cleared
3 40 (18.26%) DV Cleared
4 34 (15.53%) SC Cleared
5 22 (10.05%) PMI Certification
6 15 (6.85%) CCNA
6 15 (6.85%) CCNP
6 15 (6.85%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (5.48%) PMP
8 9 (4.11%) APMP
8 9 (4.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (3.65%) ISEB
10 6 (2.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 5 (2.28%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.83%) CISM
12 4 (1.83%) CISSP
13 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.91%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (13.70%) PMO
2 16 (7.31%) QA
3 7 (3.20%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.83%) GDPR
5 3 (1.37%) SLA
6 2 (0.91%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.46%) ITGC
7 1 (0.46%) P3O
System Software
1 15 (6.85%) Active Directory
1 15 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (6.39%) Hyper-V
2 14 (6.39%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.46%) Docker
3 1 (0.46%) NFS
3 1 (0.46%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (6.85%) SCCM
2 14 (6.39%) EMC NetWorker
2 14 (6.39%) NetBackup
2 14 (6.39%) SCOM
2 14 (6.39%) vCenter Server
2 14 (6.39%) WSUS
3 2 (0.91%) Ansible
4 1 (0.46%) CFEngine
4 1 (0.46%) Grafana
4 1 (0.46%) Graylog
4 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.46%) Nagios
4 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.46%) Puppet
4 1 (0.46%) SafeCom
4 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (21.46%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.22%) Oracle
3 16 (7.31%) Cisco
4 15 (6.85%) EMC
4 15 (6.85%) Juniper
4 15 (6.85%) VMware
5 14 (6.39%) 3PAR
5 14 (6.39%) Dell
5 14 (6.39%) Extreme Networks
5 14 (6.39%) HP
5 14 (6.39%) Palo Alto
5 14 (6.39%) Symantec
5 14 (6.39%) Veeam
6 8 (3.65%) SAP
7 5 (2.28%) IFS
7 5 (2.28%) Reuters
7 5 (2.28%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.37%) Siemens
9 2 (0.91%) NEC
9 2 (0.91%) Workday