Project Management Contracts in the North of England

Project Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 22 20 17
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Project Management 267 349 447
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 8.10% 7.32% 7.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.00% 8.54% 8.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 215 314
10th Percentile £300 £325 £314
25th Percentile £365 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £589 £550
90th Percentile £650 £642 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.61% +5.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 26 29
10th Percentile £23.99 £18.25 £25.79
25th Percentile £31.25 £26.66 £28.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.61 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.08% -1.13% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.75 £54.50 £65.20
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 of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England 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
North West 0 151 £475 -5.94% 603
Yorkshire +3 101 £475 -5.00% 393
North East -12 15 £538 -10.42% 129
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 12 (4.49%) Confluence
2 3 (1.12%) CMS
3 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.37%) IIS
4 1 (0.37%) SAS
4 1 (0.37%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (7.87%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.87%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.87%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.87%) Trello
4 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.37%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 18 (6.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.25%) Primavera
2 6 (2.25%) SAP PS
3 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.12%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.37%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.12%) Azure
2 14 (5.24%) AWS
3 9 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.62%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.25%) GCP
6 4 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.75%) Amazon Bedrock
7 2 (0.75%) Asana
7 2 (0.75%) Azure AKS
7 2 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.75%) Azure Functions
7 2 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.75%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.75%) SaaS
7 2 (0.75%) Serverless
7 2 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.37%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.37%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.25%) DHCP
1 6 (2.25%) DNS
2 5 (1.87%) VPN
3 4 (1.50%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.12%) Network Security
5 2 (0.75%) Firewall
5 2 (0.75%) LAN
5 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.75%) WAN
5 2 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.37%) ATM
6 1 (0.37%) FlexRay
6 1 (0.37%) HTTP
6 1 (0.37%) Internet
6 1 (0.37%) Intranet
6 1 (0.37%) IPsec
6 1 (0.37%) Skype
6 1 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.62%) Power BI
2 6 (2.25%) MySQL
3 4 (1.50%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.50%) Tableau
4 3 (1.12%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.75%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.75%) GIS
5 2 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.75%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 38 (14.23%) JIRA
2 5 (1.87%) Selenium
3 4 (1.50%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.50%) Postman
3 4 (1.50%) SoapUI
4 3 (1.12%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.75%) Git
5 2 (0.75%) TestRail
5 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.37%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.37%) JIRA Agile
6 1 (0.37%) JUnit
General
1 124 (46.44%) Social Skills
2 89 (33.33%) Finance
3 51 (19.10%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (10.11%) Public Sector
5 19 (7.12%) Manufacturing
5 19 (7.12%) Retail
6 18 (6.74%) Banking
6 18 (6.74%) Legal
7 16 (5.99%) Automotive
8 15 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (4.49%) Local Government
9 12 (4.49%) Pharmaceutical
9 12 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.25%) Marketing
12 4 (1.50%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.50%) French Language
12 4 (1.50%) Military
13 3 (1.12%) Games
14 2 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 104 (38.95%) Project Manager
2 22 (8.24%) IT Manager
2 22 (8.24%) Lead
3 20 (7.49%) IT Project Manager
4 16 (5.99%) Analyst
4 16 (5.99%) Senior
5 10 (3.75%) Delivery Manager
6 9 (3.37%) Technical Manager
7 7 (2.62%) Business Analyst
7 7 (2.62%) Consultant
7 7 (2.62%) Infrastructure Manager
7 7 (2.62%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 7 (2.62%) Senior Manager
7 7 (2.62%) Technical Project Manager
8 6 (2.25%) Developer
8 6 (2.25%) Engagement Manager
8 6 (2.25%) Project Planner
8 6 (2.25%) SAP Manager
8 6 (2.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 6 (2.25%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.50%) CSS
1 4 (1.50%) HTML
2 3 (1.12%) React
3 2 (0.75%) .NET
3 2 (0.75%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.75%) FastAPI
3 2 (0.75%) SAP Core Interface
3 2 (0.75%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.37%) ADO
4 1 (0.37%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.37%) RESTful
4 1 (0.37%) Shiny
4 1 (0.37%) Spring
4 1 (0.37%) Swagger
4 1 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.87%) PMI
2 12 (4.49%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.12%) NHS
4 9 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (3.00%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.25%) Industry 4.0
6 6 (2.25%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 5 (1.87%) Augmented Reality
7 5 (1.87%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.87%) e-Learning
7 5 (1.87%) Podcast
7 5 (1.87%) Virtual Reality
8 4 (1.50%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.75%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.75%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.37%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.75%) Windows
2 3 (1.12%) Linux
3 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.37%) CentOS
4 1 (0.37%) Unix
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (29.96%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (28.84%) Agile
3 65 (24.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 54 (20.22%) Change Management
5 52 (19.48%) PRINCE2
6 40 (14.98%) Project Delivery
7 36 (13.48%) Risk Management
8 32 (11.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (10.86%) Decision-Making
10 28 (10.49%) Project Planning
11 25 (9.36%) Roadmaps
12 23 (8.61%) Migration
13 21 (7.87%) Budget Management
14 20 (7.49%) Agile Project Management
14 20 (7.49%) DevOps
15 19 (7.12%) ITIL
16 18 (6.74%) Business Case
16 18 (6.74%) Waterfall
17 16 (5.99%) Service Delivery
17 16 (5.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.75%) SQL
2 6 (2.25%) Python
3 5 (1.87%) Java
4 4 (1.50%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.12%) Ruby
5 3 (1.12%) VB
6 2 (0.75%) PHP
7 1 (0.37%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.37%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.37%) Bash
7 1 (0.37%) C
7 1 (0.37%) C++
7 1 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 54 (20.22%) Degree
2 29 (10.86%) PMI Certification
3 26 (9.74%) Security Cleared
4 23 (8.61%) SC Cleared
5 21 (7.87%) PMP
6 9 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.37%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.87%) HNC
8 5 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.50%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.50%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.75%) CBAP
10 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.37%) APMG
11 1 (0.37%) APMP
11 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.37%) PMO
2 12 (4.49%) QA
3 9 (3.37%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.12%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.37%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.37%) GDPR
6 1 (0.37%) GxP
6 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.12%) Docker
1 3 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (2.25%) MOM
2 3 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.75%) Terraform
3 2 (0.75%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.37%) Ansible
4 1 (0.37%) Nagios
4 1 (0.37%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.37%) SCCM
4 1 (0.37%) SCSM
4 1 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (14.61%) SAP
2 27 (10.11%) Microsoft
3 10 (3.75%) Oracle
4 8 (3.00%) Google
4 8 (3.00%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.62%) Siemens
6 6 (2.25%) Rockwell
7 4 (1.50%) Adobe
8 3 (1.12%) Citrix
8 3 (1.12%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.12%) VMware
8 3 (1.12%) Workday
9 2 (0.75%) Brio
9 2 (0.75%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.75%) Cisco
9 2 (0.75%) Databricks
9 2 (0.75%) Dell
9 2 (0.75%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (0.75%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.37%) Facebook