Project Manager Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Project Manager
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Project Manager daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £456, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 August 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
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 28 21
Rank change year-on-year +1 -7 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 4 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.04% 0.67% 4.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.19% 0.75% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £428 - £369
25th Percentile £433 - £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% -16.28% +16.85%
75th Percentile £473 - £564
90th Percentile £474 - £572
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -21.74% +9.52% +14.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 183 133 171
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 89.26% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 82 118
10th Percentile £243 £316 £275
25th Percentile £416 £377 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £555 £534 £648
90th Percentile £641 £642 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £480 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +6.67% -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 4
10th Percentile £13.64 £18.23 £14.20
25th Percentile £14.31 £20.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £19.25 £50.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.50% +104.08% +48.48%
75th Percentile £24.47 £70.00 £32.44
90th Percentile £40.80 - £33.23
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £14.00 £50.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -72.01% +104.08% +48.48%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 15 August 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Value Proposition
2 1 (25.00%) Deadline-Driven
2 1 (25.00%) Smartsheet
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Commercialisation
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Product Management
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
1 1 (25.00%) Smartsheet
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Commercialisation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Deadline-Driven
2 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Product Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Value Proposition