Project Manager Contracts in the East of England

Project Manager
England > East of England

The median Project Manager daily rate in the East of England is £525, 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 40 34 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 -15 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 42 91 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 4.48% 4.77% 7.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.07% 5.32% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 62 101
10th Percentile £404 £264 £248
25th Percentile £448 £309 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £538 £638
90th Percentile £700 £588 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% +4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 18 25
10th Percentile £20.26 £25.98 £25.63
25th Percentile £35.25 £30.70 £50.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £39.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.90% -39.23% +74.64%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - £65.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £35.96 £64.25
% change year-on-year +30.70% -44.03% +32.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 829 1,710 1,891
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.38% 89.58% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 773 1,156
10th Percentile £200 £206 £185
25th Percentile £379 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 591 294
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.61 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the East of England

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the East of England

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the East of England

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the East of England

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the East of England

Project Manager
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 Manager within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire +16 15 £525 +6.33% 24
Cambridgeshire +10 12 £500 +42.86% 22
Suffolk -6 5 £650 +23.81% 10
Bedfordshire -16 5 £825 +120.00% 2
Essex +6 3 £400 -15.79% 7
Norfolk -3 2 - - 5
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

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 East of England region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 24 (57.14%) Project Management
2 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 15 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 9 (21.43%) Agile
5 8 (19.05%) Change Management
5 8 (19.05%) Finance
6 7 (16.67%) PRINCE2
7 6 (14.29%) Project Delivery
8 5 (11.90%) Compliance Management
9 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (9.52%) Contract Management
9 4 (9.52%) Electronics
9 4 (9.52%) Configuration Management
9 4 (9.52%) Security Cleared
9 4 (9.52%) Earned Value Management
10 3 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
10 3 (7.14%) Marketing
10 3 (7.14%) Local Government
10 3 (7.14%) PMP
10 3 (7.14%) PMI Certification
10 3 (7.14%) ERP
10 3 (7.14%) Manufacturing
10 3 (7.14%) Programme Management
10 3 (7.14%) Decision-Making
10 3 (7.14%) PMO
11 2 (4.76%) Performance Monitoring
11 2 (4.76%) Contingency Planning
11 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance

Project Manager Skill Set
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 1 (2.38%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) SAP PM
1 1 (2.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (4.76%) SaaS
2 1 (2.38%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Internet
1 1 (2.38%) LAN
1 1 (2.38%) WAN
1 1 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Big Data
1 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.38%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.05%) Finance
3 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Electronics
4 3 (7.14%) Local Government
4 3 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.14%) Marketing
5 2 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.76%) Retail
6 1 (2.38%) Automotive
6 1 (2.38%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Yocto
2 1 (2.38%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Digital TV
1 2 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (4.76%) PMI
1 2 (4.76%) STB
2 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.38%) FMCG
2 1 (2.38%) Housing Association
2 1 (2.38%) IoT
2 1 (2.38%) Life Science
2 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (57.14%) Project Management
2 15 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (21.43%) Agile
3 9 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 8 (19.05%) Change Management
5 7 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 6 (14.29%) Project Delivery
7 5 (11.90%) Compliance Management
8 4 (9.52%) Configuration Management
8 4 (9.52%) Contract Management
8 4 (9.52%) Earned Value Management
9 3 (7.14%) Decision-Making
9 3 (7.14%) ERP
9 3 (7.14%) Programme Management
9 3 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 2 (4.76%) Contingency Planning
10 2 (4.76%) Line Management
10 2 (4.76%) Performance Monitoring
10 2 (4.76%) Requirements Gathering
10 2 (4.76%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) C
1 1 (2.38%) C#
1 1 (2.38%) C++
1 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.14%) PMP
2 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.76%) Degree
3 2 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.38%) CISSP
4 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) PMO
2 2 (4.76%) QA
3 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.38%) Anaplan
2 1 (2.38%) SAP
2 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.38%) Sitecore
2 1 (2.38%) Tagetik
2 1 (2.38%) VMware
2 1 (2.38%) Workday