Project Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Project Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £520 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 15 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 176 316 529
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.54% 9.48% 10.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.11% 10.01% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 223 413
10th Percentile £355 £363 £357
25th Percentile £456 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +9.37% -2.56% +5.41%
75th Percentile £588 £570 £538
90th Percentile £638 £598 £613
England median daily rate £525 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -2.33% +4.88% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 4
10th Percentile £26.92 £25.56 -
25th Percentile £27.54 £26.57 £16.24
Median hourly rate £31.75 £29.57 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% +31.46% -6.19%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.88 £28.75
90th Percentile - £42.85 -
England median hourly rate £35.96 £62.50 £49.77
% change year-on-year -42.46% +25.59% +68.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,476 3,157 4,792
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.72% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,674 2,219 3,496
10th Percentile £213 £220 £213
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £556
90th Percentile £688 £685 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 118 165
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.35 £10.93
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.06 £14.50
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £29.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.56 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.03%

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 14 May 2024.

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 14 May 2024.

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 14 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 -5 131 £525 +10.53% 94
East Midlands -6 43 £488 +8.33% 55
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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 95 (53.98%) Project Management
2 60 (34.09%) Social Skills
3 48 (27.27%) Finance
4 47 (26.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (18.18%) Agile
5 32 (18.18%) Project Delivery
6 27 (15.34%) PRINCE2
7 25 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (11.36%) Migration
9 19 (10.80%) Risk Management
10 18 (10.23%) SAP
11 17 (9.66%) Budget Management
12 16 (9.09%) Project Planning
12 16 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
13 15 (8.52%) Asset Management
13 15 (8.52%) ERP
14 14 (7.95%) PMP
14 14 (7.95%) PMI Certification
14 14 (7.95%) Waterfall
14 14 (7.95%) Public Sector
14 14 (7.95%) Resource Allocation
15 13 (7.39%) Business Case
15 13 (7.39%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (7.39%) Change Management
16 12 (6.82%) Degree
16 12 (6.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 11 (6.25%) Resource Management
18 10 (5.68%) Azure
18 10 (5.68%) Change Control
18 10 (5.68%) Decision-Making

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 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (0.57%) CMS
1 1 (0.57%) Confluence
1 1 (0.57%) Moodle
1 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.27%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.70%) Maximo
3 2 (1.14%) iTrent
3 2 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.57%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.57%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.68%) Azure
2 4 (2.27%) SaaS
3 3 (1.70%) AWS
4 2 (1.14%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.57%) Intacct
5 1 (0.57%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.27%) WAN
2 3 (1.70%) LAN
2 3 (1.70%) VPN
3 2 (1.14%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.57%) Firewall
4 1 (0.57%) Internet
4 1 (0.57%) Intranet
4 1 (0.57%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.14%) Power BI
3 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.57%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.57%) Metadata
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 60 (34.09%) Social Skills
2 48 (27.27%) Finance
3 16 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.95%) Public Sector
5 13 (7.39%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.55%) Banking
7 7 (3.98%) Automotive
8 6 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.41%) Law
8 6 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.41%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.84%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.27%) Legal
10 4 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.70%) Retail
12 2 (1.14%) Local Government
13 1 (0.57%) German Language
13 1 (0.57%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.57%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.11%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (3.98%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (3.41%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.84%) NHS
4 5 (2.84%) PMI
5 2 (1.14%) CCTV
5 2 (1.14%) Robotics
6 1 (0.57%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.57%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.57%) FMCG
6 1 (0.57%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.57%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.57%) SCADA
6 1 (0.57%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.57%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.57%) Social Media
6 1 (0.57%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.27%) Windows
2 3 (1.70%) Unix
3 2 (1.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (53.98%) Project Management
2 47 (26.70%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (18.18%) Agile
3 32 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 27 (15.34%) PRINCE2
5 25 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (11.36%) Migration
7 19 (10.80%) Risk Management
8 17 (9.66%) Budget Management
9 16 (9.09%) Project Planning
10 15 (8.52%) Asset Management
10 15 (8.52%) ERP
11 14 (7.95%) Resource Allocation
11 14 (7.95%) Waterfall
12 13 (7.39%) Business Case
12 13 (7.39%) Change Management
13 12 (6.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 11 (6.25%) Resource Management
15 10 (5.68%) Change Control
15 10 (5.68%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.27%) Java
2 3 (1.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (7.95%) PMI Certification
1 14 (7.95%) PMP
2 12 (6.82%) Degree
3 8 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 6 (3.41%) HND
6 5 (2.84%) HNC
6 5 (2.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (2.84%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.57%) APMG
7 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.57%) CCNA
7 1 (0.57%) CCNP
7 1 (0.57%) CIPD
7 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.57%) RIBA
7 1 (0.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.41%) QA
2 4 (2.27%) PMO
3 2 (1.14%) SLA
4 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.57%) GDPR
4 1 (0.57%) IFRS
4 1 (0.57%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.57%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (10.23%) SAP
2 7 (3.98%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.98%) Sage
3 4 (2.27%) Oracle
4 1 (0.57%) Adobe
4 1 (0.57%) Cisco
4 1 (0.57%) CODA
4 1 (0.57%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.57%) Infor
4 1 (0.57%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.57%) Palantir
4 1 (0.57%) Planview