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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 19 18
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 243 347 411
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 7.34% 7.41% 7.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.16% 8.75% 8.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 216 285
10th Percentile £300 £325 £307
25th Percentile £395 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £569 £590 £575
90th Percentile £644 £638 £638
England median daily rate £513 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% +3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 28 25
10th Percentile £27.35 £18.25 £27.30
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.33 £30.54
Median hourly rate £60.00 £34.61 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.39% -1.13% +3.24%
75th Percentile £75.00 £43.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £77.25 £62.66 £65.60
England median hourly rate £46.30 £38.12 £49.00
% change year-on-year +21.46% -22.20% +50.77%

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 2,978 3,966 5,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.97% 84.67% 90.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,915 2,415 3,463
10th Percentile £268 £300 £300
25th Percentile £381 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £648 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 377 204
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.07 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.99 £12.53 £15.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.11 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +38.87% -34.95% +46.53%
75th Percentile £51.00 £45.88 £43.94
90th Percentile £76.25 £62.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
% change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -6 137 £490 -2.00% 1,087
Yorkshire +2 95 £472 -5.60% 886
North East -18 11 £513 -14.58% 271
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 17 (7.00%) Confluence
2 3 (1.23%) IIS
2 3 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.82%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.41%) SAS
4 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (5.76%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.47%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (2.06%) Trello
6 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (1.65%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.41%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (4.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.29%) SAP PS
3 7 (2.88%) Primavera
4 3 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.23%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.41%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.41%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.58%) Azure
2 14 (5.76%) AWS
3 7 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (2.88%) GCP
3 7 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (1.65%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.65%) SaaS
5 2 (0.82%) Amazon Bedrock
5 2 (0.82%) Asana
5 2 (0.82%) Azure AKS
5 2 (0.82%) Figma
5 2 (0.82%) Google Analytics
5 2 (0.82%) ShareGate
6 1 (0.41%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.41%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.41%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.41%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.47%) DHCP
1 6 (2.47%) DNS
2 5 (2.06%) VPN
3 4 (1.65%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.23%) Network Security
5 2 (0.82%) Intranet
5 2 (0.82%) LAN
5 2 (0.82%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.82%) WAN
5 2 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.41%) ATM
6 1 (0.41%) Firewall
6 1 (0.41%) FlexRay
6 1 (0.41%) Internet
6 1 (0.41%) IPsec
6 1 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.65%) Power BI
1 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.23%) GIS
2 3 (1.23%) MySQL
2 3 (1.23%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.82%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.82%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.82%) Tableau
4 1 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 41 (16.87%) JIRA
2 5 (2.06%) Selenium
3 4 (1.65%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.65%) Postman
3 4 (1.65%) SoapUI
4 3 (1.23%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.82%) TestRail
6 1 (0.41%) JIRA Agile
General
1 107 (44.03%) Social Skills
2 88 (36.21%) Finance
3 51 (20.99%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.88%) Legal
5 23 (9.47%) Banking
6 19 (7.82%) Public Sector
7 17 (7.00%) Retail
8 13 (5.35%) Manufacturing
9 12 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.88%) Marketing
11 7 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.47%) Local Government
13 5 (2.06%) Automotive
14 4 (1.65%) French Language
14 4 (1.65%) Games
15 3 (1.23%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.23%) Military
16 2 (0.82%) Law
Job Titles
1 85 (34.98%) Project Manager
2 24 (9.88%) Analyst
3 17 (7.00%) IT Manager
3 17 (7.00%) Lead
4 15 (6.17%) IT Project Manager
5 14 (5.76%) Business Analyst
5 14 (5.76%) Senior
6 11 (4.53%) Delivery Manager
7 9 (3.70%) Consultant
8 8 (3.29%) Engineering Manager
8 8 (3.29%) Technical Manager
9 7 (2.88%) Developer
9 7 (2.88%) Infrastructure Manager
9 7 (2.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 7 (2.88%) Project Planner
9 7 (2.88%) Senior Manager
10 6 (2.47%) Engagement Manager
10 6 (2.47%) SAP Consultant
10 6 (2.47%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 6 (2.47%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.47%) CSS
1 6 (2.47%) HTML
2 4 (1.65%) .NET
3 3 (1.23%) React
4 2 (0.82%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.82%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.82%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.82%) FastAPI
4 2 (0.82%) MSMQ
4 2 (0.82%) SAP Core Interface
5 1 (0.41%) ADO
5 1 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.94%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (3.70%) PMI
3 8 (3.29%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.65%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.23%) CMDB
6 3 (1.23%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.23%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.23%) NHS
7 2 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.82%) N-Tier
7 2 (0.82%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.82%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.41%) Life Science
8 1 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.70%) Windows
2 2 (0.82%) Linux
3 1 (0.41%) CentOS
3 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Unix
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (33.74%) Agile
2 68 (27.98%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (20.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (17.70%) PRINCE2
5 41 (16.87%) Change Management
6 37 (15.23%) Project Delivery
7 27 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (10.70%) Migration
9 25 (10.29%) Project Planning
10 24 (9.88%) Decision-Making
10 24 (9.88%) Risk Management
10 24 (9.88%) Scrum
11 23 (9.47%) DevOps
12 19 (7.82%) Process Improvement
12 19 (7.82%) Roadmaps
13 18 (7.41%) Agile Project Management
14 17 (7.00%) ITIL
14 17 (7.00%) Waterfall
15 16 (6.58%) Budget Management
15 16 (6.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.12%) Java
2 7 (2.88%) SQL
3 6 (2.47%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.06%) Python
5 2 (0.82%) C#
5 2 (0.82%) PHP
5 2 (0.82%) Ruby
5 2 (0.82%) VB
5 2 (0.82%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.41%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.41%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (0.41%) C
6 1 (0.41%) C++
Qualifications
1 35 (14.40%) Degree
2 25 (10.29%) PMI Certification
3 23 (9.47%) Security Cleared
4 21 (8.64%) PMP
4 21 (8.64%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (1.65%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.65%) CBAP
6 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.65%) SAP Certification
7 3 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.82%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.41%) APMG
9 1 (0.41%) CCNA
9 1 (0.41%) CCNP
9 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.35%) QA
2 12 (4.94%) PMO
3 7 (2.88%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.23%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.82%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.41%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) GDPR
6 1 (0.41%) GRC
6 1 (0.41%) GxP
6 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.41%) NIST
6 1 (0.41%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.82%) Docker
3 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (1.23%) vCenter Server
2 2 (0.82%) Ansible
2 2 (0.82%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.82%) Terraform
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.41%) Nagios
3 1 (0.41%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.41%) SCCM
3 1 (0.41%) SCOM
3 1 (0.41%) SCSM
3 1 (0.41%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 34 (13.99%) SAP
2 23 (9.47%) Microsoft
3 9 (3.70%) Oracle
4 8 (3.29%) Google
4 8 (3.29%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.65%) Adobe
5 4 (1.65%) Citrix
6 3 (1.23%) Cisco
6 3 (1.23%) Dell
6 3 (1.23%) VMware
7 2 (0.82%) HP
7 2 (0.82%) IBM
7 2 (0.82%) Nintex
7 2 (0.82%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.82%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.82%) Workday
8 1 (0.41%) Facebook
8 1 (0.41%) Twitter
8 1 (0.41%) Veeam
8 1 (0.41%) YouTube