Project Management Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Project Management
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 23 22
Rank change year-on-year -15 -1 +25
Contract jobs citing Project Management 5 9 5
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.72% 4.95% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 5.29% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £432 £136
25th Percentile £425 £480 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £560 £265
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% +111.32% -48.54%
75th Percentile £475 £613 £354
90th Percentile - £677 £404
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £560 £425
% change year-on-year -19.64% +31.76% -17.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 264 170 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 91.03% 93.41% 84.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 78 98
10th Percentile £170 £304 £251
25th Percentile £355 £359 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £481
Median % change year-on-year - -6.44% -12.55%
75th Percentile £544 £583 £575
90th Percentile £600 £671 £713
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 20 7
10th Percentile £14.13 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £17.23 £15.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.26% +14.71%
75th Percentile £52.06 £50.00 £26.13
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £32.70
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.89% +35.71%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Project Management

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Project Management

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub
1 1 (20.00%) Google Docs
1 1 (20.00%) Google Sheets
1 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Facilities Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Facilities Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) API Development
2 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) Facilities Management
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google