Project Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Project Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £520 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 18 11
Rank change year-on-year 0 -7 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 178 321 521
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.51% 9.41% 10.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.08% 9.94% 10.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 227 408
10th Percentile £355 £363 £361
25th Percentile £456 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +9.37% -2.56% +5.41%
75th Percentile £588 £564 £546
90th Percentile £639 £588 £613
England median daily rate £525 £535 £513
% change year-on-year -1.87% +4.39% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 4
10th Percentile £26.92 £25.56 -
25th Percentile £27.54 £26.57 £16.24
Median hourly rate £31.75 £29.57 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% +31.46% -6.19%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.88 £28.75
90th Percentile - £42.85 -
England median hourly rate £35.96 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -42.46% +31.58% +68.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,513 3,228 4,812
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.92% 94.58% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 2,271 3,526
10th Percentile £213 £220 £209
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +3.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 127 170
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.30 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £14.08
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +14.42% +15.08%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.08
90th Percentile £52.78 £60.50 £34.55
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
West Midlands -3 132 £525 +10.53% 88
East Midlands 0 44 £481 +6.94% 56
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 95 (53.37%) Project Management
2 61 (34.27%) Social Skills
3 49 (27.53%) Finance
3 49 (27.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 33 (18.54%) Agile
4 33 (18.54%) Project Delivery
5 28 (15.73%) PRINCE2
6 25 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (11.80%) Migration
8 20 (11.24%) Risk Management
9 17 (9.55%) Budget Management
9 17 (9.55%) SAP
10 16 (8.99%) Project Planning
10 16 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
11 15 (8.43%) Asset Management
11 15 (8.43%) ERP
11 15 (8.43%) Public Sector
12 14 (7.87%) Resource Allocation
12 14 (7.87%) PMP
12 14 (7.87%) PMI Certification
12 14 (7.87%) Waterfall
13 13 (7.30%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (7.30%) Business Case
14 12 (6.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 12 (6.74%) Degree
14 12 (6.74%) Change Management
15 11 (6.18%) Resource Management
16 10 (5.62%) Change Control
16 10 (5.62%) Azure
16 10 (5.62%) Microsoft

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 2 (1.12%) CMS
2 1 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.56%) Confluence
2 1 (0.56%) Moodle
2 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.49%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.25%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.69%) Maximo
3 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.56%) iTrent
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.56%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.62%) Azure
2 4 (2.25%) SaaS
3 3 (1.69%) AWS
4 2 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.12%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.56%) Intacct
5 1 (0.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.25%) WAN
2 3 (1.69%) LAN
2 3 (1.69%) VPN
3 2 (1.12%) Intranet
3 2 (1.12%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.12%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.56%) Firewall
4 1 (0.56%) Internet
4 1 (0.56%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.12%) Power BI
3 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.56%) Metadata
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.25%) JIRA
General
1 61 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 49 (27.53%) Finance
3 16 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.43%) Public Sector
5 13 (7.30%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.49%) Banking
7 7 (3.93%) Law
7 7 (3.93%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.37%) Automotive
8 6 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.81%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.25%) Legal
10 4 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.69%) Retail
12 2 (1.12%) Local Government
13 1 (0.56%) German Language
13 1 (0.56%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.56%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.56%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (3.93%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.37%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (3.37%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.81%) PMI
5 4 (2.25%) NHS
6 2 (1.12%) CCTV
6 2 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.12%) Robotics
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.56%) FMCG
7 1 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.56%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.56%) SCADA
7 1 (0.56%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.56%) Social Media
7 1 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.25%) Windows
2 3 (1.69%) Unix
3 2 (1.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (53.37%) Project Management
2 49 (27.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (18.54%) Agile
3 33 (18.54%) Project Delivery
4 28 (15.73%) PRINCE2
5 25 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (11.80%) Migration
7 20 (11.24%) Risk Management
8 17 (9.55%) Budget Management
9 16 (8.99%) Project Planning
10 15 (8.43%) Asset Management
10 15 (8.43%) ERP
11 14 (7.87%) Resource Allocation
11 14 (7.87%) Waterfall
12 13 (7.30%) Business Case
13 12 (6.74%) Change Management
13 12 (6.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 11 (6.18%) Resource Management
15 10 (5.62%) Change Control
15 10 (5.62%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.25%) Java
2 3 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (7.87%) PMI Certification
1 14 (7.87%) PMP
2 12 (6.74%) Degree
3 8 (4.49%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 6 (3.37%) HND
5 6 (3.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (2.81%) HNC
6 5 (2.81%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.56%) APMG
7 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.56%) CCNA
7 1 (0.56%) CCNP
7 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.56%) RIBA
7 1 (0.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.37%) QA
2 5 (2.81%) PMO
3 2 (1.12%) SLA
4 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.56%) GDPR
4 1 (0.56%) IFRS
4 1 (0.56%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.56%) P3O
4 1 (0.56%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (9.55%) SAP
2 10 (5.62%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.81%) Sage
4 4 (2.25%) Oracle
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco
5 1 (0.56%) CODA
5 1 (0.56%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.56%) Infor
5 1 (0.56%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.56%) Palantir
5 1 (0.56%) Planview