Project Management Contract Job Trends in the North West

Project Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 23 19
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 189 148 203
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 5.12% 6.89% 7.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.13% 7.84% 9.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 98 118
10th Percentile £358 £288 £313
25th Percentile £400 £402 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £505
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.89% +1.00%
75th Percentile £549 £565 £571
90th Percentile £616 £688 £638
England median daily rate £525 £512 £520
% change year-on-year +2.54% -1.54% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 16 26
10th Percentile £21.00 £32.01 £21.63
25th Percentile £28.50 £39.51 £26.20
Median hourly rate £30.00 £60.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +71.43% -
75th Percentile £71.45 £76.56 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.81 £79.88 £55.79
England median hourly rate £39.27 £44.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year -11.75% +16.74% -15.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,082 1,887 2,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.57% 87.81% 84.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,823 1,237 1,380
10th Percentile £298 £279 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -8.72% -1.40%
75th Percentile £588 £570 £582
90th Percentile £675 £670 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 120 240
10th Percentile £17.25 £13.43 £10.95
25th Percentile £25.38 £18.87 £15.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £29.01 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.59% +7.44% -7.85%
75th Percentile £76.00 £59.93 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.38 £68.76
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Project Management job vacancy trend in the North West

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the North West over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the North West

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Project Management

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the North West over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the North West

Project Management
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 Project Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
Manchester -18 92 £450 - 50
Cheshire -1 42 £475 +10.61% 32
Lancashire +10 28 £488 -11.36% 29
Cumbria -1 14 £488 +3.72% 4
Merseyside -10 12 £500 +14.29% 11
Project Management
England

Project Management
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 15 (7.94%) Confluence
2 9 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.06%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (7.94%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (6.88%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (3.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.70%) Primavera
3 6 (3.17%) SAP MM
4 5 (2.65%) SAP HCM
5 3 (1.59%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.53%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (6.88%) Power Platform
2 10 (5.29%) Azure
3 7 (3.70%) Google Workspace
4 6 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.12%) GCP
5 4 (2.12%) Google Sheets
5 4 (2.12%) SaaS
6 3 (1.59%) Asana
6 3 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.59%) Google Drive
6 3 (1.59%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.59%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.59%) Smartsheet
7 2 (1.06%) AWS
7 2 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.06%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.53%) Cohesity
8 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.53%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.12%) SSH
2 3 (1.59%) BGP
2 3 (1.59%) DKIM
2 3 (1.59%) DMARC
2 3 (1.59%) DNS
2 3 (1.59%) Network Security
2 3 (1.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.35%) Power BI
2 5 (2.65%) SAP HANA
3 4 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.06%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.06%) Power Query
4 2 (1.06%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.53%) Big Data
5 1 (0.53%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.53%) Metadata
5 1 (0.53%) MySQL
5 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.53%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 22 (11.64%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
General
1 91 (48.15%) Finance
2 85 (44.97%) Social Skills
3 44 (23.28%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.47%) Banking
5 15 (7.94%) Manufacturing
5 15 (7.94%) Public Sector
6 14 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (7.41%) Retail
7 8 (4.23%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.70%) Legal
9 6 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.59%) Aviation
10 3 (1.59%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.06%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.06%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.06%) Marketing
12 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.53%) Law
12 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 77 (40.74%) Project Manager
2 17 (8.99%) Consultant
3 16 (8.47%) Lead
3 16 (8.47%) Senior
3 16 (8.47%) Senior Manager
4 15 (7.94%) Senior Project Manager
5 14 (7.41%) SAP Consultant
6 13 (6.88%) Finance Manager
7 12 (6.35%) Finance Project Manager
8 10 (5.29%) Accountant
8 10 (5.29%) Engagement Manager
8 10 (5.29%) Systems Accountant
9 9 (4.76%) Transformation Consultant
10 8 (4.23%) Analyst
10 8 (4.23%) IT Manager
10 8 (4.23%) IT Project Manager
10 8 (4.23%) Programme Manager
11 7 (3.70%) Security Manager
11 7 (3.70%) Security Project Manager
12 6 (3.17%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.12%) OAuth
2 1 (0.53%) Middleware
2 1 (0.53%) REST
2 1 (0.53%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.53%) SAML
2 1 (0.53%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.47%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (3.17%) EPoS
4 5 (2.65%) Credit Risk
4 5 (2.65%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.65%) PKI
4 5 (2.65%) Taxonomies
5 4 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.12%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.12%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.12%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.12%) PMI
6 3 (1.59%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.59%) Tandem
7 2 (1.06%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.06%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.06%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.17%) Windows
2 5 (2.65%) Unix
3 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 47 (24.87%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (24.34%) Change Management
4 44 (23.28%) Agile
4 44 (23.28%) Migration
5 35 (18.52%) Project Delivery
6 34 (17.99%) ERP
7 33 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (13.23%) PRINCE2
8 25 (13.23%) Risk Management
8 25 (13.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (13.23%) Workshop Facilitation
9 24 (12.70%) Data Migration
10 22 (11.64%) Validation
11 21 (11.11%) Business Transformation
12 18 (9.52%) AI
12 18 (9.52%) Decision-Making
13 17 (8.99%) Cybersecurity
14 16 (8.47%) Visualisation
14 16 (8.47%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.17%) Python
2 5 (2.65%) SQL
3 3 (1.59%) ABAP
4 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.53%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (13.23%) Security Cleared
2 19 (10.05%) Degree
3 15 (7.94%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.88%) PMP
5 12 (6.35%) PMI Certification
6 10 (5.29%) ACCA
6 10 (5.29%) CIMA
6 10 (5.29%) CIPFA
7 4 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.06%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.06%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.06%) CISA
9 2 (1.06%) CISM
9 2 (1.06%) CISSP
9 2 (1.06%) CRISC
9 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.06%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.06%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.23%) PMO
2 6 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.12%) SLA
4 3 (1.59%) GRC
4 3 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.59%) NIST
4 3 (1.59%) QA
5 2 (1.06%) GDPR
5 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.53%) Basel III
6 1 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 4 (2.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.59%) Ansible
1 3 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (19.05%) SAP
2 21 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.76%) Sage
4 7 (3.70%) Google
5 4 (2.12%) Concur
5 4 (2.12%) Databricks
5 4 (2.12%) DocuSign
5 4 (2.12%) Gemalto
5 4 (2.12%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.12%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.12%) Thales
6 3 (1.59%) Alteryx
6 3 (1.59%) Arista
6 3 (1.59%) Cisco
6 3 (1.59%) IBM
6 3 (1.59%) Oracle
7 2 (1.06%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.06%) Infor
8 1 (0.53%) Qualys
8 1 (0.53%) Veeam