Project Management Contracts in the South East

Project Management
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 12 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Management 413 573 850
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 7.57% 10.23% 11.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.99% 11.49% 12.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 399 604
10th Percentile £315 £309 £333
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £591
90th Percentile £685 £716 £667
England median daily rate £525 £535 £510
% change year-on-year -1.87% +4.90% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 21 11
10th Percentile £18.32 £22.00 £21.39
25th Percentile £23.63 £22.16 £32.50
Median hourly rate £32.75 £40.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% +21.21% -8.33%
75th Percentile £58.13 £72.50 £60.63
90th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £82.50
England median hourly rate £38.12 £46.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -17.13% +39.39% +23.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,596 4,987 6,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.25% 89.05% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,676 3,461 4,681
10th Percentile £250 £249 £233
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +1.50% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £595
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 439 214 278
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £11.96
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -19.63%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.91 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
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 Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Thames Valley -9 220 £489 +1.56% 196
Berkshire -8 160 £525 +10.53% 92
Hampshire -10 86 £423 -22.12% 94
Surrey +2 56 £475 -5.00% 54
Buckinghamshire -2 45 £449 -5.50% 50
West Sussex +15 28 £500 +5.26% 20
Oxfordshire 0 15 £450 -14.29% 54
East Sussex +9 11 £393 -37.20% 15
Kent +1 7 £550 -5.58% 42
Sussex - 3 £410 -
Middlesex - 1 - -
Project Management
England

Project Management
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 16 (3.87%) Confluence
2 13 (3.15%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 7 (1.69%) Documentum
4 6 (1.45%) SAS
5 3 (0.73%) Apache
5 3 (0.73%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.24%) EPiServer
Applications
1 34 (8.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (7.75%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (4.36%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.73%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.69%) SAP Hybris
2 6 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.21%) Primavera
4 4 (0.97%) Infor SunSystems
4 4 (0.97%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.48%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.24%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.24%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 1 (0.24%) Relativity
6 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.24%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 35 (8.47%) Azure
2 19 (4.60%) OCI
3 12 (2.91%) SaaS
4 9 (2.18%) Power Platform
5 7 (1.69%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 7 (1.69%) Smartsheet
6 5 (1.21%) AWS
7 4 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.73%) PaaS
8 3 (0.73%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.48%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.24%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.24%) GitHub
10 1 (0.24%) IaaS
10 1 (0.24%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.81%) VPN
2 23 (5.57%) WAN
3 22 (5.33%) LAN
4 21 (5.08%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (4.84%) Firewall
6 16 (3.87%) DHCP
6 16 (3.87%) DNS
7 15 (3.63%) SAN
8 7 (1.69%) Network Security
9 6 (1.45%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (0.97%) Internet
11 3 (0.73%) Junos
12 2 (0.48%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (0.48%) Fibre Channel
12 2 (0.48%) MPLS
12 2 (0.48%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.48%) SSL
12 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.48%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.18%) Power BI
2 7 (1.69%) EDMS
2 7 (1.69%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.21%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (0.73%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.24%) IDMS
6 1 (0.24%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.24%) MySQL
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.24%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 27 (6.54%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.48%) Git
2 2 (0.48%) JMeter
2 2 (0.48%) Selenium
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 164 (39.71%) Social Skills
2 112 (27.12%) Finance
3 46 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 33 (7.99%) Telecoms
6 30 (7.26%) Legal
7 29 (7.02%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (5.33%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (5.33%) Retail
9 20 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (4.60%) Manufacturing
10 19 (4.60%) Marketing
11 16 (3.87%) Automotive
12 11 (2.66%) Local Government
13 10 (2.42%) Mandarin Language
14 9 (2.18%) Law
14 9 (2.18%) Military
15 8 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (1.69%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 167 (40.44%) Project Manager
2 48 (11.62%) Senior
3 41 (9.93%) Analyst
4 30 (7.26%) Lead
5 27 (6.54%) Architect
6 25 (6.05%) IT Manager
7 22 (5.33%) Senior Manager
8 21 (5.08%) IT Project Manager
8 21 (5.08%) Senior Project Manager
9 20 (4.84%) Business Analyst
9 20 (4.84%) Network Architect
10 15 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (2.66%) Delivery Manager
11 11 (2.66%) Security Manager
11 11 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (2.66%) Technical Manager
12 10 (2.42%) Coordinator
12 10 (2.42%) Junior
12 10 (2.42%) Storage Engineer
13 9 (2.18%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.97%) Kafka
2 2 (0.48%) .NET
2 2 (0.48%) .NET Core
2 2 (0.48%) AngularJS
2 2 (0.48%) BAPI
2 2 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.48%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (0.48%) REST
2 2 (0.48%) RESTful
2 2 (0.48%) SAP ALE
2 2 (0.48%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (0.24%) ADO
3 1 (0.24%) CSS
3 1 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.24%) HTML
3 1 (0.24%) LAMP
3 1 (0.24%) PySpark
3 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.81%) Data Centre
2 19 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.12%) PMI
4 12 (2.91%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.69%) Life Science
7 6 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.45%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.45%) NHS
7 6 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.21%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.97%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.73%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.73%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.73%) Robotics
11 2 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.48%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.48%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.02%) Windows
2 21 (5.08%) Windows Server
3 20 (4.84%) Linux
4 17 (4.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (3.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (3.39%) Windows 10
6 14 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (3.39%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.48%) VMS
8 1 (0.24%) Android
8 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.24%) Unix
8 1 (0.24%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (27.85%) Project Delivery
2 111 (26.88%) Agile
3 82 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (17.19%) PRINCE2
4 71 (17.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 43 (10.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (9.44%) Decision-Making
7 33 (7.99%) Change Management
7 33 (7.99%) ITIL
8 32 (7.75%) Risk Management
9 30 (7.26%) Migration
10 29 (7.02%) Budget Management
11 28 (6.78%) Business Analysis
11 28 (6.78%) Waterfall
12 27 (6.54%) Programme Management
12 27 (6.54%) Roadmaps
13 24 (5.81%) Collaborative Working
13 24 (5.81%) Logistics
14 23 (5.57%) DevOps
15 22 (5.33%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.87%) PowerShell
2 14 (3.39%) SQL
3 7 (1.69%) Java
4 3 (0.73%) Python
5 2 (0.48%) ABAP
6 1 (0.24%) Perl
6 1 (0.24%) PHP
6 1 (0.24%) R
6 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 113 (27.36%) Security Cleared
2 89 (21.55%) Degree
3 51 (12.35%) DV Cleared
4 49 (11.86%) SC Cleared
5 33 (7.99%) PMI Certification
6 26 (6.30%) PMP
7 23 (5.57%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (4.84%) CCNA
8 20 (4.84%) CCNP
9 13 (3.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 12 (2.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 11 (2.66%) APMP
12 8 (1.94%) ISEB
13 6 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.45%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.21%) CISSP
14 5 (1.21%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.97%) ACCA
15 4 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.97%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (13.32%) PMO
2 25 (6.05%) QA
3 12 (2.91%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.97%) GDPR
4 4 (0.97%) PMBOK
4 4 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.73%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.73%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.73%) SLA
6 2 (0.48%) GxP
6 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.24%) COBIT
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) ITGC
7 1 (0.24%) P3O
System Software
1 21 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.39%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.24%) Docker
4 1 (0.24%) NFS
4 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 15 (3.63%) SCCM
2 14 (3.39%) EMC NetWorker
2 14 (3.39%) NetBackup
2 14 (3.39%) SCOM
2 14 (3.39%) vCenter Server
2 14 (3.39%) WSUS
3 3 (0.73%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.73%) MOM
4 2 (0.48%) Ansible
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.24%) AppManager
5 1 (0.24%) CFEngine
5 1 (0.24%) Grafana
5 1 (0.24%) Graylog
5 1 (0.24%) Nagios
5 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.24%) Puppet
5 1 (0.24%) QRadar
5 1 (0.24%) SafeCom
5 1 (0.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 67 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.44%) Cisco
3 35 (8.47%) Juniper
4 27 (6.54%) Oracle
5 25 (6.05%) SAP
6 16 (3.87%) Palo Alto
6 16 (3.87%) VMware
7 15 (3.63%) EMC
8 14 (3.39%) 3PAR
8 14 (3.39%) Dell
8 14 (3.39%) Extreme Networks
8 14 (3.39%) HP
8 14 (3.39%) Symantec
8 14 (3.39%) Veeam
9 8 (1.94%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.69%) Adobe
11 5 (1.21%) IFS
11 5 (1.21%) Reuters
12 4 (0.97%) Sun
13 3 (0.73%) IBM