Project Manager Contracts in the North of England

Project Manager
England > North of England

The median Project Manager daily rate in the North of England is £500 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 32 19 15
Rank change year-on-year -13 -4 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 246 412 622
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 5.24% 7.11% 8.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.63% 7.46% 8.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 308 484
10th Percentile £350 £369 £319
25th Percentile £413 £438 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% +7.37%
75th Percentile £585 £575 £538
90th Percentile £625 £638 £588
England median daily rate £525 £535 £513
% change year-on-year -1.87% +4.39% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 10
10th Percentile £22.81 £28.43 £19.61
25th Percentile £28.75 £30.06 £20.08
Median hourly rate £34.21 £30.65 £25.53
Median % change year-on-year +11.62% +20.07% -3.66%
75th Percentile £36.25 £38.13 £42.79
90th Percentile £50.58 £45.25 £48.95
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
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,371 5,522 6,965
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 95.31% 97.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,743 3,902 5,114
10th Percentile £263 £282 £200
25th Percentile £385 £411 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £685 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 393 162 289
10th Percentile £11.01 £14.03 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.64 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £31.63 £18.69
Median % change year-on-year -36.76% +69.27% +4.39%
75th Percentile £46.00 £50.06 £29.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £66.00 £50.91
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the North of England

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the North of England

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the North of England

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the North of England

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the North of England

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North of England 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
North West -7 149 £500 - 117
Yorkshire -20 80 £475 -13.64% 63
North East +15 10 £525 +31.25% 17
Project Manager
England

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

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

1 104 (42.28%) Project Management
2 77 (31.30%) Social Skills
3 70 (28.46%) Finance
3 70 (28.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 58 (23.58%) Agile
5 36 (14.63%) Project Delivery
6 33 (13.41%) SAP
7 28 (11.38%) Public Sector
8 27 (10.98%) Microsoft
9 25 (10.16%) ERP
9 25 (10.16%) PRINCE2
9 25 (10.16%) Degree
10 24 (9.76%) Waterfall
11 23 (9.35%) Migration
12 21 (8.54%) JIRA
13 20 (8.13%) Azure
14 19 (7.72%) Manufacturing
15 18 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
16 17 (6.91%) CRM
17 16 (6.50%) Business Case
18 15 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
18 15 (6.10%) Requirements Gathering
19 14 (5.69%) SAP S/4HANA
19 14 (5.69%) Retail
20 13 (5.28%) Business Intelligence
21 12 (4.88%) Management Information System
21 12 (4.88%) Change Management
21 12 (4.88%) PMI Certification
21 12 (4.88%) Scrum
21 12 (4.88%) Analytics

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 4 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.22%) Confluence
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (4.47%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.25%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (5.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.22%) SAP SD
3 2 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.81%) SAP CRM
3 2 (0.81%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.41%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.41%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.13%) Azure
2 15 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (3.25%) SaaS
4 7 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.85%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.03%) Akamai
6 5 (2.03%) AWS
6 5 (2.03%) Cloudflare
6 5 (2.03%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.63%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.81%) Miro
9 1 (0.41%) GitHub
9 1 (0.41%) Intacct
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle CX
9 1 (0.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.41%) Slack
9 1 (0.41%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.41%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.44%) Network Security
2 2 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.41%) LAN
3 1 (0.41%) NFC
3 1 (0.41%) RTP
3 1 (0.41%) WAN
3 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.85%) Power BI
2 6 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (0.81%) GIS
3 2 (0.81%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (8.54%) JIRA
2 2 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.41%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 77 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 70 (28.46%) Finance
3 28 (11.38%) Public Sector
4 19 (7.72%) Manufacturing
5 14 (5.69%) Retail
6 8 (3.25%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.85%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.44%) Banking
9 5 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.03%) Local Government
10 4 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.63%) Police
11 3 (1.22%) Advertising
11 3 (1.22%) Front Office
12 2 (0.81%) Back Office
12 2 (0.81%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.81%) Legal
12 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.41%) Middleware
1 1 (0.41%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.88%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (1.63%) Data Centre
3 4 (1.63%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.22%) NHS
5 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.81%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.81%) PMI
5 2 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.41%) EMV
6 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.41%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.41%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.41%) Smart City
6 1 (0.41%) Solar Power
6 1 (0.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.85%) Windows
2 4 (1.63%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (42.28%) Project Management
2 70 (28.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 58 (23.58%) Agile
4 36 (14.63%) Project Delivery
5 25 (10.16%) ERP
5 25 (10.16%) PRINCE2
6 24 (9.76%) Waterfall
7 23 (9.35%) Migration
8 18 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (6.91%) CRM
10 16 (6.50%) Business Case
11 15 (6.10%) Requirements Gathering
12 13 (5.28%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (4.88%) Analytics
13 12 (4.88%) Budget Management
13 12 (4.88%) Change Management
13 12 (4.88%) Decision-Making
13 12 (4.88%) Scrum
14 11 (4.47%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (4.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.66%) SQL
2 7 (2.85%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.41%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (10.16%) Degree
2 12 (4.88%) PMI Certification
3 11 (4.47%) PMP
4 8 (3.25%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.25%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.03%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.63%) CISA
6 4 (1.63%) CISM
6 4 (1.63%) CISSP
6 4 (1.63%) MBA
7 3 (1.22%) HNC
7 3 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.22%) NVQ Level 4
7 3 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.41%) APMP
9 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.41%) CAPM
9 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.66%) PMO
2 6 (2.44%) GDPR
2 6 (2.44%) QA
3 2 (0.81%) SLA
4 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.41%) GAMP
4 1 (0.41%) GxP
4 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.41%) NEBOSH
4 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (13.41%) SAP
2 27 (10.98%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.85%) Avaloq
4 6 (2.44%) Sage
5 5 (2.03%) Ariba
5 5 (2.03%) F5
6 4 (1.63%) Oracle
6 4 (1.63%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.81%) NEC
8 1 (0.41%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.41%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco
8 1 (0.41%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.41%) Kronos