Project Management Contracts in Manchester

Project Management
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 17 32
Rank change year-on-year -7 +15 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 92 136 178
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 6.47% 7.53% 6.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.44% 8.26% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 97 150
10th Percentile £313 £317 £319
25th Percentile £378 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £538
90th Percentile £605 £650 £603
North West median daily rate £505 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +3.88% +8.03% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 3
10th Percentile £15.92 £26.73 £25.70
25th Percentile £23.93 £37.50 £26.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £65.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.69% +124.14% +45.00%
75th Percentile £55.94 - £32.25
90th Percentile £70.99 £68.80 £33.90
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - - +55.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,236 1,646 2,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 86.92% 91.14% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1,200 1,815
10th Percentile £325 £317 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £588
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 50 58
10th Percentile £12.44 £16.53 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +93.83% +12.05%
75th Percentile £60.63 £47.50 £34.69
90th Percentile £73.70 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £24.19 £35.52 £23.03
% change year-on-year -31.89% +54.23% +27.12%

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 17 May 2024.

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 17 May 2024.

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 17 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
Bolton -1 3 £525 - 7
Oldham - 3 £350 - 5
Salford -2 2 - - 8
Cheadle - 1 £400 -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £325 - 2
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 4 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (11.96%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (9.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (9.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.17%) Revit
5 1 (1.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.09%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Aareon QL
2 1 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.09%) Primavera
2 1 (1.09%) SAP PS
2 1 (1.09%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.43%) Azure
2 4 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.17%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.17%) Miro
3 2 (2.17%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.17%) SaaS
4 1 (1.09%) AWS
4 1 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.09%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.26%) Intranet
2 2 (2.17%) 2G
2 2 (2.17%) 3G
2 2 (2.17%) 4G
2 2 (2.17%) 5G
2 2 (2.17%) DNS
3 1 (1.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 30 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 16 (17.39%) Finance
3 14 (15.22%) Public Sector
4 11 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (8.70%) Mandarin Language
6 6 (6.52%) Legal
7 5 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.26%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.26%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.17%) Military
10 1 (1.09%) Games
10 1 (1.09%) German Language
10 1 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.09%) Marketing
10 1 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.09%) Police
10 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (26.09%) Project Manager
2 13 (14.13%) Analyst
3 12 (13.04%) Senior
4 10 (10.87%) Capability Manager
5 9 (9.78%) Business Analyst
6 6 (6.52%) Senior Manager
7 4 (4.35%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (4.35%) Support Officer
8 3 (3.26%) Cutover Manager
8 3 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (3.26%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.26%) IT Manager
8 3 (3.26%) IT Project Manager
8 3 (3.26%) Programme Manager
8 3 (3.26%) Project Officer
8 3 (3.26%) Project Support Officer
8 3 (3.26%) Security Analyst
8 3 (3.26%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.26%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (3.26%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.09%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.35%) Management Information System
1 4 (4.35%) Mobile App
2 3 (3.26%) Smartphone
3 2 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.17%) NHS
3 2 (2.17%) PMI
3 2 (2.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.09%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.09%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.09%) Life Science
4 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.17%) Windows
1 2 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.09%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (16.30%) Agile
3 14 (15.22%) Project Delivery
4 11 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (11.96%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 9 (9.78%) Risk Management
5 9 (9.78%) Time Management
6 8 (8.70%) Change Management
6 8 (8.70%) Data Analysis
7 7 (7.61%) Business Analysis
7 7 (7.61%) Business Continuity
7 7 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (7.61%) Information Management
7 7 (7.61%) Project Planning
7 7 (7.61%) Scrum
8 6 (6.52%) Budget Management
8 6 (6.52%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (6.52%) PRINCE2
8 6 (6.52%) Waterfall
9 5 (5.43%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.35%) SQL
2 2 (2.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.09%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (10.87%) Degree
2 8 (8.70%) PMI Certification
3 7 (7.61%) PMP
4 5 (5.43%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.26%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.09%) CBAP
6 1 (1.09%) CCNA
6 1 (1.09%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.09%) MCSE
6 1 (1.09%) RIBA
6 1 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.87%) PMO
2 4 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.26%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.26%) IASME
3 3 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.09%) GxP
4 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.09%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.26%) Aareon
2 3 (3.26%) SAP
3 2 (2.17%) CA
3 2 (2.17%) Oracle
4 1 (1.09%) Adobe
4 1 (1.09%) VMware
4 1 (1.09%) Xamarin