Project Manager Contracts in Birmingham

Project Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Project Manager daily rate in Birmingham is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 11 6
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 48 85 179
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.27% 9.56% 13.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.67% 9.90% 14.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 66 144
10th Percentile £456 £363 £313
25th Percentile £456 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £488
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -1.28% +5.41%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £575 £650 £692
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £478 £490
% change year-on-year +9.95% -2.55% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.75 - -
Median hourly rate £28.50 £27.13 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.05% - -
75th Percentile £29.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £35.00 £36.07 -
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -

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 720 859 1,250
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 96.63% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 572 903
10th Percentile £250 £263 £225
25th Percentile £335 £375 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 37 18
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.30 £12.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.70 £14.08
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +15.94% +7.81%
75th Percentile £48.75 £25.00 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £58.25 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -2.05% +14.29% +16.67%

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 20 June 2024.

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 20 June 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 Birmingham region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 31 (64.58%) Project Management
2 18 (37.50%) Finance
3 16 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 9 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (16.67%) Agile
7 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (14.58%) Resource Allocation
8 6 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (12.50%) Onboarding
8 6 (12.50%) Business Transformation
8 6 (12.50%) KYC
8 6 (12.50%) Anti-Money Laundering
8 6 (12.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 6 (12.50%) Waterfall
8 6 (12.50%) Asset Management
8 6 (12.50%) Banking
8 6 (12.50%) PRINCE2
9 5 (10.42%) Change Management
9 5 (10.42%) Business Strategy
9 5 (10.42%) Business Case
10 4 (8.33%) Stakeholder Identification
10 4 (8.33%) PMP
10 4 (8.33%) PMI Certification
10 4 (8.33%) NHS
10 4 (8.33%) Scrum
11 3 (6.25%) Risk Management
11 3 (6.25%) LAN

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:

Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.08%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) LAN
1 3 (6.25%) WAN
2 2 (4.17%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.17%) VPN
3 1 (2.08%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 18 (37.50%) Finance
2 16 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 9 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.50%) Banking
5 3 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.08%) German Language
7 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.33%) NHS
3 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.08%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.08%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.08%) Housing Association
4 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.08%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (64.58%) Project Management
2 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (18.75%) Project Delivery
3 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (16.67%) Agile
5 7 (14.58%) Resource Allocation
5 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (12.50%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 6 (12.50%) Asset Management
6 6 (12.50%) Business Transformation
6 6 (12.50%) KYC
6 6 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 6 (12.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 6 (12.50%) Waterfall
7 5 (10.42%) Business Case
7 5 (10.42%) Business Strategy
7 5 (10.42%) Change Management
8 4 (8.33%) Scrum
8 4 (8.33%) Stakeholder Identification
9 3 (6.25%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (8.33%) PMI Certification
1 4 (8.33%) PMP
2 3 (6.25%) CIPD
3 2 (4.17%) Degree
4 1 (2.08%) CCNA
4 1 (2.08%) CCNP
4 1 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) QA
2 1 (2.08%) IFRS
2 1 (2.08%) IFRS 17
2 1 (2.08%) SLA
2 1 (2.08%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 1 (2.08%) SAP
1 1 (2.08%) UiPath