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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 70 198 177
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 7.23% 10.25% 9.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.00% 12.18% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 63 94
10th Percentile £370 £260 £281
25th Percentile £425 £344 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £695 £717 £668
England median daily rate £513 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 73 24
10th Percentile £28.03 £31.13 £41.59
25th Percentile £29.56 - £49.00
Median hourly rate £43.09 £38.12 £53.56
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -28.83% +98.53%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £64.63
90th Percentile £64.65 £60.00 £65.93
England median hourly rate £46.24 £38.12 £49.00
% change year-on-year +21.30% -22.20% +50.77%

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 875 1,626 1,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 90.39% 84.16% 87.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 674 1,003
10th Percentile £225 £201 £208
25th Percentile £400 £318 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £599 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £673 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 616 325
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.49 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £36.75 £40.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% +81.82% +41.94%
75th Percentile £72.50 £62.81 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.85 £75.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 31 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
Hertfordshire -17 24 £450 - 70
Cambridgeshire +10 23 £475 -0.63% 65
Bedfordshire -15 11 £600 +11.63% 15
Suffolk - 7 £519 - 15
Norfolk -9 3 £525 - 20
Essex +5 2 £400 -28.89% 42
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 (2.86%) Confluence
1 2 (2.86%) MS Project Server
1 2 (2.86%) SharePoint
1 2 (2.86%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (18.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (12.86%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (11.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Primavera
2 4 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (4.29%) SAP ERP
3 3 (4.29%) SAP EWM
3 3 (4.29%) SAP GTS
4 1 (1.43%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.43%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.43%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.43%) SAP PS
4 1 (1.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.71%) Power Automate
3 3 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.86%) Azure
4 2 (2.86%) SaaS
5 1 (1.43%) AWS
5 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.43%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.43%) GitHub
5 1 (1.43%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.43%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.71%) Firewall
2 3 (4.29%) LAN
2 3 (4.29%) WAN
3 2 (2.86%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (2.86%) DHCP
3 2 (2.86%) DNS
3 2 (2.86%) Internet
3 2 (2.86%) PuTTY
3 2 (2.86%) Wireless
3 2 (2.86%) WLAN
4 1 (1.43%) BGP
4 1 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.43%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.43%) Network Security
4 1 (1.43%) OSPF
4 1 (1.43%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) Power BI
2 2 (2.86%) Big Data
2 2 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.86%) DB2
2 2 (2.86%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (5.71%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) MSI
2 1 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (55.71%) Social Skills
2 18 (25.71%) Finance
3 9 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (8.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.71%) Automotive
6 4 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.71%) Marketing
6 4 (5.71%) Retail
7 2 (2.86%) Legal
7 2 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.43%) Banking
8 1 (1.43%) Billing
8 1 (1.43%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.43%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.43%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 20 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 8 (11.43%) Lead
3 6 (8.57%) Senior
4 5 (7.14%) Analyst
4 5 (7.14%) Architect
4 5 (7.14%) Technical Manager
5 4 (5.71%) Digital Project Manager
5 4 (5.71%) IT Manager
5 4 (5.71%) IT Support
5 4 (5.71%) Support Officer
5 4 (5.71%) Technical Project Manager
5 4 (5.71%) Training Manager
6 3 (4.29%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (4.29%) Project Controller
6 3 (4.29%) SAP Engineer
6 3 (4.29%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.86%) Auditor
7 2 (2.86%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (2.86%) Senior IT Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.71%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.86%) Yocto
3 1 (1.43%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.71%) e-Learning
1 4 (5.71%) Learning Management System
1 4 (5.71%) Management Information System
1 4 (5.71%) Molecular Biology
2 3 (4.29%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.86%) Digital TV
3 2 (2.86%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (2.86%) FMCG
3 2 (2.86%) IoT
3 2 (2.86%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.86%) PMI
3 2 (2.86%) STB
4 1 (1.43%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.43%) Life Science
4 1 (1.43%) LIMS
4 1 (1.43%) NHS
4 1 (1.43%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.43%) Robotics
4 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.57%) Windows
2 3 (4.29%) Linux
3 2 (2.86%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.43%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (31.43%) Agile
2 16 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (17.14%) Change Management
3 12 (17.14%) Project Delivery
4 11 (15.71%) PRINCE2
5 9 (12.86%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (11.43%) Data Management
6 8 (11.43%) Waterfall
7 7 (10.00%) Risk Management
8 6 (8.57%) Business Case
8 6 (8.57%) Change Control
9 5 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (7.14%) Coaching
9 5 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (7.14%) Contingency Planning
9 5 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (7.14%) ERP
9 5 (7.14%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.57%) SQL
2 3 (4.29%) ABAP
3 1 (1.43%) C
3 1 (1.43%) C++
3 1 (1.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (17.14%) Degree
1 12 (17.14%) SC Cleared
1 12 (17.14%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.14%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.29%) CISSP
3 3 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.29%) PMP
4 2 (2.86%) CCNA
4 2 (2.86%) CCNP
4 2 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.43%) CISM
5 1 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.29%) NIST
1 3 (4.29%) PMO
2 2 (2.86%) GxP
2 2 (2.86%) NIST 800
2 2 (2.86%) QA
3 1 (1.43%) GDPR
3 1 (1.43%) P3O
3 1 (1.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.43%) SAP
3 5 (7.14%) Oracle
4 3 (4.29%) Cisco
4 3 (4.29%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.86%) Peregrine
5 2 (2.86%) Remedy
6 1 (1.43%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.43%) F5
6 1 (1.43%) LabWare
6 1 (1.43%) Nintex
6 1 (1.43%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.43%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.43%) Splunk
6 1 (1.43%) Tagetik
6 1 (1.43%) Workday