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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 15 28
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 -6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 14 28 23
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 3.81% 9.56% 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 10.45% 5.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 19 12
10th Percentile £240 £413 £275
25th Percentile £285 £425 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +11.11% -2.70%
75th Percentile £700 £594 £484
90th Percentile £775 £680 £590
East of England median daily rate £450 £500 £540
% change year-on-year -10.00% -7.41% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile - - £27.27
25th Percentile £14.64 £19.25 £28.56
Median hourly rate £15.28 £20.50 £31.34
Median % change year-on-year -25.49% -34.58% +18.25%
75th Percentile £15.91 £21.75 £33.48
90th Percentile £30.33 - £34.39
East of England median hourly rate £15.28 £60.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -74.54% +57.40% -40.44%

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 299 268 407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 81.47% 91.47% 84.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 146 158
10th Percentile £211 £296 £235
25th Percentile £335 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £468 £478
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -2.04% +0.63%
75th Percentile £573 £547 £563
90th Percentile £675 £631 £679
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -4.90% +2.46% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 40 184
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +8.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £24.49 £21.53 £20.75
90th Percentile £35.36 £43.50 £45.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -58.00% +31.16% +15.52%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 2 March 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 -17 11 £505 -12.13% 8
Peterborough +4 1 £300 -32.28% 6
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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.14%) MS Access
2 1 (7.14%) MySQL
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Project Officer
1 5 (35.71%) Project Support Officer
1 5 (35.71%) Support Officer
2 3 (21.43%) Coordinator
2 3 (21.43%) IT Manager
2 3 (21.43%) IT Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior IT Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Data Coordinator
4 1 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) ITSM Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) PMO Manager
4 1 (7.14%) SQL BI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (14.29%) Life Science
1 2 (14.29%) LIMS
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) CMDB
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.14%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Resource Management
2 5 (35.71%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (21.43%) Information Management
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) AI
4 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.14%) Analytics
5 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) Data Architecture
5 1 (7.14%) Data Collection
5 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.14%) Machine Learning
5 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
1 1 (7.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow