Project Manager Contracts in Coventry

Project Manager
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Project Manager daily rate in Coventry is £475, 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 13 17 25
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 6 10 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 6.19% 6.99% 5.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.74% 7.25% 5.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 9
10th Percentile £406 £509 £215
25th Percentile £463 £513 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £488 £634 £544
90th Percentile £491 £639 £566
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £525 £484
% change year-on-year - +8.53% -1.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 89 138 269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 96.50% 97.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 112 188
10th Percentile £200 £351 £222
25th Percentile £236 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £432 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +9.38% +2.13%
75th Percentile £519 £616 £550
90th Percentile £635 £675 £666
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - - £18.11
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.73%
75th Percentile - - £24.42
90th Percentile - - £26.57
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Coventry

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Coventry

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Coventry

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry

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 Coventry region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Legal
1 4 (66.67%) GDPR
1 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
2 1 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Document Management
2 1 (16.67%) SCADA
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Legal
1 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Document Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
2 1 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GDPR