IT Project Manager Contracts in the Midlands

IT Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £507 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 100 107
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 +10
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 27 65 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.98% 1.88% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.99% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 53 77
10th Percentile £258 £391 £313
25th Percentile £394 £413 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £568 £544 £538
90th Percentile £614 £588 £575
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +13.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,524 3,265 4,866
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 94.64% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 2,296 3,558
10th Percentile £213 £223 £205
25th Percentile £326 £363 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £455
Median % change year-on-year - +4.40% +13.75%
75th Percentile £588 £576 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 179
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.61%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 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
West Midlands +4 26 £514 +5.44% 6
East Midlands +11 1 £500 - 5
IT Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 11 (40.74%) Project Management
2 10 (37.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
5 6 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (18.52%) Finance
7 4 (14.81%) Migration
7 4 (14.81%) Agile
7 4 (14.81%) Project Delivery
8 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
8 3 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
8 3 (11.11%) People Management
8 3 (11.11%) Project Planning
8 3 (11.11%) Data Migration
8 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
8 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
8 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
8 3 (11.11%) Automotive
8 3 (11.11%) Law
8 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
8 3 (11.11%) Windows
9 2 (7.41%) CRM
9 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
9 2 (7.41%) Unix
9 2 (7.41%) SAP
9 2 (7.41%) Legal
9 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
9 2 (7.41%) Information Security
9 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Moodle
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) AWS
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Intranet
1 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.70%) WAN
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Automotive
3 3 (11.11%) Law
3 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Local Government
5 1 (3.70%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.70%) FMCG
1 1 (3.70%) Housing Association
1 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (3.70%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Unix
2 2 (7.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Project Management
2 10 (37.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 4 (14.81%) Agile
4 4 (14.81%) Migration
4 4 (14.81%) Project Delivery
5 3 (11.11%) Data Migration
5 3 (11.11%) People Management
5 3 (11.11%) Project Planning
5 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
5 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
6 2 (7.41%) Business Case
6 2 (7.41%) Change Control
6 2 (7.41%) CRM
6 2 (7.41%) Information Security
6 2 (7.41%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (7.41%) Resource Management
6 2 (7.41%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) PMO
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) CyberArk