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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 174 212 301
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.46% 7.62% 9.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.57% 9.35% 10.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 144 197
10th Percentile £275 £301 £275
25th Percentile £363 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £578 £575
90th Percentile £649 £650 £643
England median daily rate £513 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 22 7
10th Percentile - £13.64 £21.39
25th Percentile £21.39 £15.85 £22.61
Median hourly rate £27.11 £28.50 £25.66
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +11.07% -6.69%
75th Percentile £35.71 £38.44 £37.32
90th Percentile £45.60 £58.75 £68.50
England median hourly rate £46.24 £38.12 £49.00
% change year-on-year +21.30% -22.20% +50.77%

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 1,818 2,267 2,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.42% 81.46% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,531 1,990
10th Percentile £205 £231 £260
25th Percentile £358 £357 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £643 £688 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 173 97
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.81 £14.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.75 £19.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% -15.56% +28.13%
75th Percentile £26.93 £35.00 £46.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £60.50
England median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -1 118 £475 -5.00% 241
East Midlands +7 48 £410 -15.90% 139
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 15 (8.62%) Confluence
2 5 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (9.20%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.30%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.30%) Trello
5 3 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.57%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.57%) InDesign
7 1 (0.57%) Open Workbench
7 1 (0.57%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.57%) Revit
7 1 (0.57%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.15%) Primavera
2 2 (1.15%) Sprinklr
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.57%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.57%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.32%) Azure
2 9 (5.17%) Power Platform
3 5 (2.87%) AWS
3 5 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.30%) SaaS
5 3 (1.72%) Asana
5 3 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.72%) GCP
6 2 (1.15%) Azure AKS
6 2 (1.15%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.15%) Figma
6 2 (1.15%) OCI
6 2 (1.15%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.57%) Azure App Service
7 1 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.57%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.57%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.57%) ShareGate
7 1 (0.57%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.87%) LAN
1 5 (2.87%) WAN
2 3 (1.72%) Firewall
2 3 (1.72%) HTTP
3 2 (1.15%) DHCP
3 2 (1.15%) DNS
3 2 (1.15%) Internet
3 2 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.15%) WLAN
4 1 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.57%) DMZ
4 1 (0.57%) PPP
4 1 (0.57%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.57%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.57%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.57%) VLAN
4 1 (0.57%) VPN
4 1 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
1 9 (5.17%) Power BI
2 6 (3.45%) Big Data
3 4 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.57%) Looker
4 1 (0.57%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (12.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (0.57%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.57%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.57%) NetBeans
General
1 88 (50.57%) Social Skills
2 60 (34.48%) Finance
3 33 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (5.17%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.02%) Legal
6 7 (4.02%) Retail
7 6 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.87%) Advertising
8 5 (2.87%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.87%) Banking
8 5 (2.87%) Law
8 5 (2.87%) Marketing
9 4 (2.30%) Automotive
9 4 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.72%) Local Government
11 2 (1.15%) Billing
Job Titles
1 47 (27.01%) Project Manager
2 18 (10.34%) Analyst
3 14 (8.05%) Lead
4 11 (6.32%) Engagement Manager
4 11 (6.32%) Senior
5 8 (4.60%) Architect
5 8 (4.60%) Support Officer
6 6 (3.45%) Business Analyst
6 6 (3.45%) Infrastructure Manager
6 6 (3.45%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 6 (3.45%) IT Manager
6 6 (3.45%) IT Project Manager
6 6 (3.45%) PMO Analyst
6 6 (3.45%) Senior Manager
6 6 (3.45%) Technical Manager
7 5 (2.87%) Developer
7 5 (2.87%) IT Support
7 5 (2.87%) JavaScript Engineer
7 5 (2.87%) Project Officer
7 5 (2.87%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.45%) REST
2 5 (2.87%) LDAP
2 5 (2.87%) React
3 4 (2.30%) CSS
3 4 (2.30%) HTML
3 4 (2.30%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.72%) EDI
4 3 (1.72%) IDoc
4 3 (1.72%) J2EE
4 3 (1.72%) JDBC
4 3 (1.72%) SOAP
4 3 (1.72%) XSLT
5 2 (1.15%) .NET
6 1 (0.57%) ADO
6 1 (0.57%) Flash
6 1 (0.57%) Middleware
6 1 (0.57%) OAuth
6 1 (0.57%) POSIX
6 1 (0.57%) SAML
6 1 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.75%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.02%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (2.30%) PMI
6 2 (1.15%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.15%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.15%) IoT
6 2 (1.15%) NHS
6 2 (1.15%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.15%) Social Media
6 2 (1.15%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.57%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.57%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.57%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.57%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.57%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.60%) Windows
2 2 (1.15%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (40.23%) Agile
2 52 (29.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (19.54%) Project Delivery
5 20 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (10.92%) Agile Project Management
7 18 (10.34%) Risk Management
8 17 (9.77%) Project Planning
9 16 (9.20%) Analytics
9 16 (9.20%) Data Analysis
9 16 (9.20%) PRINCE2
9 16 (9.20%) Programme Management
10 15 (8.62%) Decision-Making
10 15 (8.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (8.05%) Change Management
11 14 (8.05%) Data Protection
12 13 (7.47%) Change Control
12 13 (7.47%) Computer Science
12 13 (7.47%) Scrum
13 11 (6.32%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.47%) JavaScript
2 11 (6.32%) Python
3 6 (3.45%) SQL
4 5 (2.87%) Java
4 5 (2.87%) PHP
5 4 (2.30%) ABAP
5 4 (2.30%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.72%) Groovy
7 2 (1.15%) C#
8 1 (0.57%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.57%) C
8 1 (0.57%) C++
8 1 (0.57%) COBOL
8 1 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.57%) VB
8 1 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (19.54%) Degree
2 25 (14.37%) Security Cleared
3 19 (10.92%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.32%) PMI Certification
4 11 (6.32%) PMP
5 8 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.72%) CCNA
7 3 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.72%) CISSP
7 3 (1.72%) HNC
7 3 (1.72%) HND
7 3 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.72%) SAP Certification
8 2 (1.15%) APMP
8 2 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.15%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.15%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (13.22%) PMO
2 13 (7.47%) QA
3 4 (2.30%) GDPR
3 4 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.72%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.15%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.57%) Basel III
6 1 (0.57%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.57%) MiFID
6 1 (0.57%) MISRA
6 1 (0.57%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.57%) NIST
6 1 (0.57%) P3O
6 1 (0.57%) PMBOK
6 1 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (2.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (4.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.15%) Terraform
3 1 (0.57%) SCOM
3 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (9.20%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.62%) SAP
3 9 (5.17%) Oracle
4 3 (1.72%) Adobe
4 3 (1.72%) Apple
4 3 (1.72%) Cisco
4 3 (1.72%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.72%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.15%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.15%) Avaya
5 2 (1.15%) Foundry
5 2 (1.15%) Genesys
6 1 (0.57%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.57%) Facebook
6 1 (0.57%) Micro Focus
6 1 (0.57%) Peregrine
6 1 (0.57%) QNX
6 1 (0.57%) Remedy
6 1 (0.57%) Twitter
6 1 (0.57%) VMware