Project Management Contracts in the North of England

Project Management
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 17 16
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 342 414 588
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 7.38% 7.39% 8.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.64% 8.17% 9.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 284 418
10th Percentile £325 £306 £286
25th Percentile £407 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -1.91%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £538
90th Percentile £638 £638 £616
England median daily rate £525 £535 £510
% change year-on-year -1.87% +4.90% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 27 19
10th Percentile £18.25 £26.61 £21.32
25th Percentile £26.01 £29.58 £29.75
Median hourly rate £34.21 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% - +55.56%
75th Percentile £43.75 £47.63 £47.98
90th Percentile £50.25 £65.40 £62.78
England median hourly rate £38.12 £46.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -17.13% +39.39% +23.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,960 5,069 6,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.44% 90.47% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,421 3,492 4,629
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £401 £413 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £570
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 365 204 265
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.54 £13.38
Median hourly rate £17.72 £27.84 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.35% +46.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £45.00 £43.94 £35.00
90th Percentile £59.00 £65.00 £62.89
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%

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 18 May 2024.

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 18 May 2024.

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 18 May 2024. 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 -4 193 £505 +3.59% 311
Yorkshire +8 121 £500 -5.21% 157
North East +11 30 £600 +50.00% 58
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 11 (3.22%) Confluence
2 8 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.58%) IBM Notes
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.29%) CICS
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 28 (8.19%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (4.97%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.75%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.58%) Revit
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.88%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.88%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.29%) Primavera
4 1 (0.29%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.29%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.29%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 32 (9.36%) Azure
2 24 (7.02%) GitHub
3 22 (6.43%) Power Platform
4 18 (5.26%) AWS
5 15 (4.39%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.63%) GCP
7 9 (2.63%) Kong
8 8 (2.34%) PowerApps
9 7 (2.05%) SaaS
10 6 (1.75%) Apigee
10 6 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.17%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.17%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.88%) OCI
13 2 (0.58%) Miro
13 2 (0.58%) Snowflake
14 1 (0.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.22%) DNS
2 9 (2.63%) Firewall
2 9 (2.63%) HTTP
2 9 (2.63%) TCP/IP
2 9 (2.63%) VPN
3 3 (0.88%) BIG-IP
3 3 (0.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 3 (0.88%) Intranet
3 3 (0.88%) Reverse Proxy
3 3 (0.88%) SSL
3 3 (0.88%) WAN
4 2 (0.58%) 2G
4 2 (0.58%) 3G
4 2 (0.58%) 4G
4 2 (0.58%) 5G
4 2 (0.58%) RTP
5 1 (0.29%) Internet
5 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.85%) Power BI
2 9 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (2.34%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.17%) MySQL
5 4 (1.17%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.88%) DB2
7 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (10.23%) JIRA
2 24 (7.02%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.09%) GitLab
4 9 (2.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 9 (2.63%) CircleCI
4 9 (2.63%) Git
4 9 (2.63%) Travis CI
5 4 (1.17%) AppScan
5 4 (1.17%) Burp Suite
5 4 (1.17%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.88%) XCUITest
7 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.58%) Postman
7 2 (0.58%) Selenium
8 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 153 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 91 (26.61%) Finance
3 58 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 24 (7.02%) Manufacturing
6 16 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.80%) Banking
8 13 (3.80%) Legal
9 10 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.34%) Local Government
10 8 (2.34%) Mandarin Language
11 5 (1.46%) Front Office
11 5 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.46%) Marketing
11 5 (1.46%) Police
11 5 (1.46%) Retail
12 4 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 104 (30.41%) Project Manager
2 35 (10.23%) Analyst
3 29 (8.48%) Lead
4 19 (5.56%) Senior
5 18 (5.26%) Storage Manager
6 17 (4.97%) Business Analyst
7 13 (3.80%) IT Manager
7 13 (3.80%) Programme Manager
8 11 (3.22%) IT Project Manager
8 11 (3.22%) Senior Manager
8 11 (3.22%) Technical Manager
9 10 (2.92%) Capability Manager
9 10 (2.92%) Developer
10 9 (2.63%) Architect
11 8 (2.34%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.34%) Infrastructure Manager
11 8 (2.34%) Portfolio Manager
11 8 (2.34%) Technical Project Manager
12 6 (1.75%) Consultant
12 6 (1.75%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.85%) YAML
2 13 (3.80%) Elastic Stack
3 9 (2.63%) JSON
3 9 (2.63%) XML
4 4 (1.17%) .NET
5 3 (0.88%) React
6 1 (0.29%) Middleware
6 1 (0.29%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.51%) Data Centre
3 10 (2.92%) Algorithms
3 10 (2.92%) Life Science
4 9 (2.63%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.05%) NHS
5 7 (2.05%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.46%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.46%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.17%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.17%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.17%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.88%) PMI
8 3 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.88%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.58%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.26%) Linux
2 16 (4.68%) zOS
3 7 (2.05%) Android
4 5 (1.46%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.88%) Windows
6 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.29%) Unix
7 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (33.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 112 (32.75%) Agile
3 76 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (13.16%) Project Delivery
5 40 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (11.70%) Waterfall
6 35 (10.23%) PRINCE2
7 28 (8.19%) Business Intelligence
8 27 (7.89%) Change Management
8 27 (7.89%) Risk Management
9 26 (7.60%) Project Planning
10 25 (7.31%) DevOps
10 25 (7.31%) Scrum
11 24 (7.02%) Decision-Making
12 21 (6.14%) Cost Management
13 20 (5.85%) Problem Management
13 20 (5.85%) Storage Management
14 19 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
14 19 (5.56%) ERP
14 19 (5.56%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.02%) Python
2 16 (4.68%) SQL
3 15 (4.39%) PowerShell
4 14 (4.09%) JCL
5 13 (3.80%) Bash
6 11 (3.22%) REXX
7 7 (2.05%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.75%) Java
9 5 (1.46%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.17%) C
11 3 (0.88%) ActionScript
11 3 (0.88%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.88%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.29%) C#
12 1 (0.29%) C++
12 1 (0.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 38 (11.11%) Degree
2 22 (6.43%) PMI Certification
3 20 (5.85%) PMP
4 11 (3.22%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.63%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.88%) HNC
7 3 (0.88%) NVQ Level 4
8 2 (0.58%) APMG
8 2 (0.58%) CCNA
8 2 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.29%) APMP
9 1 (0.29%) CBAP
9 1 (0.29%) CCNP
9 1 (0.29%) CISSP
9 1 (0.29%) CRISC
9 1 (0.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.89%) QA
2 26 (7.60%) PMO
3 10 (2.92%) GDPR
4 6 (1.75%) GAMP
4 6 (1.75%) GxP
5 4 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.88%) IASME
6 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.58%) NIST
7 2 (0.58%) P3O
8 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.29%) GMP
8 1 (0.29%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (4.09%) NFS
1 14 (4.09%) Time Sharing Option
2 13 (3.80%) Docker
3 8 (2.34%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.29%) ACF2
4 1 (0.29%) RACF
4 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 24 (7.02%) Ansible
2 20 (5.85%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 13 (3.80%) Grafana
3 13 (3.80%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.80%) Progress Chef
3 13 (3.80%) Prometheus
3 13 (3.80%) Puppet
3 13 (3.80%) Terraform
4 9 (2.63%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (2.63%) Kibana
4 9 (2.63%) logstash
5 4 (1.17%) Graylog
5 4 (1.17%) HP Fortify
5 4 (1.17%) Nessus
5 4 (1.17%) WebInspect
6 1 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.29%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 44 (12.87%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.43%) SAP
3 20 (5.85%) IBM
4 16 (4.68%) CA
5 15 (4.39%) Broadcom
5 15 (4.39%) Dell
6 14 (4.09%) Brocade
7 13 (3.80%) Splunk
8 7 (2.05%) Avaloq
9 6 (1.75%) Oracle
9 6 (1.75%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.46%) Ariba
11 4 (1.17%) Cadence
11 4 (1.17%) Checkmarx
11 4 (1.17%) Google
11 4 (1.17%) Veracode
12 3 (0.88%) Aareon
12 3 (0.88%) Adobe
12 3 (0.88%) F5
12 3 (0.88%) Sage