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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 23 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 -13 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 323 439 898
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.72% 7.78% 11.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.21% 8.23% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 343 685
10th Percentile £359 £386 £391
25th Percentile £450 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £588
90th Percentile £678 £640 £650
England median daily rate £525 £538 £520
% change year-on-year -2.33% +3.37% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 6 9
10th Percentile £14.44 £31.08 £30.88
25th Percentile £23.63 £44.44 £32.62
Median hourly rate £42.50 £61.38 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.76% -5.57% +91.15%
75th Percentile £62.00 £72.50 £65.30
90th Percentile £100.00 £75.00 £81.90
England median hourly rate £35.50 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -43.20% +25.00% +61.29%

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 5,201 5,337 7,358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 94.61% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,081 3,698 5,052
10th Percentile £234 £218 £206
25th Percentile £400 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £589
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 523 237 309
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.11
Median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 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 -17 145 £525 +5.00% 65
Berkshire -14 103 £575 +13.86% 27
Hampshire -6 65 £580 +2.65% 38
Surrey +24 56 £538 -14.00% 13
Buckinghamshire -9 29 £474 -0.13% 23
West Sussex +7 17 £525 +0.48% 2
East Sussex +17 13 £375 +17.19% 3
Oxfordshire +2 13 £425 -12.37% 15
Kent 0 11 £550 +7.84% 18
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 1 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 South East region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 167 (51.70%) Project Management
2 88 (27.24%) Finance
3 87 (26.93%) Agile
4 84 (26.01%) Social Skills
5 70 (21.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 60 (18.58%) Project Delivery
7 57 (17.65%) Security Cleared
8 54 (16.72%) PRINCE2
9 35 (10.84%) Public Sector
10 34 (10.53%) Microsoft
11 33 (10.22%) Migration
11 33 (10.22%) Degree
12 29 (8.98%) Risk Management
13 28 (8.67%) Manufacturing
13 28 (8.67%) DV Cleared
14 27 (8.36%) Change Management
15 26 (8.05%) E-Commerce
15 26 (8.05%) SAP
15 26 (8.05%) Waterfall
16 25 (7.74%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (7.74%) PMI Certification
17 24 (7.43%) Programme Management
17 24 (7.43%) SC Cleared
17 24 (7.43%) Budget Management
18 23 (7.12%) ERP
19 22 (6.81%) Problem-Solving
20 20 (6.19%) Decision-Making
20 20 (6.19%) PMP
20 20 (6.19%) Telecoms
21 19 (5.88%) 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 (3.10%) Confluence
2 9 (2.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.02%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.93%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.62%) Maya
5 2 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.48%) SAP Hybris
2 3 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.31%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.31%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 19 (5.88%) Azure
2 13 (4.02%) SaaS
3 9 (2.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 9 (2.79%) Smartsheet
4 6 (1.86%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.24%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.62%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.31%) AWS
9 1 (0.31%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.31%) IaaS
9 1 (0.31%) OCI
9 1 (0.31%) PaaS
9 1 (0.31%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.31%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.31%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.24%) Internet
2 3 (0.93%) 5G
2 3 (0.93%) Network Security
2 3 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.62%) CTI
4 1 (0.31%) DMZ
4 1 (0.31%) Firewall
4 1 (0.31%) MPLS
4 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.31%) SNMP
4 1 (0.31%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.31%) VPN
4 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.48%) Electronic Patient Records
2 6 (1.86%) Power BI
3 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.93%) Tableau
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database 11g
4 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.31%) GIS
5 1 (0.31%) IDMS
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (4.64%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
General
1 88 (27.24%) Finance
2 84 (26.01%) Social Skills
3 35 (10.84%) Public Sector
4 28 (8.67%) Manufacturing
5 20 (6.19%) Telecoms
6 16 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (4.64%) Retail
8 13 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.72%) Marketing
10 11 (3.41%) Legal
11 10 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.79%) Electronics
13 6 (1.86%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.55%) Automotive
14 5 (1.55%) Banking
14 5 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.55%) Law
14 5 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.55%) Publishing
15 4 (1.24%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.62%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 2 (0.62%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.95%) NHS
2 12 (3.72%) Data Centre
2 12 (3.72%) PMI
3 9 (2.79%) Life Science
3 9 (2.79%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.48%) LIMS
5 7 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.86%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.62%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.62%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.62%) Replication
9 2 (0.62%) Robotics
10 1 (0.31%) FMCG
10 1 (0.31%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.31%) Over-the-Top Content
10 1 (0.31%) Smartcard
10 1 (0.31%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.48%) Windows
2 3 (0.93%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.31%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (51.70%) Project Management
2 87 (26.93%) Agile
3 70 (21.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 60 (18.58%) Project Delivery
5 54 (16.72%) PRINCE2
6 33 (10.22%) Migration
7 29 (8.98%) Risk Management
8 27 (8.36%) Change Management
9 26 (8.05%) E-Commerce
9 26 (8.05%) Waterfall
10 25 (7.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (7.43%) Budget Management
11 24 (7.43%) Programme Management
12 23 (7.12%) ERP
13 22 (6.81%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (6.19%) Decision-Making
15 18 (5.57%) CRM
16 17 (5.26%) Project Planning
17 15 (4.64%) DevOps
18 14 (4.33%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.62%) SQL
2 1 (0.31%) Java
2 1 (0.31%) Python
2 1 (0.31%) R
Qualifications
1 57 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 33 (10.22%) Degree
3 28 (8.67%) DV Cleared
4 25 (7.74%) PMI Certification
5 24 (7.43%) SC Cleared
6 20 (6.19%) PMP
7 16 (4.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 12 (3.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 9 (2.79%) APMP
10 5 (1.55%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.55%) ISEB
11 4 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.24%) CISM
11 4 (1.24%) CISSP
11 4 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.62%) RIBA
14 1 (0.31%) APMG
14 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.31%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.64%) PMO
1 15 (4.64%) QA
2 8 (2.48%) HL7
3 5 (1.55%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.24%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.24%) NEBOSH
4 4 (1.24%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.24%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.31%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (1.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.31%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 34 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.05%) SAP
3 9 (2.79%) Adobe
4 5 (1.55%) Citrix
4 5 (1.55%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.24%) NEC
5 4 (1.24%) Oracle
5 4 (1.24%) Sage
5 4 (1.24%) Workday
6 3 (0.93%) Guidewire
6 3 (0.93%) Siemens
7 2 (0.62%) Ariba
7 2 (0.62%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.31%) Epicor
8 1 (0.31%) Isilon
8 1 (0.31%) Nokia
8 1 (0.31%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.31%) QinetiQ
8 1 (0.31%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.31%) Zscaler