Project Manager Contracts in Cumbria

Project Manager
North West > Cumbria

The median Project Manager daily rate in Cumbria is £460, 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 32 35 13
Rank change year-on-year +3 -22 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 7 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 3.59% 1.93% 7.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.87% 2.03% 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £406 £287 £458
25th Percentile £424 £376 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £526 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.46% +10.63% +10.98%
75th Percentile £533 £563 £531
90th Percentile £573 £585 £558
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £33.66 - -
25th Percentile £36.51 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £43.14 - £55.00
75th Percentile £51.64 - £57.50
90th Percentile £55.61 - -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £34.21 £30.54
% change year-on-year -5.00% +12.02% -31.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 181 246 53
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 94.98% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 144 30
10th Percentile £362 £438 £350
25th Percentile £414 £492 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +12.86% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £525
90th Percentile £638 £725 £705
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 61 7
10th Percentile £25.26 - £38.79
25th Percentile £30.13 £10.95 £52.05
Median hourly rate £54.88 £13.00 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year +322.15% -76.58% +10.97%
75th Percentile £74.00 £44.74 £71.91
90th Percentile £82.00 £51.91 £83.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Cumbria

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Cumbria

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Cumbria

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Cumbria

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in Cumbria

Project Manager
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 Manager 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 -1 3 - - 1
Broughton-in-Furness - 2 £600 -
Carlisle +4 1 £413 -31.25%
Project Manager
North West

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

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 Cumbria region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) PMO
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) SAP
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Decarbonisation
4 1 (14.29%) Emotional Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Siemens
4 1 (14.29%) SAP HR
4 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Google
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (14.29%) Workday

Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP HR
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Decarbonisation
3 1 (14.29%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Siemens
2 1 (14.29%) Workday