Project Management Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Project Management
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 10 19
Rank change year-on-year -27 +9 -7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 37 74 58
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 5.05% 10.74% 8.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.67% 12.19% 9.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 50 42
10th Percentile £277 £154 £365
25th Percentile £343 £422 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.29% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £734 £597
90th Percentile £634 £750 £661
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £52.15 £33.44
25th Percentile - £52.75 £37.03
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £43.02
Median % change year-on-year - +27.85% -
75th Percentile - £56.75 £49.01
90th Percentile - £57.05 £52.60
West Midlands median hourly rate £43.25 £43.52 £27.82
% change year-on-year -0.62% +56.43% +29.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 652 607 602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 89.07% 88.10% 83.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 407 394
10th Percentile £224 £198 £275
25th Percentile £370 £384 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.34% +7.89% -
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £638 £738 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £514 £500
% change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 16 18
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.70 £13.03
25th Percentile £13.75 £21.63 £14.78
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.23 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% -49.63% +254.30%
75th Percentile £22.13 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £29.00 £56.25 £67.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £22.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.23% -4.35% +29.94%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Birmingham over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Birmingham

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Project Management

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (27.03%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.81%) Confluence
3 1 (2.70%) CMS
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.70%) SAS
3 1 (2.70%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (24.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (5.41%) MS Visio
5 2 (5.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (5.41%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) GitHub
1 4 (10.81%) OpenShift
2 3 (8.11%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (5.41%) iPaaS
3 2 (5.41%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.70%) Asana
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Storage
4 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.70%) SaaS
4 1 (2.70%) ShareGate
4 1 (2.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (8.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (18.92%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) Git
2 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.70%) Selenium
2 1 (2.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (70.27%) Social Skills
2 17 (45.95%) Finance
3 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (13.51%) Banking
5 4 (10.81%) Legal
5 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
6 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.70%) Marketing
8 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Project Manager
2 6 (16.22%) Analyst
3 4 (10.81%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Splunk Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Assistant Project Manager
4 3 (8.11%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Technical Business Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Architect
5 2 (5.41%) Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Implementation Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Implementation Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Product Management Specialist
5 2 (5.41%) Product Specialist
5 2 (5.41%) Project Assistant
5 2 (5.41%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Transformation Director
6 1 (2.70%) Banking Project Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Migration Architect
6 1 (2.70%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.51%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (8.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Educational Technology
1 3 (8.11%) Learning Management System
1 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
1 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.70%) NHS
3 1 (2.70%) SCORM
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Agile
2 15 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (24.32%) Migration
4 9 (24.32%) PRINCE2
4 9 (24.32%) Waterfall
5 8 (21.62%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
6 7 (18.92%) DevOps
6 7 (18.92%) Project Delivery
7 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (16.22%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (13.51%) Change Management
8 5 (13.51%) Containerisation
8 5 (13.51%) Data Ingestion
8 5 (13.51%) Observability
9 4 (10.81%) Data Analytics
9 4 (10.81%) Data Management
9 4 (10.81%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) PMP
2 7 (18.92%) PMI Certification
3 6 (16.22%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) CCNP
4 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) PMO
2 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.11%) QA
3 1 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Docker
2 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) Kibana
1 5 (13.51%) Kubernetes
2 4 (10.81%) logstash
3 1 (2.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) Splunk
3 3 (8.11%) Progress
4 2 (5.41%) Planview
5 1 (2.70%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.70%) Cisco
5 1 (2.70%) F5
5 1 (2.70%) Juniper
5 1 (2.70%) NetScout
5 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.70%) Sitecore