Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Project Manager
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 31 24
Rank change year-on-year +1 -7 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 17 14 29
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 4.58% 3.44% 5.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.33% 4.47% 7.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 21
10th Percentile £401 £400 £420
25th Percentile £422 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £672 £638 £550
90th Percentile £705 £645 £625
East of England median daily rate £550 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £28.48 £17.80
25th Percentile - £31.44 £19.38
Median hourly rate - £37.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - +69.32% -
75th Percentile - £43.44 -
90th Percentile - £46.63 -
East of England median hourly rate - £29.17 £50.00
% change year-on-year - -41.66% -27.54%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 319 313 409
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.98% 76.90% 78.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 126 202
10th Percentile £213 £236 £185
25th Percentile £379 £334 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £620 £562 £550
90th Percentile £700 £638 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 52 108
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.23 -
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.92 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +29.20% +14.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £48.75 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £33.76
East of England median hourly rate £30.00 £43.90 £34.22
% change year-on-year -31.66% +28.29% +72.74%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Cambridgeshire

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 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 -4 11 £450 -20.00% 4
Peterborough 0 2 £450 - 5
Project Manager
East of England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Project Management
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
2 7 (41.18%) Project Delivery
2 7 (41.18%) Waterfall
3 5 (29.41%) Time Management
4 4 (23.53%) Change Management
4 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (17.65%) ERP
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (11.76%) Information Management
7 1 (5.88%) AWS
7 1 (5.88%) Azure
7 1 (5.88%) Business Case
7 1 (5.88%) Business Transformation
7 1 (5.88%) Change Control
7 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security
7 1 (5.88%) Conflict Management
7 1 (5.88%) Conflict Resolution
7 1 (5.88%) Contract Management
7 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
7 1 (5.88%) Dependency Management
7 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (5.88%) Feasibility Study
7 1 (5.88%) GCP
7 1 (5.88%) GRC
7 1 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (5.88%) IFS
7 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001

Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (5.88%) GCP
1 1 (5.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Database
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Life Science
1 2 (11.76%) LIMS
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Project Management
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
2 7 (41.18%) Project Delivery
2 7 (41.18%) Waterfall
3 5 (29.41%) Time Management
4 4 (23.53%) Change Management
4 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (17.65%) ERP
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (11.76%) Information Management
7 1 (5.88%) Business Case
7 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security
7 1 (5.88%) Conflict Resolution
7 1 (5.88%) ITSM
7 1 (5.88%) Migration
7 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
7 1 (5.88%) Risk Register
7 1 (5.88%) Scrum
7 1 (5.88%) Service Management
7 1 (5.88%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.88%) GRC
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.88%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) IFS
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle
1 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow