IT Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the North West

IT Project Manager
England > North West

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in the North West is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 107 123
Rank change year-on-year -14 +16 +24
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 10 16 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.46% 0.67% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.71% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 15
10th Percentile £502 £413 £316
25th Percentile £517 £451 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £540 £520
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £588
90th Percentile £688 £600 £600
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £73.00 - -
25th Percentile £73.75 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £78.13 - -
90th Percentile £78.50 - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £39.00 £61.81
% change year-on-year +92.31% -36.90% -5.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,988 2,241 2,651
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 93.57% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,314 1,255 1,811
10th Percentile £268 £274 £270
25th Percentile £375 £398 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £594
90th Percentile £680 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 164 162
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.49 £16.02
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% +5.71% +50.80%
75th Percentile £47.12 £54.31 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.32 £74.37 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured IT Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the North West

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in the North West

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in the North West

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in the North West

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Manchester -3 8 £575 +4.55% 4
Merseyside +3 1 £625 +48.81%
Lancashire - 1 £530 - 2
IT Project Manager
England

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, IT Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (40.00%) JIRA
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Kanban
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Scrum
3 3 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (30.00%) Logistics
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Legal
3 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (30.00%) Confluence
3 3 (30.00%) Microservices
3 3 (30.00%) Generative AI
3 3 (30.00%) LLM
4 2 (20.00%) Virtual Team
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Facilities Management
4 2 (20.00%) Data Integration
5 1 (10.00%) Banking
5 1 (10.00%) QA
5 1 (10.00%) CMDB
5 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Validation
5 1 (10.00%) Migration

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (30.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (10.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (30.00%) Generative AI
3 3 (30.00%) Kanban
3 3 (30.00%) LLM
3 3 (30.00%) Logistics
3 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (30.00%) Microservices
3 3 (30.00%) Scrum
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (20.00%) Facilities Management
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL
5 1 (10.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Zscaler