Project Manager Contracts in Cheshire

Project Manager
North West > Cheshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Cheshire is £569 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 27 10
Rank change year-on-year +9 -17 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 43 36 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 8.58% 6.79% 13.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.17% 7.55% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 22 46
10th Percentile £398 £413 £345
25th Percentile £466 £416 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £450 £439
Median % change year-on-year +26.50% +2.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £614 £500 £480
90th Percentile £688 £550 £538
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £30.54 -
North West median hourly rate £34.21 £30.54 £44.45
% change year-on-year +12.02% -31.29% +33.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 469 477 502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 90.00% 94.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 329 286
10th Percentile £276 £263 £183
25th Percentile £383 £400 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £435
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% +9.20% -0.51%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £631 £651 £631
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 20 27
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.23 £11.83
25th Percentile £16.47 £19.71 £16.49
Median hourly rate £20.11 £29.26 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.27% +19.43% +36.87%
75th Percentile £38.00 £35.00 £33.83
90th Percentile £43.75 £42.58 £60.45
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.49
% change year-on-year -13.59% +49.05% +11.72%

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 28 April 2024.

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 28 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 +27 20 £573 +19.43% 2
Warrington +4 6 £500 +11.11% 8
Macclesfield -25 4 £585 +23.16% 1
Runcorn - 4 £575 - 2
Chester +4 3 £625 +47.06% 4
Project Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 19 (44.19%) Stakeholder Management
1 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 17 (39.53%) Finance
3 15 (34.88%) Project Management
4 13 (30.23%) Agile
5 12 (27.91%) JIRA
6 11 (25.58%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (20.93%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 8 (18.60%) CRM
9 7 (16.28%) PL/SQL
9 7 (16.28%) SQL
9 7 (16.28%) Avaloq
9 7 (16.28%) Software Engineering
9 7 (16.28%) Systems Engineering
9 7 (16.28%) Thought Leadership
9 7 (16.28%) Design Patterns
10 6 (13.95%) Decision-Making
10 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (13.95%) Matrix Organization
10 6 (13.95%) Degree
11 5 (11.63%) SAP
11 5 (11.63%) Programme Management
11 5 (11.63%) Project Delivery
12 4 (9.30%) Business Case
12 4 (9.30%) WhatsApp
12 4 (9.30%) Application Security
12 4 (9.30%) Cloud Security
12 4 (9.30%) Data Strategy
12 4 (9.30%) Pricing Strategy
12 4 (9.30%) Master's Degree

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:

Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) SAP PP
1 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.30%) WhatsApp
2 2 (4.65%) SaaS
3 1 (2.33%) AWS
3 1 (2.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (27.91%) JIRA
General
1 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 17 (39.53%) Finance
3 4 (9.30%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (6.98%) Banking
4 3 (6.98%) Front Office
4 3 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.65%) Financial Institution
5 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.33%) Life Science
3 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.33%) Smart City
3 1 (2.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Windows
1 1 (2.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (44.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (34.88%) Project Management
3 13 (30.23%) Agile
4 11 (25.58%) Requirements Gathering
5 9 (20.93%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 8 (18.60%) CRM
7 7 (16.28%) Design Patterns
7 7 (16.28%) Software Engineering
7 7 (16.28%) Systems Engineering
7 7 (16.28%) Thought Leadership
8 6 (13.95%) Decision-Making
8 6 (13.95%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (11.63%) Programme Management
9 5 (11.63%) Project Delivery
10 4 (9.30%) Business Case
10 4 (9.30%) Business Development
10 4 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (9.30%) Data Strategy
10 4 (9.30%) Pricing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.28%) PL/SQL
1 7 (16.28%) SQL
2 1 (2.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (13.95%) Degree
2 4 (9.30%) CISA
2 4 (9.30%) CISM
2 4 (9.30%) CISSP
2 4 (9.30%) Master's Degree
2 4 (9.30%) MBA
3 2 (4.65%) PMI Certification
3 2 (4.65%) PMP
4 1 (2.33%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) GAMP
2 1 (2.33%) NEBOSH
2 1 (2.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Avaloq
2 5 (11.63%) SAP
3 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.65%) NEC
4 2 (4.65%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.33%) Ariba
5 1 (2.33%) Kronos