Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Project Manager
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 September 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
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 32 23
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 15 12 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 4.32% 2.87% 5.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.15% 3.77% 6.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 21
10th Percentile £413 £400 £431
25th Percentile £422 £500 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £556 £638 £550
90th Percentile £628 £645 £625
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +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 £45.00
% change year-on-year - -35.18% -12.14%

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 291 318 428
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.86% 76.08% 79.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 119 234
10th Percentile £224 £225 £216
25th Percentile £379 £340 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £442 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.10% -1.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £553 £538
90th Percentile £700 £638 £588
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 86 94
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.92 £14.84 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £27.50 £20.56
90th Percentile £55.85 £53.75 £32.48
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £38.95
% change year-on-year -15.79% +21.95% +96.62%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager 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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -2 11 £450 -20.00% 4
Peterborough 0 2 £450 - 4
Project Manager
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 9 September 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Project Management
2 7 (46.67%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Waterfall
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (33.33%) Time Management
4 5 (33.33%) Change Management
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) ERP
7 1 (6.67%) Service Management
7 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (6.67%) Oracle
7 1 (6.67%) ITIL
7 1 (6.67%) ITSM
7 1 (6.67%) Wireless
7 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
7 1 (6.67%) Finance
7 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
7 1 (6.67%) Validation
7 1 (6.67%) Migration
7 1 (6.67%) Scrum
7 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
7 1 (6.67%) Business Case
7 1 (6.67%) Conflict Resolution
7 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (6.67%) Risk Register
7 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
7 1 (6.67%) OCI
7 1 (6.67%) Project Governance

Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Database
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Project Management
2 7 (46.67%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Waterfall
3 6 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (33.33%) Change Management
4 5 (33.33%) Time Management
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) ERP
7 1 (6.67%) Business Case
7 1 (6.67%) Conflict Resolution
7 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
7 1 (6.67%) ITIL
7 1 (6.67%) ITSM
7 1 (6.67%) Migration
7 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
7 1 (6.67%) Risk Register
7 1 (6.67%) Scrum
7 1 (6.67%) Service Management
7 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (6.67%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) IFS
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle
1 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow