Project Management Contracts in Cheshire

Project Management
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 14 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 -9 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 51 64 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 10.12% 11.83% 15.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.00% 12.93% 17.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 40 33
10th Percentile £324 £390 £325
25th Percentile £392 £414 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +2.78% -3.23%
75th Percentile £614 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £680 £630
North West median daily rate £513 £500 £440
% change year-on-year +2.50% +13.64% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 6
10th Percentile £26.66 £28.55 £31.00
25th Percentile £33.96 £30.54 £31.44
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.65 £33.34
Median % change year-on-year +38.67% -8.06% +56.87%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £55.73
90th Percentile - £35.50 £63.00
North West median hourly rate £35.95 £35.00 £38.03
% change year-on-year +2.71% -7.97% +69.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 425 495 446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.33% 91.50% 85.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 334 257
10th Percentile £278 £266 £216
25th Percentile £400 £386 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £482 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +7.19% +2.97%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £538
90th Percentile £635 £654 £632
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 25
10th Percentile £13.70 £15.97 £11.29
25th Percentile £16.61 £22.97 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +24.65% -23.95%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.90
90th Percentile £44.13 £38.80 £61.30
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +13.51%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Cheshire

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Cheshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Cheshire

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Cheshire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Cheshire

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Knutsford +8 14 £568 +27.75% 4
Chester +3 12 £625 +5.93% 13
Warrington +7 9 £276 -38.67% 28
Macclesfield -18 8 £638 +45.71% 3
Crewe +4 1 £500 -7.41% 4
Runcorn - 1 £475 - 4
Project Management
North West

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.92%) IBM Notes
1 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.88%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (5.88%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 4 (7.84%) Google Workspace
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.96%) AWS
4 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.73%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (27.45%) JIRA
General
1 26 (50.98%) Finance
1 26 (50.98%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Manufacturing
3 6 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (9.80%) Front Office
4 5 (9.80%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.84%) Banking
5 4 (7.84%) Legal
6 3 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.96%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.96%) Digital Economy
8 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (29.41%) Project Manager
2 6 (11.76%) Lead
3 5 (9.80%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 5 (9.80%) Support Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Accountant
5 3 (5.88%) IT Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) IT Support
5 3 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Scrum Master
5 3 (5.88%) Systems Accountant
6 2 (3.92%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) HR Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Integration Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (3.92%) Salesforce Project Manager
6 2 (3.92%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Test Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Transformation Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Life Science
2 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.92%) SCADA
2 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.92%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.96%) Robotics
3 1 (1.96%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (41.18%) Agile
1 21 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (19.61%) PRINCE2
4 9 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (15.69%) Analytics
5 8 (15.69%) Process Improvement
6 7 (13.73%) CRM
6 7 (13.73%) Design Patterns
6 7 (13.73%) Software Engineering
6 7 (13.73%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 7 (13.73%) Systems Engineering
6 7 (13.73%) Thought Leadership
7 6 (11.76%) Matrix Organization
7 6 (11.76%) Validation
8 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (9.80%) Data Analytics
8 5 (9.80%) Decision-Making
8 5 (9.80%) FMEA
Programming Languages
1 12 (23.53%) SQL
2 7 (13.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (9.80%) PMI Certification
1 5 (9.80%) PMP
2 4 (7.84%) Degree
3 2 (3.92%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.96%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.76%) GAMP
1 6 (11.76%) GDPR
2 5 (9.80%) GxP
3 3 (5.88%) QA
4 2 (3.92%) PMO
5 1 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.96%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 10 (19.61%) SAP
2 7 (13.73%) Avaloq
3 6 (11.76%) Salesforce
4 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
5 4 (7.84%) Google
6 3 (5.88%) Ariba
6 3 (5.88%) Sage
7 2 (3.92%) Lotus
8 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow