Project Manager Contracts in Luton

Project Manager
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Project Manager daily rate in Luton is £300 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 15 15 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 -6 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 15 12 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 10.00% 10.71% 14.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.63% 10.81% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 16
10th Percentile £260 - £458
25th Percentile £291 £363 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £488 £510
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% -4.41% +13.33%
75th Percentile £509 £575 £554
90th Percentile £549 £598 £606
Bedfordshire median daily rate £375 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% +3.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Luton

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 129 111 170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.00% 99.11% 99.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 81 82
10th Percentile £300 £281 £263
25th Percentile £439 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £625 £631 £638
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £470 £490
% change year-on-year +6.38% -4.08% +18.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 5 7
10th Percentile - £29.50 £30.60
25th Percentile £15.39 £51.25 £48.13
Median hourly rate £15.79 £75.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.95% +36.36% +243.75%
75th Percentile £65.75 £90.00 £56.88
90th Percentile - - £59.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £31.80 £63.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -50.12% +15.91% +243.75%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Luton

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Luton

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Luton

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Luton

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

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 Luton region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 8 (53.33%) PRINCE2
1 8 (53.33%) Project Management
1 8 (53.33%) Wi-Fi
1 8 (53.33%) Structured Cabling
2 7 (46.67%) Risk Management
2 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (46.67%) Change Management
3 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (33.33%) Line Management
4 5 (33.33%) Project Planning
5 4 (26.67%) Agile
5 4 (26.67%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (26.67%) SAP
6 3 (20.00%) Ariba
6 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
7 2 (13.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (13.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (13.33%) EAM
7 2 (13.33%) ERP
7 2 (13.33%) Finance
7 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (13.33%) Degree
7 2 (13.33%) Time Management

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

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Structured Cabling
1 8 (53.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (6.67%) LAN
2 1 (6.67%) SAN
2 1 (6.67%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) PRINCE2
1 8 (53.33%) Project Management
2 7 (46.67%) Change Management
2 7 (46.67%) Risk Management
2 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (33.33%) Line Management
4 5 (33.33%) Project Planning
5 4 (26.67%) Agile
6 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
7 2 (13.33%) EAM
7 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (13.33%) ERP
7 2 (13.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (13.33%) Time Management
8 1 (6.67%) CRM
8 1 (6.67%) Programme Management
8 1 (6.67%) Scrum
8 1 (6.67%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PMP
2 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) SAP
2 3 (20.00%) Ariba