Project Management Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Project Management
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 21 31 28
Rank change year-on-year +10 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 24 26 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 8.70% 5.25% 5.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.84% 6.34% 5.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 18
10th Percentile £413 £198 £224
25th Percentile £425 £362 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £478 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.86% -1.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £634
90th Percentile £695 £638 £725
East of England median daily rate £519 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.14% +5.00% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £29.85 -
25th Percentile £19.25 £35.00 £25.75
Median hourly rate £20.50 £39.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.10% +49.06% -19.70%
75th Percentile £21.75 £39.75 £27.25
90th Percentile - £45.15 -
East of England median hourly rate £55.00 £38.12 £60.00
% change year-on-year +44.28% -36.47% +140.43%

All Process and 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 244 410 526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 88.41% 82.83% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 148 284
10th Percentile £296 £200 £200
25th Percentile £402 £350 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -
75th Percentile £550 £553 £536
90th Percentile £650 £683 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 194 150
10th Percentile £14.86 - £13.41
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% +6.15%
75th Percentile £18.85 £21.46 £20.56
90th Percentile £22.93 £52.25 £22.06
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Cambridgeshire

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Cambridgeshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Cambridgeshire

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 2025. 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 +7 12 £550 +15.06% 68
Peterborough +12 2 £443 - 11
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Azure
1 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
1 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 18 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Marketing
3 3 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Finance
5 1 (4.17%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 7 (29.17%) Lead
3 4 (16.67%) Digital Project Manager
3 4 (16.67%) IT Support
3 4 (16.67%) Support Officer
4 2 (8.33%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (4.17%) Compliance Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Cyber Defence Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Data Analytics Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) E-Commerce Marketing Manager
5 1 (4.17%) PMO Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.17%) SaaS Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Digital Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Molecular Biology
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (4.17%) Life Science
2 1 (4.17%) Robotics
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Change Management
2 5 (20.83%) Agile
2 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (16.67%) Biology
3 4 (16.67%) Biomedicine
3 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (16.67%) Data Management
4 3 (12.50%) Analytics
4 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 2 (8.33%) Data Analytics
5 2 (8.33%) E-Commerce
5 2 (8.33%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (8.33%) Process Improvement
5 2 (8.33%) Risk Management
5 2 (8.33%) SEO
5 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) CISSP
2 2 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 2 (8.33%) PMP
3 1 (4.17%) APMG
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) GCFE
3 1 (4.17%) GCIH
3 1 (4.17%) GIAC
3 1 (4.17%) GREM
3 1 (4.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) PMO
2 1 (4.17%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Oracle
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Planview
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) Sitecore