Project Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Project Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 123 178 303
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.16% 6.62% 9.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.83% 7.19% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 127 214
10th Percentile £350 £355 £358
25th Percentile £425 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.72% +8.21% -2.06%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £573
90th Percentile £638 £643 £588
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% +4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 4
10th Percentile £34.13 £26.92 £25.56
25th Percentile £38.44 £27.54 £26.57
Median hourly rate £46.25 £31.75 £29.57
Median % change year-on-year +45.67% +7.39% +31.46%
75th Percentile £53.44 £43.75 £35.88
90th Percentile £57.38 - £42.85
England median hourly rate £32.50 £35.96 £62.50
% change year-on-year -9.62% -42.46% +29.49%

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 1,801 2,477 3,118
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 92.18% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,687 2,193
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £350 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £453 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% -4.74% +2.70%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £688
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 216 117
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.83 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.13 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.65% -6.71% +17.14%
75th Percentile £26.51 £35.00 £32.00
90th Percentile £43.80 £52.45 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.15 £37.18 £44.77
% change year-on-year -21.60% -16.94% +94.63%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager 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 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager 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 21 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 -6 84 £525 - 55
East Midlands +4 34 £446 -6.05% 44
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 54 (43.90%) Project Management
2 48 (39.02%) Social Skills
3 41 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (29.27%) Finance
5 30 (24.39%) Agile
6 22 (17.89%) Project Delivery
7 19 (15.45%) Migration
8 15 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (10.57%) Waterfall
10 12 (9.76%) Degree
10 12 (9.76%) JIRA
10 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Project
10 12 (9.76%) PRINCE2
10 12 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (8.94%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (8.94%) Supplier Management
12 10 (8.13%) Project Planning
12 10 (8.13%) Programme Management
12 10 (8.13%) Microsoft
12 10 (8.13%) Data Governance
12 10 (8.13%) Change Control
12 10 (8.13%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (7.32%) Risk Management
13 9 (7.32%) Legal
13 9 (7.32%) Manufacturing
14 8 (6.50%) Change Management
14 8 (6.50%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (6.50%) CRM
14 8 (6.50%) Azure
14 8 (6.50%) Security Cleared

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 1 (0.81%) CMS
1 1 (0.81%) Confluence
1 1 (0.81%) SAS
1 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.63%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.81%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.81%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.50%) Azure
2 7 (5.69%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.88%) SaaS
4 3 (2.44%) IaaS
4 3 (2.44%) PaaS
5 2 (1.63%) Asana
5 2 (1.63%) AWS
5 2 (1.63%) GCP
5 2 (1.63%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (2.44%) LAN
1 3 (2.44%) WAN
2 1 (0.81%) Internet
2 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.81%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.69%) Power BI
2 3 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.81%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (9.76%) JIRA
General
1 48 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 36 (29.27%) Finance
3 12 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (7.32%) Legal
4 9 (7.32%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.69%) Automotive
6 6 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (4.07%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.25%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.44%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.44%) Banking
9 3 (2.44%) Law
9 3 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.63%) Military
10 2 (1.63%) Retail
11 1 (0.81%) Aviation
11 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.81%) Local Government
11 1 (0.81%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.63%) LDAP
1 2 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.81%) ADO
2 1 (0.81%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 5 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.25%) Operational Technology
3 4 (3.25%) PMI
4 3 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.44%) NHS
5 2 (1.63%) FMCG
5 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.81%) CCTV
6 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.81%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.81%) EPoS
6 1 (0.81%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.81%) SCADA
6 1 (0.81%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (43.90%) Project Management
2 41 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (24.39%) Agile
4 22 (17.89%) Project Delivery
5 19 (15.45%) Migration
6 15 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (10.57%) Waterfall
8 12 (9.76%) PRINCE2
9 11 (8.94%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (8.94%) Supplier Management
10 10 (8.13%) Change Control
10 10 (8.13%) Data Governance
10 10 (8.13%) Programme Management
10 10 (8.13%) Project Planning
11 9 (7.32%) Risk Management
12 8 (6.50%) Budgeting
12 8 (6.50%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (6.50%) Change Management
12 8 (6.50%) CRM
13 7 (5.69%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.88%) SQL
2 2 (1.63%) Python
3 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 12 (9.76%) Degree
2 10 (8.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (6.50%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.88%) PMI Certification
4 6 (4.88%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.25%) PMP
6 3 (2.44%) HNC
6 3 (2.44%) HND
6 3 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.63%) APMP
8 1 (0.81%) CISSP
8 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.50%) PMO
2 5 (4.07%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.07%) GDPR
3 4 (3.25%) QA
4 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.81%) Basel III
4 1 (0.81%) MiFID
4 1 (0.81%) PMBOK
4 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 10 (8.13%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.88%) SAP
3 4 (3.25%) Oracle
4 3 (2.44%) Guidewire
4 3 (2.44%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.63%) Cognos
5 2 (1.63%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.81%) Cisco
6 1 (0.81%) Infor
6 1 (0.81%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.81%) Optimizely