Project Manager Contracts in the East of England

Project Manager
England > East of England

The median Project Manager daily rate in the East of England is £450 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 37 19 23
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 90 165 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 4.74% 7.98% 7.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.29% 8.72% 8.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 102 151
10th Percentile £264 £248 £325
25th Percentile £309 £400 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.25% +3.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £635 £538
90th Percentile £588 £724 £615
England median daily rate £525 £535 £513
% change year-on-year -1.87% +4.39% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 25 2
10th Percentile £25.80 £25.63 £30.75
25th Percentile £30.70 £50.00 £32.71
Median hourly rate £39.50 £65.00 £37.22
Median % change year-on-year -39.23% +74.64% -43.61%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £42.99
90th Percentile - £65.75 £45.69
England median hourly rate £35.96 £64.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.03% +35.26% +68.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 1,701 1,892 2,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.53% 91.53% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 1,157 1,384
10th Percentile £206 £185 £163
25th Percentile £313 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £542
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 585 294 370
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.40 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.47% +128.39% -7.32%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £39.54
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the East of England

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the East of England

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the East of England

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the East of England

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the East of England

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England 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
Hertfordshire -28 28 £494 -21.00% 26
Bedfordshire +3 27 £375 -31.82% 10
Cambridgeshire -11 12 £350 -26.32% 19
Norfolk +4 9 £306 +33.25% 12
Essex -10 9 £475 - 14
Suffolk +4 4 £525 +5.00% 4
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

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 East of England region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 38 (42.22%) Project Management
2 32 (35.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (28.89%) Social Skills
4 16 (17.78%) Project Delivery
4 16 (17.78%) Risk Management
4 16 (17.78%) Finance
4 16 (17.78%) PRINCE2
5 15 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
6 14 (15.56%) Agile
7 13 (14.44%) Change Management
8 11 (12.22%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (12.22%) Migration
8 11 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
9 9 (10.00%) ERP
10 8 (8.89%) Degree
11 7 (7.78%) Project Planning
11 7 (7.78%) Supplier Management
11 7 (7.78%) SAP
11 7 (7.78%) Management Information System
12 6 (6.67%) Line Management
12 6 (6.67%) Security Cleared
12 6 (6.67%) Earned Value Management
12 6 (6.67%) Compliance Management
12 6 (6.67%) Configuration Management
12 6 (6.67%) Electronics
12 6 (6.67%) Aerospace
12 6 (6.67%) Manufacturing
12 6 (6.67%) NHS
13 5 (5.56%) Retail

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (1.11%) Anypoint
1 1 (1.11%) Confluence
1 1 (1.11%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Magento
2 3 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.22%) AWS
1 2 (2.22%) Azure
2 1 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.11%) Veeva
2 1 (1.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.22%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (4.44%) VoIP
3 4 (4.44%) Wireless
4 3 (3.33%) LAN
4 3 (3.33%) WAN
5 2 (2.22%) 4G
5 2 (2.22%) 5G
6 1 (1.11%) SAN
6 1 (1.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (3.33%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 5 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 26 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 16 (17.78%) Finance
3 15 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 6 (6.67%) Electronics
4 6 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.56%) Retail
6 4 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.33%) Local Government
8 2 (2.22%) Automotive
8 2 (2.22%) Banking
8 2 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.22%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.22%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.11%) Aviation
9 1 (1.11%) Billing
9 1 (1.11%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.44%) .NET
2 2 (2.22%) Middleware
3 1 (1.11%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.11%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.78%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.67%) NHS
3 4 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.22%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.22%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.22%) Digital TV
4 2 (2.22%) Life Science
4 2 (2.22%) STB
4 2 (2.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.11%) BYOD
5 1 (1.11%) FMCG
5 1 (1.11%) PMI
5 1 (1.11%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.22%) Linux
2 1 (1.11%) Windows
2 1 (1.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (42.22%) Project Management
2 32 (35.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (17.78%) PRINCE2
3 16 (17.78%) Project Delivery
3 16 (17.78%) Risk Management
4 14 (15.56%) Agile
5 13 (14.44%) Change Management
6 11 (12.22%) Migration
6 11 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (10.00%) ERP
8 7 (7.78%) Project Planning
8 7 (7.78%) Supplier Management
9 6 (6.67%) Compliance Management
9 6 (6.67%) Configuration Management
9 6 (6.67%) Earned Value Management
9 6 (6.67%) Line Management
10 5 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (5.56%) Programme Management
10 5 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (4.44%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.11%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (8.89%) Degree
2 6 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.44%) PMI Certification
4 4 (4.44%) PMP
4 4 (4.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (2.22%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.22%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.22%) GAMP
1 2 (2.22%) GMP
1 2 (2.22%) GxP
1 2 (2.22%) PMO
1 2 (2.22%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (7.78%) SAP
2 3 (3.33%) Ariba
3 2 (2.22%) Genesys
4 1 (1.11%) Avaya
4 1 (1.11%) Cadence
4 1 (1.11%) Fujitsu
4 1 (1.11%) JD Edwards
4 1 (1.11%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.11%) Oracle