Project Management Contracts in Derbyshire

Project Management
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derbyshire 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 13 18 19
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 6 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 6.19% 5.29% 6.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.79% 8.18% 7.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 7
10th Percentile - £369 £408
25th Percentile - £441 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -18.18% +37.50%
75th Percentile £431 £469 £758
90th Percentile £443 £548 £878
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £469 £475
% change year-on-year -12.64% -1.32% +2.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77 110 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 79.38% 64.71% 87.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 73 102
10th Percentile £172 £167 £134
25th Percentile £200 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £267 £469
Median % change year-on-year +59.18% -43.04% +17.19%
75th Percentile £550 £438 £552
90th Percentile £644 £588 £638
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £419 £450
% change year-on-year +6.81% -7.00% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 37
10th Percentile £15.06 £12.13 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.30 £17.50 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +27.40% +3.98% -15.85%
75th Percentile £24.30 £22.57 £23.00
90th Percentile £24.81 £26.15 £65.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.36 £17.00 £18.56
% change year-on-year +7.97% -8.39% +3.10%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Derbyshire

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Derbyshire

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Derbyshire

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire 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
Derby +5 5 £425 -5.56% 49
Project Management
East Midlands

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Primavera
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Project Manager
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Electrical Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (66.67%) Budgeting
2 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (66.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft