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 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 18 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 41 51 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 8.06% 6.93% 9.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.99% 7.42% 9.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 36 65
10th Percentile £431 £456 £363
25th Percentile £513 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.56% +1.46%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £575
90th Percentile £651 £575 £595
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -2.56%
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 456 687 841
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.59% 93.34% 96.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 485 555
10th Percentile £150 £250 £263
25th Percentile £375 £338 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £572 £575 £604
90th Percentile £663 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 42 35
10th Percentile - £13.25 £11.40
25th Percentile £12.62 £16.63 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £28.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.88% +42.50% +16.01%
75th Percentile £22.08 £48.75 £24.94
90th Percentile £38.75 £56.25 £60.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -17.59% +10.00% +17.65%

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 22 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 22 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 14 (34.15%) Project Management
1 14 (34.15%) Finance
1 14 (34.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
3 10 (24.39%) Migration
3 10 (24.39%) Agile
4 7 (17.07%) PRINCE2
4 7 (17.07%) Project Delivery
5 6 (14.63%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (14.63%) PMO
5 6 (14.63%) Supplier Management
6 5 (12.20%) Project Planning
6 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
6 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (12.20%) Waterfall
6 5 (12.20%) SaaS
6 5 (12.20%) Analytics
6 5 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
6 5 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
7 4 (9.76%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
7 4 (9.76%) CRM
7 4 (9.76%) Azure
7 4 (9.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (9.76%) Power BI
8 3 (7.32%) IaaS
8 3 (7.32%) Change Control
8 3 (7.32%) Data Quality

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 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) SaaS
2 4 (9.76%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.32%) IaaS
3 3 (7.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) LAN
1 1 (2.44%) Unified Communications
1 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Power BI
2 3 (7.32%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 14 (34.15%) Finance
2 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.32%) Legal
5 2 (4.88%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.88%) Banking
5 2 (4.88%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Law
6 1 (2.44%) Local Government
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) LDAP
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.32%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.88%) PMI
4 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.44%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (2.44%) NHS
4 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Project Management
1 14 (34.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (24.39%) Agile
2 10 (24.39%) Migration
3 7 (17.07%) PRINCE2
3 7 (17.07%) Project Delivery
4 6 (14.63%) Supplier Management
4 6 (14.63%) Workshop Facilitation
5 5 (12.20%) Analytics
5 5 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (12.20%) Project Planning
5 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (12.20%) Waterfall
6 4 (9.76%) CRM
7 3 (7.32%) Business Continuity
7 3 (7.32%) Change Management
7 3 (7.32%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (7.32%) E-Commerce
7 3 (7.32%) ERP
7 3 (7.32%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) Degree
4 2 (4.88%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) PMO
2 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.44%) GDPR
3 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Oracle
3 2 (4.88%) Cognos
4 1 (2.44%) Guidewire
4 1 (2.44%) Infor
4 1 (2.44%) Optimizely
4 1 (2.44%) Salesforce