Project Manager Contracts in Cambridge

Project Manager
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Project Manager daily rate in Cambridge is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 24 22
Rank change year-on-year +14 -2 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 10 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 8.77% 4.12% 4.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.31% 4.49% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 8
10th Percentile £443 £266 £399
25th Percentile £473 £327 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £388 £519
Median % change year-on-year +35.48% -25.30% +9.21%
75th Percentile £681 £519 £591
90th Percentile £700 £538 £640
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £500 £350 £475
% change year-on-year +42.86% -26.32% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £39.50 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - £39.50 £26.31
% change year-on-year - +50.16% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 97 178 274
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.09% 91.75% 93.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 106 187
10th Percentile £389 £235 £185
25th Percentile £425 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +14.72% -3.23% -2.11%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £663 £644 £600
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £488 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 29 16
10th Percentile £16.68 £21.10 £16.49
25th Percentile £20.40 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +156.10% -19.61%
75th Percentile £62.50 £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year - +5.16% +13.47%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Cambridge

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Cambridge

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Cambridge

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Cambridge

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 1 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 Cambridge region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (20.00%) SEO
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Business Case
5 1 (10.00%) Wireless
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Change
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
5 1 (10.00%) Health Technology
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL
5 1 (10.00%) UX Design
5 1 (10.00%) SaaS
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) User Experience
5 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills

Project Manager Skill Set
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 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Health Technology
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Life Science
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) SEO
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Business Case
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (10.00%) Time Management
4 1 (10.00%) UX Design
4 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CISSP
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Sitecore