Project Manager Contracts in Birmingham

Project Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Project Manager daily rate in Birmingham is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 53 90 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.94% 10.06% 12.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.50% 10.43% 12.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 71 128
10th Percentile £454 £363 £313
25th Percentile £456 £419 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £478
Median % change year-on-year - +4.71% +7.61%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £545
90th Percentile £575 £600 £653
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £480 £488
% change year-on-year +9.38% -1.54% +5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.75 - £16.24
Median hourly rate £28.50 £27.13 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +5.05% +55.21% -
75th Percentile £29.25 - £18.72
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £35.00 £36.07 £17.48
% change year-on-year -2.95% +106.32% -26.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 707 863 1,271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 96.42% 96.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 577 935
10th Percentile £258 £263 £211
25th Percentile £335 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £580
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 22
10th Percentile £13.10 £11.40 £12.53
25th Percentile £15.88 £12.50 £14.08
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.49
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +14.35% -2.83%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £57.91 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £17.28
% change year-on-year +12.82% +12.85% +8.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Birmingham

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Birmingham

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Birmingham

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Birmingham region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 33 (62.26%) Project Management
2 22 (41.51%) Finance
3 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
4 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (18.87%) PRINCE2
7 9 (16.98%) Agile
7 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (13.21%) Business Transformation
8 7 (13.21%) Project Delivery
9 6 (11.32%) Business Case
9 6 (11.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 6 (11.32%) Resource Allocation
9 6 (11.32%) Onboarding
9 6 (11.32%) KYC
9 6 (11.32%) Anti-Money Laundering
9 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (11.32%) Banking
10 5 (9.43%) Asset Management
10 5 (9.43%) Scrum
10 5 (9.43%) Risk Management
10 5 (9.43%) Waterfall
10 5 (9.43%) Business Strategy
11 4 (7.55%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Identification
11 4 (7.55%) Budget Management
11 4 (7.55%) Change Management
11 4 (7.55%) PMP
11 4 (7.55%) PMI Certification

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (1.89%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.66%) Azure
2 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.89%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) WAN
2 3 (5.66%) LAN
3 2 (3.77%) SD-WAN
3 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.77%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.89%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) JIRA
General
1 22 (41.51%) Finance
2 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.32%) Banking
5 4 (7.55%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.77%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.89%) German Language
8 1 (1.89%) Legal
8 1 (1.89%) Local Government
8 1 (1.89%) Police
8 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (11.32%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.77%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.89%) NHS
4 1 (1.89%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.89%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Windows
2 3 (5.66%) Unix
3 2 (3.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (62.26%) Project Management
2 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (18.87%) PRINCE2
5 9 (16.98%) Agile
6 7 (13.21%) Business Transformation
6 7 (13.21%) Project Delivery
7 6 (11.32%) Anti-Money Laundering
7 6 (11.32%) Business Case
7 6 (11.32%) KYC
7 6 (11.32%) Resource Allocation
7 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (9.43%) Asset Management
8 5 (9.43%) Business Strategy
8 5 (9.43%) Risk Management
8 5 (9.43%) Scrum
8 5 (9.43%) Waterfall
9 4 (7.55%) Budget Management
9 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 4 (7.55%) PMI Certification
1 4 (7.55%) PMP
2 2 (3.77%) Degree
2 2 (3.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.89%) CCNA
3 1 (1.89%) CCNP
3 1 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) QA
2 1 (1.89%) IFRS
2 1 (1.89%) IFRS 17
2 1 (1.89%) PMO
2 1 (1.89%) SLA
2 1 (1.89%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.89%) Cisco
2 1 (1.89%) SAP