Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Project Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 17 29
Rank change year-on-year -22 +12 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 168 214 164
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 5.44% 8.53% 6.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.09% 9.17% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 154 123
10th Percentile £381 £275 £400
25th Percentile £413 £403 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £696
England median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £24.37 £21.04
25th Percentile £54.75 £25.51 £21.11
Median hourly rate £56.50 £28.05 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year +101.43% +25.25% -35.60%
75th Percentile £58.25 £31.21 £25.57
90th Percentile - £32.74 £28.85
England median hourly rate £63.37 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +81.06% -36.36% -15.38%

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 2,759 2,333 2,518
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 92.99% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 1,450 1,740
10th Percentile £216 £225 £213
25th Percentile £363 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 98 116
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.00 £14.19
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.38 £16.92
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.44% +19.10% +13.90%
75th Percentile £27.21 £32.13 £31.59
90th Percentile £40.25 £50.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

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 Project Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 December 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 -24 114 £550 -4.35% 45
East Midlands -12 54 £500 +42.86% 36
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 71 (42.26%) Project Management
2 53 (31.55%) Agile
2 53 (31.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 52 (30.95%) Project Delivery
4 45 (26.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 28 (16.67%) Change Management
6 25 (14.88%) PRINCE2
7 23 (13.69%) ERP
8 22 (13.10%) PMP
9 20 (11.90%) Degree
9 20 (11.90%) Migration
9 20 (11.90%) PMI Certification
9 20 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (10.71%) Microsoft Project
10 18 (10.71%) Scrum
11 17 (10.12%) Project Governance
12 16 (9.52%) JIRA
13 14 (8.33%) Microsoft
13 14 (8.33%) Risk Management
13 14 (8.33%) Waterfall
14 13 (7.74%) Azure
15 12 (7.14%) AI
15 12 (7.14%) Data Migration
15 12 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
15 12 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
16 11 (6.55%) Change Control
16 11 (6.55%) Decision-Making
16 11 (6.55%) DevOps
17 10 (5.95%) Cybersecurity
17 10 (5.95%) Logistics

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.17%) Confluence
2 4 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.19%) CMS
4 1 (0.60%) SAS
4 1 (0.60%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 18 (10.71%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.38%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.19%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.19%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (1.19%) PRMS
2 2 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.60%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.60%) iTrent
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.60%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.60%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.74%) Azure
2 8 (4.76%) SaaS
3 5 (2.98%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.38%) AWS
5 3 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.79%) GCP
6 2 (1.19%) Asana
6 2 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (1.19%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.60%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.79%) LAN
1 3 (1.79%) WAN
2 2 (1.19%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.60%) Broadband
3 1 (0.60%) Internet
3 1 (0.60%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.98%) Power BI
2 2 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.60%) EDMS
3 1 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.60%) QlikView
3 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 68 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 60 (35.71%) Finance
3 23 (13.69%) Manufacturing
4 15 (8.93%) Legal
5 13 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (7.74%) Banking
6 10 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (5.95%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.76%) Automotive
8 7 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.57%) Law
9 6 (3.57%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.98%) Marketing
11 4 (2.38%) Back Office
11 4 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.79%) Retail
13 2 (1.19%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.19%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.19%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.98%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.79%) Middleware
3 1 (0.60%) .NET
3 1 (0.60%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (4.76%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.76%) Robotics
3 6 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.57%) Operational Technology
3 6 (3.57%) SCADA
3 6 (3.57%) Virtual Team
4 5 (2.98%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.98%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.79%) Educational Technology
6 3 (1.79%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.79%) NHS
6 3 (1.79%) PMI
6 3 (1.79%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.19%) AS400
7 2 (1.19%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 2 (1.19%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.98%) Linux
1 5 (2.98%) OpenVMS
1 5 (2.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.19%) Windows
3 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (42.26%) Project Management
2 53 (31.55%) Agile
2 53 (31.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 52 (30.95%) Project Delivery
4 45 (26.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 28 (16.67%) Change Management
6 25 (14.88%) PRINCE2
7 23 (13.69%) ERP
8 20 (11.90%) Migration
8 20 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (10.71%) Scrum
10 17 (10.12%) Project Governance
11 14 (8.33%) Risk Management
11 14 (8.33%) Waterfall
12 12 (7.14%) AI
12 12 (7.14%) Data Migration
12 12 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
12 12 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
13 11 (6.55%) Change Control
13 11 (6.55%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.60%) Korn
Qualifications
1 22 (13.10%) PMP
2 20 (11.90%) Degree
2 20 (11.90%) PMI Certification
3 5 (2.98%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.79%) SAFe Agilist
5 2 (1.19%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.19%) MBA
5 2 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.19%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.60%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.60%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (0.60%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.17%) PMO
1 7 (4.17%) QA
2 2 (1.19%) Basel III
2 2 (1.19%) GDPR
3 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.60%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.60%) GRC
3 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.60%) NIST
3 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.60%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.60%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.60%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.95%) SAP
3 9 (5.36%) Oracle
4 6 (3.57%) CyberArk
5 5 (2.98%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.98%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.79%) Progress
7 2 (1.19%) Rockwell
7 2 (1.19%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.19%) Workday
8 1 (0.60%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.60%) BT
8 1 (0.60%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.60%) Civica
8 1 (0.60%) Google
8 1 (0.60%) Intapp
8 1 (0.60%) Okta
8 1 (0.60%) Siemens
8 1 (0.60%) Sitecore