Project Manager Contracts in Derbyshire

Project Manager
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Derbyshire is £350, 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 6 22 21
Rank change year-on-year +16 -1 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 13 5 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 13.40% 2.94% 5.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.85% 3.11% 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 5
10th Percentile - - £365
25th Percentile - - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £425 £469 £538
90th Percentile - £503 £560
East Midlands median daily rate £413 £469 £450
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 82 161 179
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.54% 94.71% 84.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 111 112
10th Percentile £171 £150 £132
25th Percentile £275 £188 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £262 £450
Median % change year-on-year +62.02% -41.71% +21.21%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £540
90th Percentile £628 £588 £637
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +9.02% -8.89% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 25 22
10th Percentile £21.65 £13.78 £11.94
25th Percentile £23.30 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £24.34 £17.72 £21.20
Median % change year-on-year +37.36% -16.42% +6.00%
75th Percentile £24.73 £20.00 £51.31
90th Percentile £24.95 £26.15 £65.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.21 £17.50 £20.36
% change year-on-year +32.60% -14.05% +19.03%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Derbyshire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Derbyshire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Derbyshire

Project Manager
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 Manager 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 +17 12 £350 -22.22% 14
Project Manager
East Midlands

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (38.46%) Project Management
1 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (30.77%) Supplier Management
2 4 (30.77%) Project Planning
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
2 4 (30.77%) Budgeting
3 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Project Roadmap
3 1 (7.69%) Primavera
3 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Supply Chain Management

Project Manager Skill Set
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 (30.77%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Primavera
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Project Management
1 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (30.77%) Budgeting
2 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
2 4 (30.77%) Project Planning
2 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (30.77%) Supplier Management
3 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.69%) Project Roadmap
3 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
3 1 (7.69%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow