Project Management Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Project Management
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 22 28
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 15 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 6.61% 5.74% 6.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.79% 5.98% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 5
10th Percentile £352 - £466
25th Percentile £386 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £356 £489
Median % change year-on-year +19.94% -27.20% +9.89%
75th Percentile £476 - -
90th Percentile £538 £488 -
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £413 £475
% change year-on-year +15.15% -13.16% +6.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 221 117 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 97.36% 95.90% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 96 62
10th Percentile £307 £348 £450
25th Percentile £358 £356 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.94% -23.81% +11.94%
75th Percentile £492 £538 £582
90th Percentile £579 £638 £587
Cheshire median daily rate £446 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -6.11% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £24.18 £23.61
% change year-on-year -5.50% +2.41% +54.82%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Knutsford over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Knutsford

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Project Management

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (46.67%) Confluence
2 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Legal
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Analyst
1 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Programme Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Programme Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Programme Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Tandem
2 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Unix
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Change Management
2 8 (53.33%) Project Delivery
2 8 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (40.00%) Agile
4 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 4 (26.67%) Cryptography
4 4 (26.67%) Customer Experience
4 4 (26.67%) Data Protection
4 4 (26.67%) Incident Response
4 4 (26.67%) Information Security
4 4 (26.67%) ITIL
4 4 (26.67%) Key Management
4 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (20.00%) Attestation
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (20.00%) Contract Management
5 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (20.00%) Release Management
5 3 (20.00%) Service Management
5 3 (20.00%) Vendor Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (20.00%) PMP
4 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) BC Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
5 1 (6.67%) MBA
5 1 (6.67%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) PMO
2 1 (6.67%) Basel III
2 1 (6.67%) GRC
2 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) IBM
3 3 (20.00%) Gemalto
3 3 (20.00%) Thales
4 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
4 2 (13.33%) Snow
4 2 (13.33%) Workday