Project Manager Contracts in Chester

Project Manager
Cheshire > Chester

The median Project Manager daily rate in Chester is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 12 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 0
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 3 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 5.45% 7.87% 16.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.12% 8.14% 17.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile £573 £428 £284
25th Percentile £588 £450 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +17.65% +37.10%
75th Percentile £663 £550 -
90th Percentile £678 £573 £476
Cheshire median daily rate £570 £450 £439
% change year-on-year +26.67% +2.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £30.54 -
Cheshire median hourly rate - £30.54 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Chester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 49 86 63
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.09% 96.63% 96.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 49 30
10th Percentile £199 £255 £203
25th Percentile £244 £288 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £400 £460
Median % change year-on-year +26.56% -13.04% +55.27%
75th Percentile £678 £525 £538
90th Percentile £738 £658 £628
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 7
10th Percentile £36.54 £23.15 £14.79
25th Percentile £41.25 £29.10 £16.49
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.65 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.67% +45.94% +17.32%
75th Percentile £47.50 £35.00 £25.00
90th Percentile - £35.50 £26.45
Cheshire median hourly rate £20.11 £29.26 £24.50
% change year-on-year -31.27% +19.43% +36.87%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Chester

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Chester

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Chester

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 3 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 Chester region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
2 2 (66.67%) Front Office
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) SAP PP
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP PP
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
2 2 (66.67%) Front Office
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (66.67%) Use Case
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP