Project Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 11 10
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 227 324 435
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.46% 11.26% 12.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.91% 12.43% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 245 298
10th Percentile £288 £307 £294
25th Percentile £375 £374 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £469
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +1.33% +3.02%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £549
90th Percentile £638 £656 £600
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 3
10th Percentile £26.62 £16.25 £33.79
25th Percentile £41.25 £20.27 £47.84
Median hourly rate £47.50 £38.55 £76.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.22% -49.61% +178.18%
75th Percentile £62.00 £61.74 £82.13
90th Percentile £72.33 £77.20 £82.35
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £60.00 £33.24
% change year-on-year -50.00% +80.51% -6.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,291 2,607 3,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.42% 90.62% 89.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,259 1,771 2,166
10th Percentile £224 £313 £250
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +4.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £588
90th Percentile £675 £699 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.79% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 67 89
10th Percentile £14.50 £17.00 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £25.23 £12.31
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +201.38% -17.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.59 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.39
South East median hourly rate £49.50 £52.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.71% +133.33% -10.00%

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 13 June 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

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 June 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 13 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 -7 164 £521 +5.57% 80
Buckinghamshire -1 44 £430 -9.47% 41
Oxfordshire +2 19 £438 -13.37% 57
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 9 (3.96%) Confluence
2 6 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.20%) SAS
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
Applications
1 30 (13.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (11.89%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (7.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (6.17%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.88%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.20%) Primavera
2 2 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.88%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 24 (10.57%) Azure
2 14 (6.17%) OCI
3 7 (3.08%) Smartsheet
4 3 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.32%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.32%) SaaS
5 2 (0.88%) AWS
5 2 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.44%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.44%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.44%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.49%) Firewall
2 15 (6.61%) DHCP
2 15 (6.61%) DNS
3 14 (6.17%) SAN
4 7 (3.08%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (1.76%) WAN
6 3 (1.32%) VPN
7 2 (0.88%) LAN
7 2 (0.88%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.88%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.44%) 2G
8 1 (0.44%) 4G
8 1 (0.44%) 5G
8 1 (0.44%) DMZ
8 1 (0.44%) InfiniBand
8 1 (0.44%) Junos
8 1 (0.44%) SDH
8 1 (0.44%) SMS
8 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.20%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (1.32%) Power BI
2 3 (1.32%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.44%) MySQL
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (4.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
General
1 90 (39.65%) Social Skills
2 51 (22.47%) Finance
3 34 (14.98%) Telecoms
4 29 (12.78%) Public Sector
5 21 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (8.37%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (7.93%) Legal
8 14 (6.17%) Manufacturing
9 13 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (3.96%) Automotive
11 9 (3.96%) Mandarin Language
12 7 (3.08%) Law
12 7 (3.08%) Marketing
13 6 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.64%) Retail
14 3 (1.32%) Military
15 2 (0.88%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
16 1 (0.44%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 75 (33.04%) Project Manager
2 29 (12.78%) Analyst
3 25 (11.01%) Senior
4 18 (7.93%) Lead
5 15 (6.61%) IT Manager
6 14 (6.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (5.73%) Business Analyst
7 13 (5.73%) IT Project Manager
8 12 (5.29%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (4.85%) Architect
10 10 (4.41%) Senior Manager
10 10 (4.41%) Senior Project Manager
10 10 (4.41%) Storage Engineer
11 9 (3.96%) Coordinator
11 9 (3.96%) Delivery Manager
12 8 (3.52%) Security Manager
13 7 (3.08%) HR Manager
14 6 (2.64%) Business Manager
14 6 (2.64%) DV Cleared Project Manager
14 6 (2.64%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.88%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 2 (0.88%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (0.44%) ADO
2 1 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.81%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.73%) PMI
3 9 (3.96%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.08%) Life Science
5 6 (2.64%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.76%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.76%) Robotics
8 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.88%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.88%) NHS
9 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.88%) Replication
9 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.44%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.37%) Windows
2 17 (7.49%) Windows Server 2016
3 16 (7.05%) Linux
3 16 (7.05%) Windows Server
4 15 (6.61%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (6.17%) Windows 10
5 14 (6.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (6.17%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.44%) Unix
6 1 (0.44%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (24.67%) Project Delivery
2 49 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (21.15%) Agile
4 39 (17.18%) PRINCE2
5 35 (15.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (11.89%) ITIL
7 24 (10.57%) Change Management
8 21 (9.25%) Decision-Making
9 20 (8.81%) Logistics
10 19 (8.37%) Collaborative Working
10 19 (8.37%) Portfolio Management
11 17 (7.49%) Business Analysis
11 17 (7.49%) Risk Management
11 17 (7.49%) Roadmaps
11 17 (7.49%) Waterfall
12 16 (7.05%) Customer-Centricity
13 15 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (6.61%) Programme Management
13 15 (6.61%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.05%) PowerShell
2 10 (4.41%) SQL
3 2 (0.88%) Python
4 1 (0.44%) Java
4 1 (0.44%) Perl
4 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 60 (26.43%) Security Cleared
2 59 (25.99%) Degree
3 38 (16.74%) DV Cleared
4 37 (16.30%) SC Cleared
5 21 (9.25%) PMI Certification
6 15 (6.61%) CCNA
6 15 (6.61%) CCNP
6 15 (6.61%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (4.41%) PMP
7 10 (4.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (3.52%) APMP
8 8 (3.52%) ISEB
9 7 (3.08%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.76%) CISM
10 4 (1.76%) CISSP
10 4 (1.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.88%) MBA
11 2 (0.88%) PgMP
11 2 (0.88%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (12.78%) PMO
2 12 (5.29%) QA
3 7 (3.08%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.76%) GDPR
5 3 (1.32%) SLA
6 2 (0.88%) P3O
7 1 (0.44%) COBIT
7 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.44%) ITGC
7 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (6.61%) Active Directory
1 15 (6.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (6.17%) Hyper-V
2 14 (6.17%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.44%) Docker
3 1 (0.44%) NFS
3 1 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (6.61%) SCCM
2 14 (6.17%) EMC NetWorker
2 14 (6.17%) NetBackup
2 14 (6.17%) SCOM
2 14 (6.17%) vCenter Server
2 14 (6.17%) WSUS
3 2 (0.88%) Ansible
4 1 (0.44%) CFEngine
4 1 (0.44%) Grafana
4 1 (0.44%) Graylog
4 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.44%) Nagios
4 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.44%) Puppet
4 1 (0.44%) SafeCom
4 1 (0.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (20.26%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.93%) Oracle
3 17 (7.49%) Cisco
4 15 (6.61%) EMC
4 15 (6.61%) Juniper
4 15 (6.61%) VMware
5 14 (6.17%) 3PAR
5 14 (6.17%) Dell
5 14 (6.17%) Extreme Networks
5 14 (6.17%) HP
5 14 (6.17%) Palo Alto
5 14 (6.17%) Symantec
5 14 (6.17%) Veeam
6 9 (3.96%) SAP
7 6 (2.64%) IFS
8 5 (2.20%) Reuters
9 4 (1.76%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.32%) Siemens
11 2 (0.88%) NEC
11 2 (0.88%) Workday