Project Management Contracts in Manchester

Project Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 20 22 17
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Management 71 96 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 7.67% 6.33% 7.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.55% 7.27% 8.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 63 105
10th Percentile £204 £315 £316
25th Percentile £322 £397 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £512 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +2.44% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £550
90th Percentile £672 £600 £638
North West median daily rate £475 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -5.94% +1.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 11
10th Percentile - £15.92 £26.85
25th Percentile £31.25 £25.71 £37.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £38.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.84% -40.38% +124.14%
75th Percentile - £57.25 -
90th Percentile £76.75 £70.99 £66.00
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £35.95 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.60% +2.71% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Manchester

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Manchester

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Manchester

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Manchester

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Manchester

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bolton 0 13 - - 20
Wigan - 3 £375 - 5
Salford -1 2 £800 - 4
Project Management
North West

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (8.45%) Confluence
2 2 (2.82%) CMS
3 1 (1.41%) IIS
3 1 (1.41%) SAS
3 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (18.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (5.63%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (4.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (1.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (8.45%) Primavera
2 4 (5.63%) SAP PS
3 3 (4.23%) SAP APO
4 1 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (1.41%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.41%) SAP EWM
4 1 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.41%) SAP SCM
4 1 (1.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.27%) Azure
2 4 (5.63%) GCP
2 4 (5.63%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.82%) Azure AKS
3 2 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (2.82%) Azure Functions
3 2 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (2.82%) Google Analytics
3 2 (2.82%) Serverless
4 1 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.41%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.41%) Asana
4 1 (1.41%) AWS
4 1 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (1.41%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.41%) SaaS
4 1 (1.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (1.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.04%) DHCP
1 5 (7.04%) DNS
1 5 (7.04%) VPN
2 4 (5.63%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.82%) Network Security
4 1 (1.41%) Firewall
4 1 (1.41%) IPsec
4 1 (1.41%) LAN
4 1 (1.41%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.41%) Skype
4 1 (1.41%) WAN
4 1 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) Power BI
1 4 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.82%) MySQL
2 2 (2.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (19.72%) JIRA
2 2 (2.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 44 (61.97%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.13%) Finance
3 14 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.68%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.04%) Banking
5 5 (7.04%) Local Government
5 5 (7.04%) Marketing
5 5 (7.04%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (5.63%) French Language
7 3 (4.23%) Legal
7 3 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.82%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.82%) Electronics
8 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.82%) Retail
9 1 (1.41%) Aviation
9 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.41%) Law
9 1 (1.41%) Military
9 1 (1.41%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 27 (38.03%) Project Manager
2 7 (9.86%) Lead
3 6 (8.45%) Project Planner
4 5 (7.04%) Analyst
4 5 (7.04%) Facilities Manager
4 5 (7.04%) Facilities Project Manager
4 5 (7.04%) IT Manager
5 4 (5.63%) IT Engineer
5 4 (5.63%) IT Support
5 4 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (5.63%) Project Engineer
5 4 (5.63%) Support Engineer
6 3 (4.23%) Consultant
6 3 (4.23%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Project Controller
6 3 (4.23%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (4.23%) Senior
6 3 (4.23%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (2.82%) Web Content Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) FastAPI
1 2 (2.82%) SAP Core Interface
2 1 (1.41%) CSS
2 1 (1.41%) HTML
2 1 (1.41%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.86%) NHS
2 6 (8.45%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.63%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.82%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.82%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.41%) Clustering
5 1 (1.41%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.41%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.41%) Photography
5 1 (1.41%) Social Media
5 1 (1.41%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.45%) Windows
2 1 (1.41%) CentOS
2 1 (1.41%) Linux
2 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (28.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (22.54%) Agile
4 12 (16.90%) PRINCE2
4 12 (16.90%) Project Delivery
4 12 (16.90%) Service Management
5 11 (15.49%) Change Management
5 11 (15.49%) ITIL
6 10 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (14.08%) Project Planning
6 10 (14.08%) Service Delivery
7 8 (11.27%) Resource Management
8 7 (9.86%) Decision-Making
8 7 (9.86%) DevOps
8 7 (9.86%) ITSM
8 7 (9.86%) Risk Management
9 6 (8.45%) Analytics
9 6 (8.45%) Contract Negotiation
9 6 (8.45%) Critical Path Analysis
9 6 (8.45%) Earned Value Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.04%) SQL
2 2 (2.82%) Python
3 1 (1.41%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (19.72%) Degree
2 7 (9.86%) PMP
3 6 (8.45%) PMI Certification
3 6 (8.45%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.45%) Security Cleared
4 5 (7.04%) HNC
5 4 (5.63%) A+ Certification
5 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.41%) APMP
7 1 (1.41%) CCNA
7 1 (1.41%) CCNP
7 1 (1.41%) CIMA
7 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.41%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.41%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.82%) Accessibility
1 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
1 2 (2.82%) PMO
2 1 (1.41%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.41%) QA
2 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.82%) Docker
3 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.41%) Ansible
2 1 (1.41%) Nagios
2 1 (1.41%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.41%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.41%) SCSM
2 1 (1.41%) Terraform
2 1 (1.41%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (26.76%) Microsoft
2 14 (19.72%) SAP
3 6 (8.45%) Google
4 5 (7.04%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.23%) VMware
6 2 (2.82%) Adobe
6 2 (2.82%) Brio
6 2 (2.82%) Databricks
6 2 (2.82%) Dell
6 2 (2.82%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.41%) Citrix
7 1 (1.41%) Facebook
7 1 (1.41%) HP
7 1 (1.41%) IBM
7 1 (1.41%) Meraki
7 1 (1.41%) Remedy
7 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.41%) Twitter
7 1 (1.41%) YouTube