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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 12 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -7 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 58 62 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 11.24% 11.68% 16.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.43% 12.76% 18.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 37 35
10th Percentile £360 £360 £315
25th Percentile £398 £415 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £614 £550 £544
90th Percentile £638 £680 £629
North West median daily rate £505 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +3.88% +8.03% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 7
10th Percentile £26.66 £28.81 £27.31
25th Percentile £32.92 £30.54 £31.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £32.88 £32.77
Median % change year-on-year +29.27% +0.33% +54.21%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.01 £48.45
90th Percentile - £39.50 £63.00
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - - +55.56%

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 432 486 471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 83.72% 91.53% 87.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 325 266
10th Percentile £303 £288 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £490 £456
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% +7.46% +4.59%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £548
90th Percentile £638 £650 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 27 31
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.90 £9.90
25th Percentile £16.67 £22.78 £15.78
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +40.22% +2.49%
75th Percentile £40.88 £35.02 £31.00
90th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £58.75
North West median hourly rate £24.19 £35.52 £23.03
% change year-on-year -31.89% +54.23% +27.12%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +9 17 £445 - 4
Chester +5 13 £625 -10.71% 15
Warrington +8 9 £276 -38.67% 25
Macclesfield -9 9 £550 +29.41% 1
Crewe +2 3 £550 +1.85% 5
Northwich - 1 - - 1
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 (3.45%) IBM Notes
1 2 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (5.17%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.52%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.90%) AWS
2 4 (6.90%) Google Workspace
3 3 (5.17%) Azure
3 3 (5.17%) SaaS
4 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.07%) Power BI
2 3 (5.17%) DB2
2 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (24.14%) JIRA
General
1 32 (55.17%) Social Skills
2 30 (51.72%) Finance
3 11 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.07%) Banking
4 7 (12.07%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (8.62%) Front Office
6 5 (8.62%) Manufacturing
6 5 (8.62%) Public Sector
7 4 (6.90%) Legal
8 3 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.45%) Automotive
9 2 (3.45%) Financial Institution
9 2 (3.45%) Marketing
10 1 (1.72%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.72%) German Language
10 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (31.03%) Project Manager
2 6 (10.34%) Lead
3 5 (8.62%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 5 (8.62%) Support Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) Analyst
4 4 (6.90%) Architect
4 4 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.17%) Accountant
5 3 (5.17%) IT Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) IT Support
5 3 (5.17%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Scrum Master
5 3 (5.17%) Systems Accountant
6 2 (3.45%) Analytics Manager
6 2 (3.45%) HR Manager
6 2 (3.45%) Integration Analyst
6 2 (3.45%) Salesforce Project Manager
6 2 (3.45%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (3.45%) Transformation Manager
6 2 (3.45%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) .NET
1 3 (5.17%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.07%) Life Science
2 3 (5.17%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (5.17%) Mainframe
2 3 (5.17%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.45%) SCADA
3 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.45%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.72%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Android
1 3 (5.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (43.10%) Agile
2 21 (36.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (18.97%) Process Improvement
5 10 (17.24%) Analytics
6 9 (15.52%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (15.52%) Decision-Making
6 9 (15.52%) PRINCE2
6 9 (15.52%) Requirements Gathering
7 8 (13.79%) Thought Leadership
8 7 (12.07%) CRM
8 7 (12.07%) Design Patterns
8 7 (12.07%) Software Engineering
8 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 7 (12.07%) Systems Engineering
9 6 (10.34%) Matrix Organization
9 6 (10.34%) Validation
10 5 (8.62%) FMEA
10 5 (8.62%) Smart Manufacturing
10 5 (8.62%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.69%) SQL
2 7 (12.07%) PL/SQL
3 4 (6.90%) C
4 3 (5.17%) Java
5 1 (1.72%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Degree
1 6 (10.34%) PMI Certification
1 6 (10.34%) PMP
2 2 (3.45%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.72%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) GAMP
1 6 (10.34%) GDPR
2 5 (8.62%) GxP
3 4 (6.90%) QA
4 3 (5.17%) PMO
5 1 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.72%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 9 (15.52%) SAP
2 7 (12.07%) Avaloq
3 6 (10.34%) Salesforce
4 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
5 4 (6.90%) Google
6 3 (5.17%) Ariba
6 3 (5.17%) Sage
7 2 (3.45%) Lotus
8 1 (1.72%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow