Project Management Contracts in the Midlands

Project Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 17 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 -4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 177 215 333
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.25% 7.80% 9.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.56% 9.49% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 148 220
10th Percentile £275 £346 £275
25th Percentile £356 £439 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £575
90th Percentile £642 £679 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.61% +5.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 22 8
10th Percentile £26.48 £13.64 £21.55
25th Percentile £29.88 £15.85 £22.92
Median hourly rate £31.76 £28.50 £26.40
Median % change year-on-year +11.44% +7.97% -4.02%
75th Percentile £38.82 £50.94 £35.88
90th Percentile £51.53 £58.75 £63.25
England median hourly rate £46.18 £38.12 £49.00
% change year-on-year +21.14% -22.20% +48.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the Midlands

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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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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 0 116 £500 -4.76% 205
East Midlands +16 51 £410 -12.64% 132
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 16 (9.04%) Confluence
2 4 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (9.60%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.26%) Trello
5 3 (1.69%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.13%) Adobe XD
6 2 (1.13%) Open Workbench
6 2 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.56%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.13%) Primavera
3 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.47%) Azure
2 10 (5.65%) Power Platform
3 8 (4.52%) Asana
4 5 (2.82%) AWS
4 5 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.26%) GCP
6 3 (1.69%) SaaS
7 2 (1.13%) Azure AKS
7 2 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.13%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.13%) Figma
7 2 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.13%) OCI
8 1 (0.56%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.56%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.56%) ShareGate
8 1 (0.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.26%) LAN
1 4 (2.26%) WAN
2 3 (1.69%) HTTP
3 2 (1.13%) Internet
4 1 (0.56%) DHCP
4 1 (0.56%) DNS
4 1 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.56%) PPP
4 1 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.56%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.08%) Power BI
2 8 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.39%) Big Data
4 5 (2.82%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.56%) Looker
5 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (14.69%) JIRA
2 1 (0.56%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.56%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.56%) NetBeans
General
1 84 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 55 (31.07%) Finance
3 29 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.91%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (5.08%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.39%) Aerospace
7 6 (3.39%) Retail
8 5 (2.82%) Advertising
8 5 (2.82%) Legal
8 5 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.26%) Law
9 4 (2.26%) Marketing
9 4 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.69%) Automotive
10 3 (1.69%) Banking
10 3 (1.69%) Local Government
11 2 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (32.77%) Project Manager
2 16 (9.04%) Lead
3 13 (7.34%) IT Manager
4 12 (6.78%) Engagement Manager
4 12 (6.78%) IT Project Manager
5 11 (6.21%) Senior
6 10 (5.65%) Analyst
7 8 (4.52%) Infrastructure Manager
7 8 (4.52%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 7 (3.95%) Architect
8 7 (3.95%) Senior Manager
9 6 (3.39%) Developer
9 6 (3.39%) Support Engineer
9 6 (3.39%) Technical Manager
10 5 (2.82%) JavaScript Engineer
10 5 (2.82%) PMO Analyst
10 5 (2.82%) Project Officer
11 4 (2.26%) Business Analyst
11 4 (2.26%) Data Manager
11 4 (2.26%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.82%) React
2 3 (1.69%) CSS
2 3 (1.69%) EDI
2 3 (1.69%) HTML
2 3 (1.69%) IDoc
2 3 (1.69%) J2EE
2 3 (1.69%) JDBC
2 3 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.69%) REST
2 3 (1.69%) SOAP
2 3 (1.69%) XSLT
3 2 (1.13%) .NET
3 2 (1.13%) LDAP
4 1 (0.56%) ADO
4 1 (0.56%) Middleware
4 1 (0.56%) OAuth
4 1 (0.56%) OpenID
4 1 (0.56%) POSIX
4 1 (0.56%) SAML
4 1 (0.56%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.21%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (5.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 6 (3.39%) PMI
4 5 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.26%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.13%) IoT
8 1 (0.56%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.56%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.56%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.56%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.56%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.56%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.56%) SCADA
8 1 (0.56%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.56%) Social Media
8 1 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.69%) Windows
2 2 (1.13%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (37.85%) Agile
2 53 (29.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (19.21%) Project Delivery
5 23 (12.99%) Risk Management
6 20 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (10.73%) Migration
8 18 (10.17%) Agile Project Management
9 17 (9.60%) Analytics
10 16 (9.04%) Change Control
10 16 (9.04%) Change Management
11 15 (8.47%) Project Planning
11 15 (8.47%) Waterfall
12 14 (7.91%) Data Analysis
12 14 (7.91%) Data Protection
12 14 (7.91%) Programme Management
13 13 (7.34%) PRINCE2
14 12 (6.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 11 (6.21%) Decision-Making
16 10 (5.65%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.47%) Python
2 12 (6.78%) JavaScript
3 6 (3.39%) SQL
4 5 (2.82%) Java
4 5 (2.82%) PHP
5 4 (2.26%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.69%) ABAP
6 3 (1.69%) C#
6 3 (1.69%) Groovy
7 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.56%) C
7 1 (0.56%) C++
7 1 (0.56%) COBOL
7 1 (0.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (16.38%) Degree
2 22 (12.43%) Security Cleared
3 17 (9.60%) PMI Certification
3 17 (9.60%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.91%) PMP
5 5 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.69%) CISSP
6 3 (1.69%) HNC
6 3 (1.69%) HND
6 3 (1.69%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.13%) APMP
7 2 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.13%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.56%) MRICS
8 1 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.99%) PMO
2 10 (5.65%) Data Quality
3 9 (5.08%) QA
4 5 (2.82%) GDPR
5 4 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.13%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.56%) Basel III
7 1 (0.56%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.56%) MiFID
7 1 (0.56%) MISRA
7 1 (0.56%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.56%) NIST
7 1 (0.56%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.13%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.13%) Terraform
2 1 (0.56%) SCOM
2 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (7.34%) SAP
2 11 (6.21%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.08%) Oracle
4 3 (1.69%) Atlassian
4 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.69%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.13%) Adobe
5 2 (1.13%) Epicor
5 2 (1.13%) Foundry
5 2 (1.13%) Google
5 2 (1.13%) Workday
6 1 (0.56%) Cisco
6 1 (0.56%) Civica
6 1 (0.56%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.56%) Marketo
6 1 (0.56%) Micro Focus
6 1 (0.56%) Planview
6 1 (0.56%) Progress
6 1 (0.56%) QNX
6 1 (0.56%) VMware