Project Manager
North West > Lancashire
The median Project Manager daily rate in Lancashire is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 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 14 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 25 | 25 | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +6 | -13 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire | 4.55% | 2.76% | 3.96% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 4.86% | 3.21% | 4.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £411 | £375 | £285 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £450 | £394 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £481 | £550 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.59% | +29.41% | -5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £520 | £600 | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | £526 | - | £550 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £503 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.50% | +0.50% | +11.11% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title | 185 | 187 | 255 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 93.43% | 86.18% | 91.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 92 | 70 | 134 |
| 10th Percentile | £183 | £205 | £304 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £334 | £403 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £484 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.86% | -3.24% | +0.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £627 | £630 |
| 90th Percentile | £649 | £741 | £688 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.72% | -1.40% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 24 | 57 | 58 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.87 | £16.58 | £20.49 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.99 | £18.00 | £26.64 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.29 | £40.33 | £44.44 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.53% | -9.26% | +14.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.16 | £46.18 | £47.62 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.79 | £76.75 | £65.66 |
| North West median hourly rate | £26.08 | £35.00 | £30.54 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.50% | +14.60% | +32.02% |
Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Lancashire.
Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Lancashire.
Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire
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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 14 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | +4 | 6 | £481 | +6.83% | 1 |
| Project Manager North West |
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Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire
For the 6 months to 14 August 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 Lancashire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.
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Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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: