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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 9 21 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 7.38% 10.50% 10.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.49% 11.54% 11.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 17
10th Percentile £485 £320 £259
25th Percentile £528 £380 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £539 £560
Median % change year-on-year +11.32% -3.75% +17.89%
75th Percentile £694 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £649 £695
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £478 £550
% change year-on-year -5.86% -13.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £39.50 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £30.00 £39.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year -24.05% +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 106 182 237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 86.89% 91.00% 87.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 100 162
10th Percentile £296 £234 £185
25th Percentile £413 £350 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £445 £464
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -4.04% -2.37%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £547
90th Percentile £700 £653 £620
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 27 13
10th Percentile £16.40 £19.70 £16.92
25th Percentile £18.10 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £39.50 £52.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% +156.10% -64.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £62.50 £72.75 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% -

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 29 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Marketing
2 3 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Health Technology
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Project Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Digital Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) IT Manager
3 2 (22.22%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Compliance Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing Manager
4 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce Manager
4 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce Marketing Manager
4 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Integration Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Integration Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Product Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Digital Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) SEO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Life Science
1 1 (11.11%) Robotics
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Change Management
1 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
2 2 (22.22%) SEO
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Data Privacy
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (11.11%) People Management
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Robotic Process Automation
3 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CISSP
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Sitecore