Project Management Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Project Management
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 19 29
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 -9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 17 23 29
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 4.67% 8.33% 5.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.61% 9.50% 6.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 11
10th Percentile £318 - £206
25th Percentile £438 £425 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £478
Median % change year-on-year +6.21% -0.63% -8.95%
75th Percentile £521 £581 £638
90th Percentile £575 £698 -
East of England median daily rate £518 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -0.29% -1.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile - £21.20 £30.27
25th Percentile £14.64 £24.13 £36.04
Median hourly rate £15.28 £30.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.08% -24.05% +49.06%
75th Percentile £15.91 £31.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £32.96 - £46.05
East of England median hourly rate £15.28 £43.09 £38.12
% change year-on-year -64.55% +13.04% -28.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 303 242 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 83.24% 87.68% 81.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 130 155
10th Percentile £168 £250 £203
25th Percentile £282 £396 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £537 £575 £563
90th Percentile £671 £688 £690
East of England median daily rate £495 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 51 192
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.48
Median hourly rate £15.92 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +8.20% +3.45%
75th Percentile £32.00 £18.85 £21.46
90th Percentile £39.50 £42.50 £48.68
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -31.56% -8.13% +81.82%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Cambridgeshire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Cambridgeshire

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +4 16 £509 -15.17% 7
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (5.88%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (11.76%) OCI
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
1 2 (11.76%) SaaS
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.88%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
1 1 (5.88%) ScriptRunner
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Finance
3 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
4 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Local Government
5 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Retail
6 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Electronics
6 1 (5.88%) Publishing
6 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Project Officer
1 5 (29.41%) Project Support Officer
1 5 (29.41%) Support Officer
2 3 (17.65%) Developer
2 3 (17.65%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Data Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Data Migration Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Data Migration Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Migration Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle Data Migration Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Migration Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) SQL BI Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Workstream Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Workstream Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (11.76%) NHS
1 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 5 (29.41%) Agile
3 5 (29.41%) Decision-Making
3 5 (29.41%) ERP
3 5 (29.41%) Migration
3 5 (29.41%) Resource Management
4 4 (23.53%) Analytics
4 4 (23.53%) Change Management
4 4 (23.53%) Data Migration
5 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (17.65%) Waterfall
6 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (11.76%) Configuration Management
6 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) ITIL
6 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
6 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Groovy
1 1 (5.88%) Java
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
1 1 (5.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.88%) PMP
2 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) IFS
4 1 (5.88%) Atlassian
4 1 (5.88%) EMC
4 1 (5.88%) SAP