Project Management Contracts in the East Midlands

Project Management
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 25 20
Rank change year-on-year +15 -5 -7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 51 43 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.62% 5.56% 8.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.18% 7.12% 9.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 28 65
10th Percentile £275 £346 £393
25th Percentile £285 £442 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.91% +1.32% +2.15%
75th Percentile £460 £541 £591
90th Percentile £548 £606 £633
England median daily rate £500 £525 £527
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.40% +5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - - £22.58
25th Percentile - - £23.44
Median hourly rate £31.76 £18.00 £25.66
Median % change year-on-year +76.44% -29.85% -6.69%
75th Percentile - £19.00 £29.22
90th Percentile - £19.60 £30.89
England median hourly rate £46.18 £38.12 £49.00
% change year-on-year +21.14% -22.20% +48.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 456 604 919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 86.04% 78.14% 88.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 406 693
10th Percentile £200 £194 £213
25th Percentile £322 £269 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £417 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% -7.33% +2.27%
75th Percentile £525 £558 £573
90th Percentile £588 £625 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 57 74
10th Percentile - £11.41 £12.07
25th Percentile £13.81 £12.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.20 £17.00 £18.56
Median % change year-on-year +7.06% -8.39% +3.10%
75th Percentile £24.18 £26.15 £31.50
90th Percentile £31.41 £45.79 £58.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.27% -4.45% +53.20%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the East Midlands

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the East Midlands

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the East Midlands

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the East Midlands

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Nottinghamshire +16 14 £410 -14.81% 30
Northamptonshire -1 14 £391 -15.46% 22
Leicestershire +10 8 £388 -20.51% 23
Derbyshire +4 6 £425 -5.56% 29
Lincolnshire +3 6 £300 -40.00% 6
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.88%) Confluence
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.92%) Adobe XD
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.92%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.96%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Primavera
1 1 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.73%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) Asana
3 4 (7.84%) AWS
3 4 (7.84%) GCP
3 4 (7.84%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.92%) Figma
5 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) WAN
2 1 (1.96%) DHCP
2 1 (1.96%) DNS
2 1 (1.96%) LAN
2 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) Power BI
2 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.96%) Looker
2 1 (1.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.96%) NetBeans
General
1 31 (60.78%) Social Skills
2 15 (29.41%) Finance
3 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Retail
5 3 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.96%) Automotive
7 1 (1.96%) Aviation
7 1 (1.96%) Banking
7 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.96%) Legal
7 1 (1.96%) Local Government
7 1 (1.96%) Marketing
7 1 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (49.02%) Project Manager
2 6 (11.76%) IT Manager
2 6 (11.76%) IT Project Manager
3 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 3 (5.88%) Analyst
4 3 (5.88%) Lead
4 3 (5.88%) Technical Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Business Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) Designer
5 2 (3.92%) Programme Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Retail Business Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (3.92%) Technical Programme Manager
5 2 (3.92%) UI Designer
5 2 (3.92%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (3.92%) UX Designer
6 1 (1.96%) ERP Manager
6 1 (1.96%) Junior Designer
6 1 (1.96%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) CSS
1 3 (5.88%) HTML
2 1 (1.96%) Middleware
2 1 (1.96%) POSIX
2 1 (1.96%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.96%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.96%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.96%) IoT
3 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.96%) PMI
3 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (31.37%) Agile
3 9 (17.65%) Project Delivery
3 9 (17.65%) Waterfall
4 8 (15.69%) Migration
4 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (13.73%) Analytics
5 7 (13.73%) Data Analysis
5 7 (13.73%) Risk Management
6 6 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (11.76%) ERP
6 6 (11.76%) Supplier Management
7 5 (9.80%) Budgeting
7 5 (9.80%) CRM
7 5 (9.80%) Data Governance
7 5 (9.80%) Data Migration
7 5 (9.80%) PRINCE2
7 5 (9.80%) Programme Management
7 5 (9.80%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.76%) SQL
2 4 (7.84%) Python
3 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.96%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.96%) C
4 1 (1.96%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (9.80%) Degree
1 5 (9.80%) PMI Certification
1 5 (9.80%) PMP
2 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.96%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) Data Quality
1 5 (9.80%) PMO
1 5 (9.80%) QA
2 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.92%) GDPR
3 1 (1.96%) Basel III
3 1 (1.96%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.96%) MiFID
3 1 (1.96%) MISRA
3 1 (1.96%) MISRA C
3 1 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.96%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) SAP
3 2 (3.92%) Adobe
3 2 (3.92%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.96%) Cisco
4 1 (1.96%) Google
4 1 (1.96%) Marketo
4 1 (1.96%) QNX
4 1 (1.96%) VMware
4 1 (1.96%) Workday