Project Management Contracts in Luton

Project Management
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Luton requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 11 30 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 11.22% 19.74% 15.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.46% 20.83% 15.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 22 12
10th Percentile - £266 £281
25th Percentile - £300 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £590 £463
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% +27.57% -9.76%
75th Percentile £525 £750 £575
90th Percentile £570 - £620
Bedfordshire median daily rate £600 £575 £475
% change year-on-year +4.35% +21.05% -3.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.26 - -
Median hourly rate £20.50 - -
75th Percentile £20.74 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £23.75 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 96 144 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 97.96% 94.74% 96.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 86 80
10th Percentile £500 £338 £281
25th Percentile £503 £477 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £678 £596 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £633
Bedfordshire median daily rate £580 £525 £475
% change year-on-year +10.48% +10.53% -3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 25 5
10th Percentile £24.23 - £29.50
25th Percentile £60.56 £15.39 £51.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 £21.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +237.21% -71.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £83.88 £43.75 £90.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.75 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.75 £21.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year +182.56% -66.27% +15.91%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Luton

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Luton.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Luton

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Luton.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Luton

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (36.36%) SAP CO
1 4 (36.36%) SAP FI
1 4 (36.36%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Power Automate
1 4 (36.36%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) BGP
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) LAN
1 1 (9.09%) OSPF
1 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
1 1 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
1 1 (9.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (27.27%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Local Government
4 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Training Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Engagement Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Production Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) e-Learning
1 4 (36.36%) Learning Management System
1 4 (36.36%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Critical Thinking
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
3 2 (18.18%) Line Management
3 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
4 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Self-Awareness
4 1 (9.09%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) F5
2 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 1 (9.09%) Splunk