Digital Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the North East

Digital Project Manager
England > North East

The median Digital Project Manager daily rate in the North East is £478, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Project Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £476 - -
25th Percentile £476 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 - -
75th Percentile £479 - -
90th Percentile £480 - -
England median daily rate £525 £500 £438
% change year-on-year +5.00% +14.29% -12.06%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 495 305 296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.30% 95.91% 91.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 222 143
10th Percentile £165 £213 £163
25th Percentile £357 £346 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.28%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £588
90th Percentile £596 £625 £650
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 14 62
10th Percentile £17.44 - £10.43
25th Percentile £50.31 £11.60 £11.50
Median hourly rate £66.25 £13.00 £15.46
Median % change year-on-year +409.62% -15.91% -68.45%
75th Percentile £70.00 £19.09 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £39.98 £50.00
England median hourly rate £41.86 £34.31 £32.50
% change year-on-year +22.01% +5.55% -24.14%

Digital Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Digital Project Manager job vacancy trend in the North East

Digital Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Project Manager job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Project Manager job vacancies in the North East

Digital Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Project Manager within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 April 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear - 2 £478 - 1
Digital Project Manager
England

Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 1 April 2026, Digital 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 North East region featuring Digital Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Intranet
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Miro
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Refactoring
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management

Digital Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Refactoring
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance