Project Management Contracts in Cumbria

Project Management
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 32 11
Rank change year-on-year +8 -21 -3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 15 8 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 7.69% 3.09% 10.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.98% 3.23% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £404 £240 £470
25th Percentile £425 £259 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £273 £550
Median % change year-on-year +70.33% -50.36% +45.41%
75th Percentile £487 £276 £675
90th Percentile £495 - £735
North West median daily rate £475 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -5.94% +1.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £35.56 - £52.78
25th Percentile £41.26 £33.48 £53.19
Median hourly rate £54.51 £35.95 £55.13
Median % change year-on-year +51.63% -34.78% +19.91%
75th Percentile £67.26 £38.43 £56.94
90th Percentile £72.65 - £57.28
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £35.95 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.60% +2.71% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 167 248 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 85.64% 95.75% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 146 29
10th Percentile £368 £430 £350
25th Percentile £425 £489 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +12.86% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £500
90th Percentile £638 £725 £710
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 64 8
10th Percentile £22.72 - £22.61
25th Percentile £25.26 £10.95 £44.81
Median hourly rate £31.76 £13.00 £55.38
Median % change year-on-year +144.31% -76.52% +11.80%
75th Percentile £59.24 £44.74 £66.16
90th Percentile £81.15 £51.91 £83.40
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Cumbria

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Cumbria.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Cumbria

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Cumbria.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Cumbria

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Cumbria

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria 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
Barrow-in-Furness +3 9 £490 +108.51% 8
Carlisle +2 1 £413 +49.46% 2
Broughton-in-Furness - 1 - -
Project Management
North West

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) AWS
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Engagement Manager
2 5 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Build Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Build Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Network Build Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Network Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Network Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Payroll Manager
5 1 (6.67%) PMO Manager
5 1 (6.67%) PMO Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Project Implementation Manager
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Impact Analysis
1 6 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (20.00%) Agile
2 3 (20.00%) Migration
2 3 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (20.00%) Project Governance
2 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.67%) Change Management
3 1 (6.67%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (6.67%) Decarbonisation
3 1 (6.67%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (6.67%) Network Design
3 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (6.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (13.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Google
1 1 (6.67%) SAP
1 1 (6.67%) Siemens
1 1 (6.67%) Workday