IT Project Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

IT Project Manager
England > West Midlands

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £514 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 90 100
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 0
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 26 53 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.35% 2.22% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 2.33% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 43 56
10th Percentile £243 £391 £313
25th Percentile £388 £416 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £488 £481
Median % change year-on-year +5.44% +1.30% +8.45%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £538
90th Percentile £618 £592 £575
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +13.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,761 2,271 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 94.94% 96.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,184 1,562 2,511
10th Percentile £259 £250 £215
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 67 85
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.05 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.25 £19.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.11% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £42.31 £26.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £55.25 £23.15
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the West Midlands

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in the West Midlands

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in the West Midlands

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in the West Midlands

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
Birmingham +2 7 £530 +8.62% 2
Worcestershire +9 5 £225 -47.06%
Staffordshire +8 5 £400 -11.11%
Warwickshire -6 4 £588 +6.82% 1
Coventry +12 3 £525 -2.33% 1
Solihull -14 2 £375 -18.92% 1
IT Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, IT 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 West Midlands region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
1 10 (38.46%) Project Management
2 8 (30.77%) PRINCE2
3 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
4 6 (23.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (19.23%) Finance
6 4 (15.38%) Migration
6 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
7 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
7 3 (11.54%) Technology Transformation
7 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
7 3 (11.54%) Agile
7 3 (11.54%) Automotive
7 3 (11.54%) Law
7 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
7 3 (11.54%) Windows
7 3 (11.54%) Project Planning
7 3 (11.54%) Data Migration
7 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (7.69%) Waterfall
8 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
8 2 (7.69%) Resource Management
8 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
8 2 (7.69%) Supplier Management
8 2 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (7.69%) CRM
8 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
8 2 (7.69%) Unix
8 2 (7.69%) SAP
8 2 (7.69%) Legal

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) Moodle
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Intranet
1 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.85%) WAN
General
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Automotive
3 3 (11.54%) Law
3 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.69%) Legal
4 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Local Government
5 1 (3.85%) Police
5 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.85%) FMCG
1 1 (3.85%) Housing Association
1 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (3.85%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 2 (7.69%) Unix
2 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Project Management
1 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (30.77%) PRINCE2
3 4 (15.38%) Migration
3 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 3 (11.54%) Agile
4 3 (11.54%) Data Migration
4 3 (11.54%) Project Planning
4 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
4 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (11.54%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (7.69%) Business Case
5 2 (7.69%) Change Control
5 2 (7.69%) CRM
5 2 (7.69%) Information Security
5 2 (7.69%) People Management
5 2 (7.69%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (7.69%) Resource Management
5 2 (7.69%) Supplier Management
5 2 (7.69%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco
3 1 (3.85%) CyberArk