Project Manager Contracts in Birmingham

Project Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Project Manager daily rate in Birmingham is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 19 10
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 37 54 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.09% 6.99% 9.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.91% 7.55% 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 40 71
10th Percentile £406 £454 £363
25th Percentile £488 £456 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +1.25% +4.06%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £600 £575 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £525 £484
% change year-on-year - +8.53% -1.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £28.50 £27.13
Median % change year-on-year - +5.05% +55.21%
West Midlands median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £36.07
% change year-on-year +71.43% -2.95% +106.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 468 715 870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 92.50% 96.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 502 583
10th Percentile £160 £250 £263
25th Percentile £363 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 40 35
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.10 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £28.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.88% +42.50% +14.35%
75th Percentile £22.91 £48.75 £24.94
90th Percentile £30.68 £57.91 £60.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Birmingham

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Birmingham

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Birmingham

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 13 (35.14%) Project Management
1 13 (35.14%) Finance
2 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 8 (21.62%) Migration
3 8 (21.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (21.62%) Agile
4 6 (16.22%) PMO
4 6 (16.22%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (16.22%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
5 5 (13.51%) Azure
5 5 (13.51%) SaaS
6 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (10.81%) Change Control
6 4 (10.81%) Project Planning
6 4 (10.81%) CRM
6 4 (10.81%) Supplier Management
6 4 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (10.81%) Project Delivery
6 4 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (8.11%) Business Case
7 3 (8.11%) Requirements Workshops
7 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.11%) Change Management
7 3 (8.11%) Programme Management
7 3 (8.11%) Business Continuity
7 3 (8.11%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (8.11%) Systems Analysis
7 3 (8.11%) E-Commerce
7 3 (8.11%) ERP

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (2.70%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (5.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) Azure
1 5 (13.51%) SaaS
2 3 (8.11%) IaaS
2 3 (8.11%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) LAN
1 1 (2.70%) Unified Communications
1 1 (2.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 13 (35.14%) Finance
2 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Banking
5 2 (5.41%) Legal
5 2 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Local Government
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) LDAP
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (8.11%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.41%) PMI
4 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.70%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (2.70%) NHS
4 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Project Management
2 8 (21.62%) Agile
2 8 (21.62%) Migration
2 8 (21.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (16.22%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (10.81%) Change Control
4 4 (10.81%) CRM
4 4 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (10.81%) Project Delivery
4 4 (10.81%) Project Planning
4 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (10.81%) Supplier Management
5 3 (8.11%) Analytics
5 3 (8.11%) Conflict Management
5 3 (8.11%) Data Protection
5 3 (8.11%) E-Commerce
5 3 (8.11%) Resource Management
5 3 (8.11%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (8.11%) Time Management
5 3 (8.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
1 3 (8.11%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.70%) CISM
3 1 (2.70%) CISSP
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) PMP
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) PMO
2 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.70%) GDPR
3 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) Oracle
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.70%) Guidewire
3 1 (2.70%) Infor
3 1 (2.70%) Optimizely
3 1 (2.70%) Salesforce