Project Management Contracts in the North East

Project Management
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 11 32
Rank change year-on-year -12 +21 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 15 30 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 4.69% 8.88% 6.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.75% 11.11% 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 22
10th Percentile £415 £353 £231
25th Percentile £484 £488 £237
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +50.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £653 £613 £497
90th Percentile £750 £955 £550
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.61% +5.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £18.25 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £19.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +143.59% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 £20.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £46.18 £38.12 £49.00
% change year-on-year +21.14% -22.20% +48.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 261 270 387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 81.56% 79.88% 91.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 127 300
10th Percentile £225 £242 £254
25th Percentile £358 £363 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% +12.82%
75th Percentile £575 £589 £625
90th Percentile £650 £660 £720
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 47 2
10th Percentile - £11.44 £32.98
25th Percentile £11.60 £11.81 £35.56
Median hourly rate £14.07 £15.46 £40.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.99% -62.06% +146.97%
75th Percentile £46.82 £47.47 £45.56
90th Percentile £51.68 £50.00 £47.93
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the North East

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the North East

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the North East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the North East

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the North East

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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 Project Management within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Tyne and Wear -17 7 £475 -19.49% 46
Durham +5 6 £613 +6.52% 5
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (13.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (13.33%) MS Visio
2 2 (13.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Local Government
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Programme Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Business Change Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Chief Product Officer
4 1 (6.67%) Chief Technology Officer
4 1 (6.67%) Construction Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector Programme Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Workday Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Workday Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.67%) NHS
1 1 (6.67%) PMI
1 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Decision-Making
1 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (40.00%) Change Management
2 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 5 (33.33%) Business Transformation
3 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 4 (26.67%) Project Planning
4 4 (26.67%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (20.00%) Agile
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Programme Management
5 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (13.33%) Agile Project Management
6 2 (13.33%) Dependency Management
6 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (13.33%) ERP
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (13.33%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) PMP
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.67%) APMG
3 1 (6.67%) MRICS
3 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) Workday