Project Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Project Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 15 8
Rank change year-on-year -16 -7 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 149 282 496
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.56% 9.80% 13.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.99% 10.39% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 219 357
10th Percentile £373 £350 £381
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £615 £563 £538
90th Percentile £665 £620 £600
South East median daily rate £525 £515 £500
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 3
10th Percentile £41.25 - £33.79
25th Percentile £41.44 - £47.84
Median hourly rate £66.58 - £76.50
75th Percentile £79.25 - £82.13
90th Percentile £100.00 - £82.35
South East median hourly rate £42.50 £68.61 £65.00
% change year-on-year -38.06% +5.55% +91.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,488 2,714 3,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.33% 96.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,389 1,845 2,343
10th Percentile £213 £300 £211
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 79 97
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.33 £13.00
Median hourly rate £48.18 £50.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +185.71% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.80 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £64.29
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +150.00% -13.93%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the Thames Valley

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Berkshire -16 106 £575 +12.20% 28
Buckinghamshire -7 29 £468 -1.45% 20
Oxfordshire +1 14 £425 -9.57% 20
Project Manager
South East

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 Thames Valley region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 75 (50.34%) Project Management
2 44 (29.53%) Agile
3 33 (22.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (21.48%) PRINCE2
5 31 (20.81%) Social Skills
6 28 (18.79%) Project Delivery
6 28 (18.79%) Finance
7 27 (18.12%) Security Cleared
8 21 (14.09%) DV Cleared
9 19 (12.75%) Microsoft
10 18 (12.08%) Waterfall
11 17 (11.41%) Migration
12 15 (10.07%) Change Management
12 15 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (9.40%) Degree
13 14 (9.40%) Risk Management
13 14 (9.40%) Budget Management
14 13 (8.72%) Public Sector
14 13 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
15 12 (8.05%) Decision-Making
15 12 (8.05%) PMI Certification
15 12 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
16 11 (7.38%) Resource Management
16 11 (7.38%) Azure
16 11 (7.38%) Logistics
16 11 (7.38%) Manufacturing
17 10 (6.71%) Telecoms
17 10 (6.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 9 (6.04%) Life Science
18 9 (6.04%) QA

Project Manager Skill Set
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 4 (2.68%) Confluence
2 2 (1.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.04%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.34%) Maya
6 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.38%) Azure
2 9 (6.04%) Smartsheet
3 4 (2.68%) SaaS
3 4 (2.68%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.01%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.34%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.67%) AWS
6 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.67%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.67%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.01%) 5G
2 1 (0.67%) DMZ
2 1 (0.67%) Firewall
2 1 (0.67%) Internet
2 1 (0.67%) MPLS
2 1 (0.67%) Network Security
2 1 (0.67%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.67%) VPN
2 1 (0.67%) WAN
2 1 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.01%) Tableau
2 2 (1.34%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.34%) Oracle Database 11g
3 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.67%) GIS
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (0.67%) Power BI
3 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.36%) JIRA
General
1 31 (20.81%) Social Skills
2 28 (18.79%) Finance
3 13 (8.72%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.38%) Manufacturing
5 10 (6.71%) Telecoms
6 8 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.03%) Legal
9 5 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.68%) Automotive
10 4 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.68%) Retail
11 2 (1.34%) Aviation
11 2 (1.34%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.34%) Law
11 2 (1.34%) Marketing
11 2 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.67%) French Language
12 1 (0.67%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.34%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 2 (1.34%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.04%) Life Science
2 8 (5.37%) PMI
3 7 (4.70%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.36%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.01%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.34%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.34%) NHS
6 2 (1.34%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.34%) Replication
6 2 (1.34%) Robotics
7 1 (0.67%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.67%) FMCG
7 1 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.67%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.67%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.01%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (50.34%) Project Management
2 44 (29.53%) Agile
3 33 (22.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (21.48%) PRINCE2
5 28 (18.79%) Project Delivery
6 18 (12.08%) Waterfall
7 17 (11.41%) Migration
8 15 (10.07%) Change Management
8 15 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (9.40%) Budget Management
9 14 (9.40%) Risk Management
10 13 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (8.05%) Decision-Making
12 11 (7.38%) Logistics
12 11 (7.38%) Resource Management
13 9 (6.04%) CRM
13 9 (6.04%) Performance Measurement
14 8 (5.37%) Analytics
15 7 (4.70%) Data Protection
15 7 (4.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.67%) Java
1 1 (0.67%) Python
1 1 (0.67%) R
1 1 (0.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (18.12%) Security Cleared
2 21 (14.09%) DV Cleared
3 14 (9.40%) Degree
4 12 (8.05%) PMI Certification
5 10 (6.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 8 (5.37%) APMP
7 6 (4.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (3.36%) ISEB
8 5 (3.36%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.68%) CISM
9 4 (2.68%) CISSP
9 4 (2.68%) PMP
10 3 (2.01%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.34%) RIBA
12 1 (0.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.04%) QA
2 4 (2.68%) PMO
3 1 (0.67%) COBIT
3 1 (0.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (2.01%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.67%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 19 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.03%) SAP
3 4 (2.68%) NEC
3 4 (2.68%) Workday
4 3 (2.01%) Oracle
4 3 (2.01%) Siemens
5 2 (1.34%) Ariba
5 2 (1.34%) Citrix
5 2 (1.34%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.34%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.67%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.67%) Cisco
6 1 (0.67%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.67%) EMC
6 1 (0.67%) Fujitsu
6 1 (0.67%) IBM
6 1 (0.67%) Isilon
6 1 (0.67%) Nokia
6 1 (0.67%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.67%) Zscaler