Project Management Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Project Management
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Project Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 20 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 8 8 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 5.41% 4.30% 10.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.30% 6.02% 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 15
10th Percentile - £484 £251
25th Percentile £500 £517 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £578 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +15.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £663 £632 £538
90th Percentile £798 £661 £576
Merseyside median daily rate £625 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.13
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £13.27
Median % change year-on-year - +201.55% -
75th Percentile - - £13.40
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median hourly rate - £40.00 £13.27
% change year-on-year - +201.55% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 127 133 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 85.81% 71.51% 84.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 59 101
10th Percentile £188 £155 £225
25th Percentile £363 £209 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £365 £475
Median % change year-on-year +30.14% -23.16% +2.15%
75th Percentile £625 £497 £563
90th Percentile £687 £600 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £431 £420 £486
% change year-on-year +2.50% -13.54% +7.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 12
10th Percentile - £17.31 £15.35
25th Percentile £12.21 £19.14 £16.25
Median hourly rate £14.76 £22.88 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.50% +14.38% +16.79%
75th Percentile £17.44 £32.88 £34.25
90th Percentile - £38.00 £50.00
Merseyside median hourly rate £14.76 £22.88 £20.00
% change year-on-year -35.50% +14.38% +14.29%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Liverpool.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Liverpool

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Liverpool over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Liverpool

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) IaaS
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) FlexRay
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Automotive
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Local Government
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (25.00%) IT Programme Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Technical Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Migration Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Migration Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Re-Platforming Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Supply Chain Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) EPoS
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
1 1 (12.50%) SCADA
1 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (25.00%) Logistics
1 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) API Integration
2 1 (12.50%) Attestation
2 1 (12.50%) Compliance Management
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
2 1 (12.50%) Due Diligence
2 1 (12.50%) Fintech
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
2 1 (12.50%) Presales
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (12.50%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
1 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (12.50%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) GRC
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft