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 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 31 18
Rank change year-on-year +9 -13 -10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 11 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 6.36% 4.15% 7.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.80% 4.50% 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile £431 £240 £463
25th Percentile £455 £259 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £273 £506
Median % change year-on-year +72.16% -46.07% +20.82%
75th Percentile £493 £276 £548
90th Percentile £496 - £564
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £35.46 £34.99 -
25th Percentile £41.01 £37.26 -
Median hourly rate £52.13 £44.07 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.29% -20.24% +0.87%
75th Percentile £65.13 £51.45 -
90th Percentile £71.80 £54.05 -
North West median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +71.43% - +3.24%

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 141 222 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 81.50% 92.12% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 113 47
10th Percentile £266 £413 £413
25th Percentile £438 £465 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £600 £590 £487
90th Percentile £638 £670 £560
North West median daily rate £455 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -8.08% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 65 8
10th Percentile £25.15 - £34.51
25th Percentile £25.26 £10.95 £49.06
Median hourly rate £29.27 £26.39 £55.68
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -52.60% +8.51%
75th Percentile £58.27 £52.78 £83.40
90th Percentile £66.44 £70.90 -
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £27.50 £30.27
% change year-on-year +15.93% -9.15% +28.56%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 8 £490 +108.51% 5
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Engagement Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Build Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Build Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Network Build Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Payroll Manager
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Manager
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Project Implementation Manager
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Impact Analysis
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
2 3 (27.27%) Project Governance
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
3 1 (9.09%) Network Design
3 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Google
1 1 (9.09%) SAP
1 1 (9.09%) Workday