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 £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 16 25
Rank change year-on-year -16 +9 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 88 178 198
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 4.63% 8.43% 7.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.17% 9.21% 8.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 111 145
10th Percentile £264 £248 £325
25th Percentile £301 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £626 £538
90th Percentile £588 £725 £614
England median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 28 2
10th Percentile £27.13 £25.69 £30.75
25th Percentile £30.70 £52.39 £32.71
Median hourly rate £39.50 £65.00 £37.22
Median % change year-on-year -39.23% +74.64% -43.61%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £42.99
90th Percentile - £65.75 £45.69
England median hourly rate £35.96 £65.00 £48.52
% change year-on-year -44.68% +33.98% +70.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,701 1,933 2,430
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.48% 91.52% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 795 1,184 1,397
10th Percentile £210 £185 £163
25th Percentile £315 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £540
90th Percentile £673 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 305 380
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -3.13%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £39.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024. 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 -24 28 £500 -20.00% 21
Bedfordshire 0 27 £375 -33.04% 10
Cambridgeshire -10 11 £350 -26.32% 19
Norfolk +2 9 £306 +33.25% 10
Essex -11 8 £500 +5.26% 14
Suffolk +3 4 £525 +5.00% 3
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 37 (42.05%) Project Management
2 33 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (31.82%) Social Skills
4 17 (19.32%) Risk Management
4 17 (19.32%) PRINCE2
5 16 (18.18%) Project Delivery
6 15 (17.05%) Finance
6 15 (17.05%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (15.91%) Agile
8 13 (14.77%) Change Management
9 11 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (12.50%) Migration
9 11 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (10.23%) Structured Cabling
10 9 (10.23%) Degree
11 8 (9.09%) ERP
12 7 (7.95%) SAP
12 7 (7.95%) Management Information System
12 7 (7.95%) Project Planning
12 7 (7.95%) Retail
12 7 (7.95%) Supplier Management
13 6 (6.82%) Business Analysis
13 6 (6.82%) Configuration Management
13 6 (6.82%) Manufacturing
13 6 (6.82%) Electronics
13 6 (6.82%) Aerospace
13 6 (6.82%) E-Commerce
13 6 (6.82%) NHS
13 6 (6.82%) Line Management
13 6 (6.82%) Earned Value Management

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 (1.14%) Anypoint
1 1 (1.14%) Confluence
1 1 (1.14%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (5.68%) Magento
2 3 (3.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.27%) AWS
1 2 (2.27%) Azure
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.14%) Veeva
2 1 (1.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (10.23%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (4.55%) VoIP
3 4 (4.55%) Wireless
4 3 (3.41%) LAN
4 3 (3.41%) WAN
5 2 (2.27%) 4G
5 2 (2.27%) 5G
6 1 (1.14%) SAN
6 1 (1.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (3.41%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 5 (5.68%) JIRA
General
1 28 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.05%) Finance
2 15 (17.05%) Pharmaceutical
3 7 (7.95%) Retail
4 6 (6.82%) Aerospace
4 6 (6.82%) Electronics
4 6 (6.82%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.41%) Local Government
7 2 (2.27%) Automotive
7 2 (2.27%) Banking
7 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.27%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.14%) Aviation
8 1 (1.14%) Billing
8 1 (1.14%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.68%) .NET
2 2 (2.27%) Middleware
3 1 (1.14%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.14%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.95%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.82%) NHS
3 3 (3.41%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.27%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.27%) Life Science
4 2 (2.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.14%) BYOD
5 1 (1.14%) Digital TV
5 1 (1.14%) FMCG
5 1 (1.14%) PMI
5 1 (1.14%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.14%) STB
5 1 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.14%) Linux
1 1 (1.14%) Windows
1 1 (1.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (42.05%) Project Management
2 33 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (19.32%) PRINCE2
3 17 (19.32%) Risk Management
4 16 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 14 (15.91%) Agile
6 13 (14.77%) Change Management
7 11 (12.50%) Migration
7 11 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (9.09%) ERP
9 7 (7.95%) Project Planning
9 7 (7.95%) Supplier Management
10 6 (6.82%) Business Analysis
10 6 (6.82%) Compliance Management
10 6 (6.82%) Configuration Management
10 6 (6.82%) Earned Value Management
10 6 (6.82%) E-Commerce
10 6 (6.82%) Line Management
11 5 (5.68%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (5.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.14%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (10.23%) Degree
2 5 (5.68%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.55%) PMI Certification
3 4 (4.55%) PMP
3 4 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 4 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.14%) CBAP
5 1 (1.14%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.14%) ISEB
5 1 (1.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.27%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.27%) GAMP
1 2 (2.27%) GMP
1 2 (2.27%) GxP
1 2 (2.27%) PMO
1 2 (2.27%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (7.95%) SAP
2 3 (3.41%) Ariba
3 2 (2.27%) Genesys
4 1 (1.14%) Avaya
4 1 (1.14%) Fujitsu
4 1 (1.14%) JD Edwards
4 1 (1.14%) MuleSoft