Project Manager Contracts in Manchester

Project Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Project Manager daily rate in Manchester is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 22 25
Rank change year-on-year -19 +3 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 61 135 194
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.96% 7.00% 7.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.14% 7.23% 7.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 109 165
10th Percentile £394 £350 £320
25th Percentile £425 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +4.48%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £500
90th Percentile £630 £595 £550
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £440
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £25.36 - -
25th Percentile £28.23 - -
Median hourly rate £33.00 £37.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +38.89% -
75th Percentile £50.94 - -
90th Percentile £61.70 - -
North West median hourly rate £34.21 £30.76 £48.52
% change year-on-year +11.23% -36.61% +83.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,472 1,866 2,489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.65% 96.78% 97.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,029 1,390 1,986
10th Percentile £313 £313 £213
25th Percentile £400 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £569
90th Percentile £694 £657 £650
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 58 58
10th Percentile £12.02 £14.53 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £25.10 £36.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +107.14% +9.38%
75th Percentile £60.94 £48.44 £20.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £67.20 £34.13
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.64 £20.00
% change year-on-year -13.87% +53.20% +11.73%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Manchester

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Manchester

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Manchester

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Manchester

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in Manchester

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 18 April 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 +5 4 £475 +58.33% 3
Project Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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 Manchester region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 26 (42.62%) Project Management
2 21 (34.43%) Social Skills
3 16 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (18.03%) Finance
5 10 (16.39%) SAP
6 8 (13.11%) Agile
7 6 (9.84%) Analytics
7 6 (9.84%) Migration
7 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
8 5 (8.20%) Project Delivery
8 5 (8.20%) Sage
8 5 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (8.20%) Manufacturing
8 5 (8.20%) Project Planning
9 4 (6.56%) JIRA
9 4 (6.56%) Project Governance
9 4 (6.56%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (6.56%) ERP
9 4 (6.56%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
9 4 (6.56%) Change Management
9 4 (6.56%) Business Case
10 3 (4.92%) SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (4.92%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (4.92%) Accounts Payable
10 3 (4.92%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (4.92%) Budget Management
10 3 (4.92%) SAP SD
10 3 (4.92%) PRINCE2
10 3 (4.92%) Logistics

Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.92%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (4.92%) SAP SD
2 1 (1.64%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.64%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.92%) AWS
1 3 (4.92%) Azure
1 3 (4.92%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (3.28%) Miro
2 2 (3.28%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.28%) Power BI
3 1 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) JIRA
General
1 21 (34.43%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.03%) Finance
3 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.20%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Banking
5 2 (3.28%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.28%) Retail
6 1 (1.64%) German Language
6 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Legal
6 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.64%) EMV
2 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.64%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (42.62%) Project Management
2 16 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (13.11%) Agile
4 6 (9.84%) Analytics
4 6 (9.84%) Migration
5 5 (8.20%) Project Delivery
5 5 (8.20%) Project Planning
6 4 (6.56%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (6.56%) Business Case
6 4 (6.56%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (6.56%) Change Management
6 4 (6.56%) ERP
6 4 (6.56%) Project Governance
7 3 (4.92%) Accounts Payable
7 3 (4.92%) DevOps
7 3 (4.92%) Logistics
7 3 (4.92%) Machine Learning
7 3 (4.92%) PRINCE2
7 3 (4.92%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (4.92%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (4.92%) SC Cleared
1 3 (4.92%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.28%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.28%) PMP
3 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) GxP
1 1 (1.64%) PMO
1 1 (1.64%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (16.39%) SAP
2 5 (8.20%) Sage
3 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle