Project Management Contracts in Bolton

Project Management
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bolton requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing Project Management 13 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bolton 40.63% 25.00% 32.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 48.15% 26.67% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 -
Manchester median daily rate £463 £512 £500
% change year-on-year -9.71% +2.44% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 8
10th Percentile - £36.20 £53.56
25th Percentile - £41.00 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £49.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% -24.62% +124.14%
75th Percentile £75.63 £54.50 £65.25
90th Percentile £77.88 £57.80 £70.20
Manchester median hourly rate £60.00 £38.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +54.84% -40.38% +124.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27 15 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton 84.38% 93.75% 83.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 1
10th Percentile £155 £406 -
25th Percentile £164 £429 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -62.24% +3.16% +58.33%
75th Percentile £236 £528 £488
90th Percentile £255 £538 -
Manchester median daily rate £468 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 23
10th Percentile £54.60 £24.15 £26.17
25th Percentile - £26.39 £38.49
Median hourly rate £60.00 £41.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.34% -36.92% +31.31%
75th Percentile £75.00 £57.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £78.75 -
Manchester median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
% change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bolton.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Bolton

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bolton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Bolton.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Bolton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bolton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Bolton.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Bolton

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bolton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Bolton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Bolton

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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 3 (23.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Primavera
1 4 (30.77%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) DHCP
1 4 (30.77%) DNS
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
1 4 (30.77%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) French Language
3 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 2 (15.38%) Electronics
4 1 (7.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Project Manager
2 4 (30.77%) IT Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) IT Support
2 4 (30.77%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Project Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Project Planner
2 4 (30.77%) Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) IT Manager
3 3 (23.08%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Project Controller
5 1 (7.69%) IT Technical Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Earned Value Management
2 4 (30.77%) Business Performance Management
2 4 (30.77%) Coaching
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 4 (30.77%) Critical Path Analysis
2 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
2 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (30.77%) ITSM
2 4 (30.77%) Performance Management
2 4 (30.77%) Performance Measurement
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Project Planning
2 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
2 4 (30.77%) Service Management
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) Generative AI
3 3 (23.08%) LLM
3 3 (23.08%) Scrum
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) A+ Certification
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Google
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
1 4 (30.77%) SAP