Project Management Contracts in the East of England

Project Management
England > East of England

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 7 14
Rank change year-on-year -22 +7 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 69 197 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 6.34% 10.24% 8.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.11% 12.12% 9.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 62 93
10th Percentile £385 £260 £335
25th Percentile £433 £314 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £489 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% -6.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £600 £597 £606
90th Percentile £645 £725 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 72 22
10th Percentile £27.05 £30.57 £41.53
25th Percentile £29.00 - £46.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £38.12 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.14% -22.20% +81.48%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £60.80
90th Percentile £64.80 £60.00 £65.85
England median hourly rate £45.59 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +21.57% -16.67% +47.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 971 1,625 1,735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.16% 84.46% 87.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 651 1,015
10th Percentile £211 £200 £229
25th Percentile £363 £313 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.77% -12.10% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £574 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 609 348
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £40.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% +90.48% +7.69%
75th Percentile £66.13 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.65 £70.00 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the East of England

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the East of England

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the East of England

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the East of England

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the East of England

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
Cambridgeshire +6 24 £475 +2.37% 219
Hertfordshire -19 21 £438 -2.78% 184
Bedfordshire -14 14 £600 +71.43% 96
Suffolk -4 6 £519 -5.64% 45
Essex +4 2 £400 -30.43% 170
Norfolk -8 2 £538 +2.38% 60
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (2.90%) Confluence
1 2 (2.90%) MS Project Server
1 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
1 2 (2.90%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (18.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (11.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (5.80%) Primavera
3 1 (1.45%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.45%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.45%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.45%) SAP PS
3 1 (1.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.25%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.80%) Power Automate
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.90%) Azure
5 1 (1.45%) AWS
5 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub
5 1 (1.45%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.45%) SaaS
5 1 (1.45%) SAP Fieldglass
5 1 (1.45%) ShareGate
5 1 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.80%) Firewall
2 3 (4.35%) LAN
2 3 (4.35%) WAN
3 2 (2.90%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (2.90%) DHCP
3 2 (2.90%) DNS
3 2 (2.90%) Internet
3 2 (2.90%) PuTTY
3 2 (2.90%) Wireless
3 2 (2.90%) WLAN
4 1 (1.45%) BGP
4 1 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.45%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.45%) Network Security
4 1 (1.45%) OSPF
4 1 (1.45%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.25%) Power BI
2 2 (2.90%) Big Data
2 2 (2.90%) DB2
3 1 (1.45%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) MSI
2 1 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (53.62%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.54%) Finance
3 10 (14.49%) Pharmaceutical
4 9 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (7.25%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.80%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.80%) Marketing
8 3 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Legal
9 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.45%) Automotive
10 1 (1.45%) Banking
10 1 (1.45%) Billing
10 1 (1.45%) French Language
10 1 (1.45%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.45%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (42.03%) Project Manager
2 5 (7.25%) Analyst
2 5 (7.25%) Architect
2 5 (7.25%) IT Manager
2 5 (7.25%) Senior
3 4 (5.80%) Digital Project Manager
3 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 4 (5.80%) IT Project Manager
3 4 (5.80%) IT Support
3 4 (5.80%) Lead
3 4 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (5.80%) Support Officer
3 4 (5.80%) Training Manager
4 3 (4.35%) Finance Manager
4 3 (4.35%) Project Controller
4 3 (4.35%) Technical Manager
4 3 (4.35%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (2.90%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (2.90%) Finance Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.90%) Yocto
3 1 (1.45%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.25%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.80%) e-Learning
2 4 (5.80%) Learning Management System
2 4 (5.80%) Molecular Biology
2 4 (5.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (2.90%) Digital TV
3 2 (2.90%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (2.90%) IoT
3 2 (2.90%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.90%) PMI
3 2 (2.90%) STB
3 2 (2.90%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.45%) Life Science
4 1 (1.45%) LIMS
4 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.45%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.70%) Windows
2 3 (4.35%) Linux
3 2 (2.90%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.45%) Android
4 1 (1.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (37.68%) Agile
2 18 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (24.64%) Project Delivery
4 16 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (20.29%) Waterfall
6 10 (14.49%) PRINCE2
7 9 (13.04%) Change Management
7 9 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (7.25%) Business Analysis
8 5 (7.25%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (7.25%) Change Control
8 5 (7.25%) Coaching
8 5 (7.25%) Collaborative Culture
8 5 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (7.25%) Programme Management
9 4 (5.80%) Biology
9 4 (5.80%) Computer Science
9 4 (5.80%) Contingency Planning
9 4 (5.80%) Critical Path Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.35%) SQL
2 1 (1.45%) C
2 1 (1.45%) C++
2 1 (1.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (20.29%) Degree
2 11 (15.94%) SC Cleared
2 11 (15.94%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.80%) PMI Certification
4 3 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.90%) CCNA
5 2 (2.90%) CCNP
5 2 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.90%) CISSP
5 2 (2.90%) PMP
6 1 (1.45%) ACCA
6 1 (1.45%) CIMA
6 1 (1.45%) CIPFA
6 1 (1.45%) CISM
6 1 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.80%) PMO
1 4 (5.80%) QA
2 2 (2.90%) GxP
3 1 (1.45%) GDPR
3 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.45%) NIST
3 1 (1.45%) P3O
3 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (5.80%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.94%) SAP
3 4 (5.80%) Oracle
4 3 (4.35%) Cisco
4 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.90%) Peregrine
5 2 (2.90%) Remedy
6 1 (1.45%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.45%) Ariba
6 1 (1.45%) F5
6 1 (1.45%) IFS
6 1 (1.45%) LabWare
6 1 (1.45%) Nintex
6 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.45%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.45%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.45%) Splunk
6 1 (1.45%) Tagetik
6 1 (1.45%) Workday