Project Manager Contracts in Bedfordshire

Project Manager
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Bedfordshire is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 27 21 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 11.11% 11.35% 12.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.50% 11.67% 12.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 24
10th Percentile £262 £363 -
25th Percentile £300 £481 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £519 £588 £535
90th Percentile £586 £600 £590
East of England median daily rate £450 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -13.25% +3.75% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.70 - -
Median hourly rate £31.80 - -
75th Percentile £32.90 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £39.50 £65.00 £37.22
% change year-on-year -39.23% +74.64% -43.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 216 180 278
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 97.30% 97.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 130 149
10th Percentile £263 £174 £248
25th Percentile £359 £281 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £490
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -4.08% +18.79%
75th Percentile £556 £594 £538
90th Percentile £625 £625 £628
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 6 20
10th Percentile £15.31 £18.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.39 £29.31 £42.50
Median hourly rate £31.80 £63.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.12% +15.91% +243.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £87.50 £61.31
90th Percentile £65.75 £90.00 £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.40 £15.50
% change year-on-year +21.47% +128.39% -7.32%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Bedfordshire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Bedfordshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Bedfordshire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Bedfordshire

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Luton 0 15 £300 -38.46% 3
Bedford - 4 - - 4
Dunstable - 1 £300 -
Leighton Buzzard - 1 £575 -
Project Manager
East of England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Bedfordshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (44.44%) Project Management
2 10 (37.04%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 9 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
4 8 (29.63%) Risk Management
4 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
5 7 (25.93%) Change Management
6 6 (22.22%) Degree
6 6 (22.22%) Project Delivery
7 5 (18.52%) Project Planning
7 5 (18.52%) Agile
7 5 (18.52%) Line Management
7 5 (18.52%) Finance
7 5 (18.52%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (18.52%) SAP
8 4 (14.81%) Supplier Management
9 3 (11.11%) JIRA
9 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (11.11%) Ariba
9 3 (11.11%) CRM
9 3 (11.11%) Manufacturing
9 3 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
9 3 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
9 3 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (7.41%) Cost Reduction
10 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 1 (3.70%) Anypoint
1 1 (3.70%) Confluence
1 1 (3.70%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
1 1 (3.70%) Veeva
1 1 (3.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (37.04%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (3.70%) LAN
3 1 (3.70%) SAN
3 1 (3.70%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 3 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Automotive
4 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Local Government
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (3.70%) FMCG
2 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.70%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Project Management
2 10 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 9 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (29.63%) Risk Management
5 7 (25.93%) Change Management
6 6 (22.22%) Project Delivery
7 5 (18.52%) Agile
7 5 (18.52%) Line Management
7 5 (18.52%) Project Planning
8 4 (14.81%) Supplier Management
9 3 (11.11%) CRM
9 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
9 3 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
9 3 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 2 (7.41%) CAD
10 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (7.41%) Cost Reduction
10 2 (7.41%) EAM
10 2 (7.41%) ERP
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (7.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) SAP
2 3 (11.11%) Ariba
3 1 (3.70%) MuleSoft