Project Manager Contracts in Cheshire

Project Manager
North West > Cheshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Cheshire is £560, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 21 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -12 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 54 35 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 9.93% 6.89% 13.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.36% 7.61% 13.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 25 46
10th Percentile £383 £410 £353
25th Percentile £432 £438 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £607 £575 £487
90th Percentile £678 £665 £538
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 1
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.54 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year +14.60% +40.22% -
North West median hourly rate £34.21 £30.65 £28.00
% change year-on-year +11.62% +9.46% -49.54%

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 521 460 517
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.77% 90.55% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 308 282
10th Percentile £284 £288 £185
25th Percentile £376 £400 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £516 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% +14.67% +4.53%
75th Percentile £578 £586 £538
90th Percentile £638 £658 £631
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 27 32
10th Percentile £13.49 £14.15 £12.51
25th Percentile £15.69 £18.75 £19.75
Median hourly rate £30.83 £23.15 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +33.17% -2.53% +25.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £33.79
90th Percentile - £44.00 £57.13
North West median hourly rate £32.90 £28.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% +13.36% +38.45%

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 15 June 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 15 June 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 - 25 £560 - 4
Chester +7 8 £625 +13.64% 4
Macclesfield -12 7 £575 +15.00% 1
Warrington 0 4 £500 +11.11% 7
Runcorn - 4 £575 - 1
Northwich - 1 - -
Project Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 15 June 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 27 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 26 (48.15%) Project Management
3 24 (44.44%) Finance
4 19 (35.19%) Agile
5 18 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (24.07%) JIRA
7 10 (18.52%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (16.67%) CRM
8 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 8 (14.81%) Business Case
10 7 (12.96%) Design Patterns
10 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
10 7 (12.96%) Systems Engineering
10 7 (12.96%) Thought Leadership
10 7 (12.96%) PL/SQL
10 7 (12.96%) SQL
10 7 (12.96%) Avaloq
10 7 (12.96%) Software Engineering
11 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
11 6 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
12 5 (9.26%) SAP
12 5 (9.26%) Microsoft
12 5 (9.26%) Degree
12 5 (9.26%) Marketing
12 5 (9.26%) Project Delivery
13 4 (7.41%) Application Security
13 4 (7.41%) Impact Assessments
13 4 (7.41%) Cloud Security

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 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) SAP PP
1 1 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.41%) WhatsApp
2 2 (3.70%) AWS
2 2 (3.70%) SAP Fieldglass
3 1 (1.85%) Azure
3 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.85%) SaaS
3 1 (1.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (1.85%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (24.07%) JIRA
General
1 27 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (44.44%) Finance
3 6 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (9.26%) Marketing
5 4 (7.41%) Banking
6 3 (5.56%) Financial Institution
6 3 (5.56%) Front Office
6 3 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.85%) Life Science
3 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.85%) Smart City
3 1 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
1 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (48.15%) Project Management
2 19 (35.19%) Agile
3 18 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (18.52%) Requirements Gathering
5 9 (16.67%) CRM
5 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 8 (14.81%) Business Case
7 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
7 7 (12.96%) Design Patterns
7 7 (12.96%) Software Engineering
7 7 (12.96%) Systems Engineering
7 7 (12.96%) Thought Leadership
8 6 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (9.26%) Project Delivery
10 4 (7.41%) Application Security
10 4 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (7.41%) Data Strategy
10 4 (7.41%) Minimum Viable Product
10 4 (7.41%) Pricing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) PL/SQL
1 7 (12.96%) SQL
2 1 (1.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (9.26%) Degree
2 4 (7.41%) CISA
2 4 (7.41%) CISM
2 4 (7.41%) CISSP
2 4 (7.41%) Master's Degree
2 4 (7.41%) MBA
3 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.70%) PMP
4 1 (1.85%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) PMO
1 2 (3.70%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) GAMP
2 1 (1.85%) GRC
2 1 (1.85%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 7 (12.96%) Avaloq
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) SAP
3 2 (3.70%) NEC
3 2 (3.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.85%) Ariba
4 1 (1.85%) Cognizant