IT Project Manager Contracts in the Midlands

IT Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 103 116
Rank change year-on-year -12 +13 +5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 26 29 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.03% 1.09% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.18% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 27 30
10th Percentile £359 £400 £413
25th Percentile £400 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £520 £506
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.72% +6.58%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £572
90th Percentile £609 £625 £605
England median daily rate £538 £525 £540
% change year-on-year +2.38% -2.78% +3.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,251 2,449 2,852
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.43% 92.31% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,461 1,661 2,014
10th Percentile £220 £250 £228
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +2.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £599
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 135 98
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.75 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.10 £15.05 £15.54
Median hourly rate £24.34 £22.00 £20.99
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% +4.84% +10.45%
75th Percentile £31.00 £39.38 £30.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.26 £65.30
England median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -43.94% +7.14% +63.55%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the Midlands

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in the Midlands

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in the Midlands

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in the Midlands

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
West Midlands -12 22 £488 -6.25% 12
East Midlands +1 4 £473 -5.50% 3
IT Project Manager
England

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, IT 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 Midlands region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (38.46%) Project Management
1 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
1 10 (38.46%) Project Delivery
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Finance
3 6 (23.08%) Change Management
3 6 (23.08%) Migration
4 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
4 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2
5 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 4 (15.38%) Driving Licence
5 4 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (15.38%) ERP
5 4 (15.38%) Active Directory
5 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 4 (15.38%) Agile
6 3 (11.54%) Programme Management
6 3 (11.54%) Degree
6 3 (11.54%) Data Protection
6 3 (11.54%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (11.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (11.54%) Waterfall
6 3 (11.54%) Project Governance
6 3 (11.54%) Change Control
7 2 (7.69%) Business Continuity
7 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
7 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.85%) PRMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Azure
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Internet
1 1 (3.85%) LAN
1 1 (3.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.85%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 8 (30.77%) Finance
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
3 4 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Back Office
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Law
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Military
5 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.85%) AS400
3 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.85%) Housing Association
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Life Science
3 1 (3.85%) SCADA
3 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.85%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
1 1 (3.85%) OpenVMS
1 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Project Delivery
1 10 (38.46%) Project Management
1 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (23.08%) Change Management
2 6 (23.08%) Migration
3 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2
4 4 (15.38%) Agile
4 4 (15.38%) ERP
4 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 3 (11.54%) Change Control
5 3 (11.54%) Data Protection
5 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (11.54%) Programme Management
5 3 (11.54%) Project Governance
5 3 (11.54%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (11.54%) Waterfall
6 2 (7.69%) Business Continuity Planning
6 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.69%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
3 2 (7.69%) PMP
3 2 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) PMO
2 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.85%) NIST
2 1 (3.85%) PSD2
2 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle
1 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.85%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.85%) Rockwell
2 1 (3.85%) SAP