Project Manager Contracts in Lancashire

Project Manager
North West > Lancashire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Lancashire is £438 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 31 27
Rank change year-on-year +19 -4 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 19 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 9.84% 1.66% 5.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.52% 1.83% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 3 11
10th Percentile £291 - £305
25th Percentile £313 £413 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £576 £456 £557
90th Percentile £595 £468 £588
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 165 218 247
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.49% 90.46% 97.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 121 157
10th Percentile £200 £225 £206
25th Percentile £359 £401 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% +18.75%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £575
90th Percentile £741 £700 £700
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 37 47
10th Percentile £15.00 £25.04 £14.98
25th Percentile £25.76 £29.30 £17.13
Median hourly rate £42.91 £42.50 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +23.19% +58.62%
75th Percentile £46.18 £52.13 £44.03
90th Percentile £68.25 £56.38 £55.12
North West median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year -23.83% +70.73% +14.53%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Lancashire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Lancashire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Lancashire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 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.

Hourly rate trend for 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 4 May 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
Preston - 10 £463 - 4
Blackburn - 1 £600 -
Project Manager
North West

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 Lancashire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 11 (57.89%) Project Management
2 8 (42.11%) Finance
3 7 (36.84%) Agile
4 6 (31.58%) Management Information System
5 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
5 4 (21.05%) Degree
5 4 (21.05%) Information Security
5 4 (21.05%) Azure
5 4 (21.05%) Waterfall
5 4 (21.05%) People Management
5 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
5 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
5 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
5 4 (21.05%) Conflict Resolution
6 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
6 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
6 3 (15.79%) Migration
6 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
7 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
7 2 (10.53%) Windows
7 2 (10.53%) ITIL
7 2 (10.53%) Power BI
7 2 (10.53%) Resource Allocation
7 2 (10.53%) PMO
7 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Identification
7 2 (10.53%) Power Platform

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (5.26%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle CX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Project Management
2 7 (36.84%) Agile
3 4 (21.05%) Conflict Resolution
3 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
3 4 (21.05%) Information Security
3 4 (21.05%) People Management
3 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
3 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
3 4 (21.05%) Waterfall
4 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) Migration
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.53%) Budget Management
5 2 (10.53%) ITIL
5 2 (10.53%) Line Management
5 2 (10.53%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Identification
5 2 (10.53%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) PMO
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Blue Prism
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.26%) SAP