Project Management Contracts in Cambridge

Project Management
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 8 15 10
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 12 17 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 10.53% 8.76% 8.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.88% 9.60% 9.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 16
10th Percentile £432 £282 £223
25th Percentile £485 £391 £246
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £478 £488
Median % change year-on-year +15.06% -1.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £688 £619 £628
90th Percentile £700 £638 £700
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £478 £488
% change year-on-year -5.86% -1.95% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £39.50 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £20.50 £39.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year -48.10% +49.06% -19.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 101 177 258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 88.60% 91.24% 87.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 99 177
10th Percentile £296 £235 £185
25th Percentile £411 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -2.70% -2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £600
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 28 16
10th Percentile £16.28 £20.40 £17.12
25th Percentile £17.46 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £52.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.19% +156.10% -64.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% +6.15%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Cambridge

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Cambridge

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Cambridge

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Cambridge

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
2 3 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Project Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Digital Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 2 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Change Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Compliance Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce Marketing Manager
4 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Integration Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) PMO Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Product Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) SaaS Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (8.33%) Life Science
1 1 (8.33%) Robotics
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Agile
1 4 (33.33%) Change Management
2 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Analytics
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 2 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 2 (16.67%) SEO
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (8.33%) Coaching
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) Data Privacy
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (8.33%) Line Management
4 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 1 (8.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 2 (16.67%) PMP
3 1 (8.33%) APMG
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) GCFE
3 1 (8.33%) GCIH
3 1 (8.33%) GIAC
3 1 (8.33%) GREM
3 1 (8.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle
1 1 (8.33%) Planview
1 1 (8.33%) Sitecore