Junior Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the North West

Junior Project Manager
England > North West

The median Junior Project Manager daily rate in the North West is £304, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 122 136
Rank change year-on-year -32 +14 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Project Manager 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.069% 0.049% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.053% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £314
25th Percentile - £163 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £304 £175 £413
Median % change year-on-year +73.71% -57.58% +13.01%
75th Percentile - £188 £481
90th Percentile - - £493
England median daily rate £350 £325 £388
% change year-on-year +7.69% -16.13% +10.71%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,653 1,882 2,676
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 92.85% 93.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,607 1,195 1,785
10th Percentile £213 £250 £272
25th Percentile £371 £375 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £582
90th Percentile £650 £656 £674
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 106 283
10th Percentile £18.55 £15.00 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.85 £20.39 £14.00
Median hourly rate £42.69 £31.51 £25.60
Median % change year-on-year +35.46% +23.09% -13.66%
75th Percentile £63.50 £55.76 £46.18
90th Percentile £76.45 £82.00 £63.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% -23.29%

Junior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Junior Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Junior Project Manager job vacancy trend in the North West

Junior Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Junior Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Junior 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 Junior Project Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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
Cheshire - 2 £304 - 6
Junior Project Manager
England

Junior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 10 March 2026, Junior Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Junior Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Basel III
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) MBA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Junior Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MBA
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Basel III
1 1 (50.00%) QA