Project Management Contracts in the Midlands

Project Management
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 17 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Project Management 212 320 455
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.81% 9.56% 9.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.51% 10.84% 10.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 210 368
10th Percentile £310 £275 £309
25th Percentile £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £600 £584 £550
90th Percentile £679 £631 £617
England median daily rate £525 £534 £501
% change year-on-year -1.69% +6.69% +5.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 9
10th Percentile £13.50 £21.55 £20.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £22.92 £21.10
Median hourly rate £28.50 £26.40 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.97% -4.02% +1.42%
75th Percentile £38.75 £35.88 £31.50
90th Percentile £58.75 £63.25 £34.50
England median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.20% +48.48% +23.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,229 2,952 4,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.10% 88.22% 88.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,489 2,065 3,205
10th Percentile £235 £240 £250
25th Percentile £356 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +15.85%
75th Percentile £600 £590 £569
90th Percentile £700 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 108 144
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.94 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.71 £14.88 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +8.57% +10.34%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £55.75 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the Midlands

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the Midlands

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the Midlands

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the Midlands

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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 Project Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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
West Midlands +1 165 £525 +6.33% 267
East Midlands -5 46 £488 +2.63% 154
Project Management
England

Project Management
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 3 (1.42%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.94%) Confluence
3 1 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (5.66%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.25%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.83%) Simulink
5 5 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (2.36%) Stateflow
5 5 (2.36%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.47%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.94%) iTrent
3 2 (0.94%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.94%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.94%) Primavera
4 1 (0.47%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.47%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.08%) Azure
2 8 (3.77%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.83%) AWS
3 6 (2.83%) SaaS
4 3 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.94%) Power Automate
5 2 (0.94%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.47%) IaaS
6 1 (0.47%) PaaS
6 1 (0.47%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.30%) Network Security
2 6 (2.83%) Firewall
2 6 (2.83%) VPN
3 4 (1.89%) Intranet
3 4 (1.89%) LAN
3 4 (1.89%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.89%) WAN
4 2 (0.94%) BGP
4 2 (0.94%) Internet
4 2 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.94%) MPLS
4 2 (0.94%) OSPF
4 2 (0.94%) SMS
5 1 (0.47%) Junos
5 1 (0.47%) NAS
5 1 (0.47%) SAN
5 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.77%) Power BI
2 4 (1.89%) DB2
2 4 (1.89%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.94%) MS Access
3 2 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.47%) Metadata
4 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (3.30%) JIRA
2 5 (2.36%) Bitbucket
2 5 (2.36%) Git
2 5 (2.36%) Subversion
General
1 88 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 64 (30.19%) Finance
3 40 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 17 (8.02%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (6.60%) Law
7 12 (5.66%) Banking
8 10 (4.72%) Automotive
8 10 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (4.25%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.77%) Telecoms
11 7 (3.30%) Legal
11 7 (3.30%) Retail
12 5 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.89%) Marketing
13 4 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.94%) Local Government
16 1 (0.47%) German Language
Job Titles
1 97 (45.75%) Project Manager
2 33 (15.57%) Senior
3 27 (12.74%) Analyst
4 15 (7.08%) Architect
5 14 (6.60%) IT Manager
6 13 (6.13%) IT Project Manager
6 13 (6.13%) Senior Manager
7 12 (5.66%) Senior Project Manager
8 11 (5.19%) Business Analyst
8 11 (5.19%) PMO Analyst
8 11 (5.19%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (3.77%) Senior PMO
10 7 (3.30%) Lead
10 7 (3.30%) Security Manager
10 7 (3.30%) Security Project Manager
10 7 (3.30%) Senior PMO Analyst
11 6 (2.83%) AML Project Manager
11 6 (2.83%) Change Manager
11 6 (2.83%) Enterprise Architect
11 6 (2.83%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.89%) .NET
1 4 (1.89%) React
2 1 (0.47%) Ajax
2 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.47%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.47%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.66%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.72%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (2.83%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.36%) NHS
5 5 (2.36%) PMI
5 5 (2.36%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.89%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.89%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.89%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.42%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.42%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.94%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.47%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.89%) Android
1 4 (1.89%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.94%) Linux
2 2 (0.94%) Windows
3 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (29.25%) Agile
2 61 (28.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (21.23%) Project Delivery
4 42 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (13.68%) PRINCE2
6 27 (12.74%) Change Management
7 25 (11.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (10.85%) Decision-Making
8 23 (10.85%) Risk Management
9 18 (8.49%) Waterfall
10 17 (8.02%) Business Case
10 17 (8.02%) Migration
10 17 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (7.55%) Scrum
12 15 (7.08%) ERP
13 14 (6.60%) Project Planning
13 14 (6.60%) Resource Allocation
13 14 (6.60%) Resource Management
14 13 (6.13%) Business Strategy
15 12 (5.66%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.25%) C
2 8 (3.77%) Java
3 6 (2.83%) MATLAB
4 4 (1.89%) Python
5 3 (1.42%) SQL
6 1 (0.47%) C++
6 1 (0.47%) Perl
6 1 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (10.38%) Degree
2 16 (7.55%) PMP
3 15 (7.08%) PMI Certification
4 11 (5.19%) Security Cleared
5 10 (4.72%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.30%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.42%) CBAP
8 3 (1.42%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.42%) ISEB
9 2 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.94%) CCNA
9 2 (0.94%) CCNP
9 2 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.94%) HNC
9 2 (0.94%) HND
9 2 (0.94%) IIBA
9 2 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.74%) PMO
2 7 (3.30%) QA
3 6 (2.83%) ISO 26262
4 5 (2.36%) AUTOSAR
4 5 (2.36%) MISRA
4 5 (2.36%) MISRA C
5 4 (1.89%) GDPR
5 4 (1.89%) SLA
6 2 (0.94%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.94%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.47%) IFRS
7 1 (0.47%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.47%) NIST
7 1 (0.47%) P3O
7 1 (0.47%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.47%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Functional Safety
1 1 (0.47%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.47%) Kibana
1 1 (0.47%) logstash
1 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (9.91%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.49%) SAP
3 4 (1.89%) NEC
3 4 (1.89%) Oracle
3 4 (1.89%) Salesforce
3 4 (1.89%) ServiceNow
4 2 (0.94%) Cisco
4 2 (0.94%) Northgate
5 1 (0.47%) Adobe
5 1 (0.47%) Anaplan
5 1 (0.47%) Ariba
5 1 (0.47%) CODA
5 1 (0.47%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.47%) HP
5 1 (0.47%) Infor
5 1 (0.47%) Juniper
5 1 (0.47%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.47%) Palantir
5 1 (0.47%) Planview
5 1 (0.47%) Sage