Project Manager Contracts in Cheshire

Project Manager
North West > Cheshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Cheshire is £373, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 20 27
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 19 43 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 4.23% 8.53% 6.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.82% 9.11% 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 38 22
10th Percentile £321 £398 £413
25th Percentile £358 £466 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £569 £450
Median % change year-on-year -34.56% +26.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £438 £614 £500
90th Percentile £533 £688 £550
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £25.21 - £29.19
25th Percentile £27.79 - £30.06
Median hourly rate £29.52 - £30.54
75th Percentile £30.98 - £31.13
90th Percentile £33.09 - £32.19
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £34.21 £30.54
% change year-on-year -5.00% +12.02% -31.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 394 472 477
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.75% 93.65% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 324 329
10th Percentile £313 £275 £263
25th Percentile £358 £374 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.20%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £640 £629 £651
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 36 20
10th Percentile £19.00 £14.00 £14.23
25th Percentile £26.71 £16.47 £19.71
Median hourly rate £47.50 £20.11 £29.26
Median % change year-on-year +136.20% -31.27% +19.43%
75th Percentile £86.00 £38.00 £35.00
90th Percentile - £43.75 £42.58
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Cheshire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Cheshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Cheshire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Cheshire

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 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 -15 7 £358 -37.55% 1
Crewe - 6 - - 2
Warrington -7 2 £469 -6.25% 9
Chester -8 1 £700 +12.00% 4
Project Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Cheshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 8 (42.11%) Project Management
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
1 8 (42.11%) Agile
2 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (21.05%) Change Management
2 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
2 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (21.05%) Contract Management
2 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
2 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
3 3 (15.79%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
3 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Product Ownership
3 3 (15.79%) Scrum
3 3 (15.79%) Legal
3 3 (15.79%) Banking
3 3 (15.79%) Local Government
3 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
4 2 (10.53%) Matrix Management
4 2 (10.53%) Release Management
4 2 (10.53%) Content Management
4 2 (10.53%) Critical Path Analysis
4 2 (10.53%) Information Assurance
4 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Content Management
4 2 (10.53%) Budget Control
4 2 (10.53%) Agile Project Management
4 2 (10.53%) Retail
4 2 (10.53%) Data Management
4 2 (10.53%) Business Continuity

Project Manager Skill Set
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 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Banking
2 3 (15.79%) Legal
2 3 (15.79%) Local Government
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Automotive
3 2 (10.53%) Retail
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.26%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Agile
1 8 (42.11%) Project Management
2 4 (21.05%) Change Management
2 4 (21.05%) Contract Management
2 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
2 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
2 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
2 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
3 3 (15.79%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 3 (15.79%) Scrum
3 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
4 2 (10.53%) Agile Project Management
4 2 (10.53%) Business Continuity
4 2 (10.53%) Content Management
4 2 (10.53%) Critical Path Analysis
4 2 (10.53%) Data Management
4 2 (10.53%) Kanban
4 2 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) PMO
2 1 (5.26%) GRC
2 1 (5.26%) ISO 14001
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Adobe
1 1 (5.26%) Salesforce