Project Management Contracts in Cheshire

Project Management
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 10 16
Rank change year-on-year -21 +6 -10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 29 63 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 5.93% 11.82% 9.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.14% 14.13% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 38 28
10th Percentile £352 £343 £293
25th Percentile £358 £390 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £563 £590 £621
90th Percentile £676 £630 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 12
10th Percentile - £26.66 £28.81
25th Percentile - £35.00 £30.54
Median hourly rate - £38.75 £32.88
Median % change year-on-year - +17.86% +0.33%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £35.01
90th Percentile - - £39.50
North West median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +71.43% - +3.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 472 446 465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 96.52% 83.68% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 300 303
10th Percentile £313 £310 £301
25th Percentile £358 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £476 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.35% -4.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £580 £586
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 32 29
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.00 £14.95
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.73 £22.53
Median hourly rate £35.20 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +14.60% +40.22%
75th Percentile £81.44 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 - £40.00
North West median hourly rate £30.40 £26.39 £35.02
% change year-on-year +15.20% -24.63% +53.91%

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 31 May 2025.

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
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 31 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
Knutsford -12 16 £411 -3.29% 5
Crewe +5 4 - - 6
Macclesfield +6 2 £700 +27.27% 2
Warrington -10 2 £469 +69.84% 14
Chester -16 1 £650 +4.00% 14
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 8 (27.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Adobe XD
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Azure
1 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (3.45%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) ATM
1 1 (3.45%) FlexRay
1 1 (3.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (34.48%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (41.38%) Finance
2 9 (31.03%) Legal
3 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
4 6 (20.69%) Banking
5 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing
5 5 (17.24%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (13.79%) Automotive
7 3 (10.34%) Retail
8 2 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (3.45%) Marketing
9 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (3.45%) Publishing
9 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Project Manager
2 5 (17.24%) Engineering Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Business Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Data Migration Expert
4 3 (10.34%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Banking Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Payments Project Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Business Change Project Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Business Project Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Change Project Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Data Migration Specialist
6 1 (3.45%) Designer
6 1 (3.45%) PMO Lead
6 1 (3.45%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.45%) UI Designer
6 1 (3.45%) UI/UX Designer
6 1 (3.45%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) ADO
1 1 (3.45%) CSS
1 1 (3.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Agile
2 9 (31.03%) Scrum
3 8 (27.59%) Agile Project Management
4 7 (24.14%) Coaching
4 7 (24.14%) Decision-Making
4 7 (24.14%) DevOps
4 7 (24.14%) Process Improvement
4 7 (24.14%) Workflow
5 6 (20.69%) Change Management
5 6 (20.69%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (20.69%) Epics
5 6 (20.69%) Information Architecture
5 6 (20.69%) Microservices
6 5 (17.24%) Business Analysis
6 5 (17.24%) Data Design
6 5 (17.24%) Data Migration
6 5 (17.24%) ETL
6 5 (17.24%) Migration
6 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) Java
2 1 (3.45%) C++
2 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) Degree
1 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
1 1 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.45%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (3.45%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) SAP
2 2 (6.90%) Adobe
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Salesforce