Project Manager Contracts in the East Midlands

Project Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Project Manager daily rate in the East Midlands is £469 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 20 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 48 76 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.28% 7.35% 9.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.68% 7.81% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 59 100
10th Percentile £258 £398 £318
25th Percentile £359 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £528 £538
90th Percentile £611 £575 £607
England median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £25.59 £18.24
25th Percentile - £26.66 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £28.83 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.63% +4.84% -2.76%
75th Percentile - £30.61 £28.75
90th Percentile - £31.44 -
England median hourly rate £35.96 £65.00 £48.52
% change year-on-year -44.68% +33.98% +70.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 719 973 1,389
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 94.10% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 745 1,014
10th Percentile £164 £213 £172
25th Percentile £260 £325 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +5.88% +15.02%
75th Percentile £550 £569 £513
90th Percentile £625 £700 £600
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 64 94
10th Percentile £12.13 £11.80 £9.52
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £17.70 £20.16 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +18.59% +13.33%
75th Percentile £25.18 £30.50 £24.00
90th Percentile £51.91 £63.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the East Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the East Midlands

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the East Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the East Midlands

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Northamptonshire +6 20 £463 -7.50% 15
Nottinghamshire +13 8 £491 +3.42% 9
Leicestershire -1 7 £265 -39.77% 15
Derbyshire -4 5 £450 -5.26% 7
Lincolnshire +6 3 £500 - 8
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 18 (37.50%) Project Management
2 16 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (22.92%) Agile
5 9 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (14.58%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (14.58%) Migration
6 7 (14.58%) SAP
6 7 (14.58%) Time Management
6 7 (14.58%) Azure
7 6 (12.50%) Degree
7 6 (12.50%) PRINCE2
7 6 (12.50%) ERP
7 6 (12.50%) Finance
8 5 (10.42%) HNC
8 5 (10.42%) HND
8 5 (10.42%) Budget Management
9 4 (8.33%) Conflict Management
9 4 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
9 4 (8.33%) NHS
9 4 (8.33%) Risk Management
9 4 (8.33%) Waterfall
10 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (6.25%) Resource Allocation
10 3 (6.25%) Telecoms
10 3 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (6.25%) Data Centre
10 3 (6.25%) Critical Thinking

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (2.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (2.08%) Confluence
1 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.08%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.08%) SAP EWM
1 1 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.08%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.58%) Azure
2 2 (4.17%) AWS
2 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.08%) Intacct
3 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.17%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (4.17%) Power BI
2 1 (2.08%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 16 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Finance
3 4 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.17%) Banking
5 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.17%) Retail
6 1 (2.08%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (8.33%) NHS
3 3 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.17%) Robotics
5 1 (2.08%) e-Health
5 1 (2.08%) LIMS
5 1 (2.08%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.08%) PACS
5 1 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Project Management
2 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (22.92%) Agile
4 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 7 (14.58%) Migration
5 7 (14.58%) Time Management
6 6 (12.50%) ERP
6 6 (12.50%) PRINCE2
7 5 (10.42%) Budget Management
8 4 (8.33%) Conflict Management
8 4 (8.33%) Risk Management
8 4 (8.33%) Waterfall
9 3 (6.25%) Business Case
9 3 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (6.25%) Critical Thinking
9 3 (6.25%) Resource Allocation
10 2 (4.17%) Asset Management
10 2 (4.17%) Programme Management
10 2 (4.17%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) Java
1 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.50%) Degree
2 5 (10.42%) HNC
2 5 (10.42%) HND
3 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.17%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.08%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) QA
2 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.08%) GDPR
2 1 (2.08%) HL7
2 1 (2.08%) PMO
2 1 (2.08%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (14.58%) SAP
2 2 (4.17%) Sage
3 1 (2.08%) Adobe
3 1 (2.08%) CODA
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle