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 £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 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
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 28 23
Rank change year-on-year -15 -5 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 53 94 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 4.24% 5.60% 6.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.89% 6.39% 7.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 53 92
10th Percentile £350 £270 £400
25th Percentile £409 £303 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +8.25%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £681 £588 £711
England median daily rate £525 £530 £538
% change year-on-year -0.94% -1.40% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 18
10th Percentile - £27.57 £36.78
25th Percentile - £29.17 £47.05
Median hourly rate - £33.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year - -48.24% +116.54%
75th Percentile - £54.38 £65.00
90th Percentile - £60.00 £65.75
England median hourly rate £57.00 £39.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +44.30% -36.80% +16.28%

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 1,084 1,472 1,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.79% 87.62% 91.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 634 1,090
10th Percentile £188 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £301 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £478
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.52% +0.68%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £600
90th Percentile £675 £625 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 500 271
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.24 £13.41
25th Percentile £19.13 £21.34 £16.54
Median hourly rate £42.50 £43.90 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.19% +21.10% +82.99%
75th Percentile £67.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.80 £70.00 £77.00
England median hourly rate £26.30 £43.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -38.84% -1.71% +70.37%

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 27 July 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
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 27 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 +8 20 £488 +2.63% 8
Hertfordshire +1 12 £475 -5.00% 14
Bedfordshire -17 7 £600 +100.00% 8
Suffolk 0 5 £350 -33.33% 6
Norfolk -11 5 £538 +75.37%
Essex -12 3 £400 -11.11% 11
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 July 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 30 (56.60%) Project Management
2 20 (37.74%) Agile
2 20 (37.74%) Social Skills
3 18 (33.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (26.42%) Finance
5 13 (24.53%) Project Delivery
6 12 (22.64%) PRINCE2
7 10 (18.87%) Waterfall
8 9 (16.98%) Change Management
9 6 (11.32%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
9 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
9 6 (11.32%) Time Management
10 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (9.43%) Project Governance
10 5 (9.43%) SAP
11 4 (7.55%) IBM Domino
11 4 (7.55%) ERP
11 4 (7.55%) Microsoft
11 4 (7.55%) Risk Management
11 4 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (7.55%) QA
11 4 (7.55%) Contingency Planning
11 4 (7.55%) SAP S/4HANA
11 4 (7.55%) Programme Delivery
11 4 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (5.66%) Collaborative Working
12 3 (5.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (5.66%) PMO
12 3 (5.66%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 4 (7.55%) IBM Domino
2 2 (3.77%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.89%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.77%) Azure
2 2 (3.77%) SaaS
3 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) Internet
2 1 (1.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) Big Data
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Database
General
1 20 (37.74%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.42%) Finance
3 6 (11.32%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.66%) Billing
5 3 (5.66%) Marketing
6 2 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.77%) Retail
7 1 (1.89%) French Language
7 1 (1.89%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.89%) Legal
7 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) Yocto
2 1 (1.89%) .NET
2 1 (1.89%) FIDO
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.66%) PMI
1 3 (5.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 2 (3.77%) Digital TV
2 2 (3.77%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (3.77%) IoT
2 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.77%) STB
3 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.89%) Life Science
3 1 (1.89%) NHS
3 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.77%) Linux
2 1 (1.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (56.60%) Project Management
2 20 (37.74%) Agile
3 18 (33.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (24.53%) Project Delivery
5 12 (22.64%) PRINCE2
6 10 (18.87%) Waterfall
7 9 (16.98%) Change Management
8 6 (11.32%) Time Management
9 5 (9.43%) Project Governance
10 4 (7.55%) Contingency Planning
10 4 (7.55%) ERP
10 4 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (7.55%) Programme Delivery
10 4 (7.55%) Risk Management
11 3 (5.66%) Collaborative Working
11 3 (5.66%) ITIL
11 3 (5.66%) Migration
11 3 (5.66%) Programme Management
11 3 (5.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.89%) C
1 1 (1.89%) C#
1 1 (1.89%) C++
1 1 (1.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
1 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.66%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (3.77%) Degree
4 1 (1.89%) ACCA
4 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.89%) CIMA
4 1 (1.89%) CIPFA
4 1 (1.89%) PMP
4 1 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) QA
2 3 (5.66%) PMO
3 1 (1.89%) GDPR
3 1 (1.89%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.89%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.89%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 5 (9.43%) SAP
2 4 (7.55%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.66%) Oracle
4 2 (3.77%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.89%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.89%) Ariba
5 1 (1.89%) IFS
5 1 (1.89%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.89%) Tagetik
5 1 (1.89%) VMware