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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 17 19
Rank change year-on-year -13 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 148 185 220
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 6.75% 7.81% 7.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.60% 9.36% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 100 150
10th Percentile £358 £276 £265
25th Percentile £413 £380 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% +3.16% -2.46%
75th Percentile £638 £550 £562
90th Percentile £700 £585 £639
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.90% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 18 22
10th Percentile £28.80 £19.65 £30.54
25th Percentile £39.02 £22.83 £31.16
Median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £35.02
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -0.04% +20.74%
75th Percentile £76.25 £42.81 £39.38
90th Percentile £80.10 £56.45 £43.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £36.48 £40.25
% change year-on-year -1.32% -9.36% +20.15%

All Process and 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 1,947 1,976 2,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.82% 83.38% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,284 1,148 1,662
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £595
90th Percentile £675 £677 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 107 163
10th Percentile £13.51 £16.40 £15.80
25th Percentile £17.34 £27.38 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.84% +21.43% +57.30%
75th Percentile £51.63 £57.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.45 £70.90 £66.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025.

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 17 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 -10 65 £475 -9.52% 130
Cheshire -15 58 £473 +6.18% 66
Merseyside 0 9 £625 +31.58% 32
Lancashire +1 8 £490 +8.89% 99
Cumbria -9 7 £484 +48.54% 13
Project Management
England

Project Management
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 25 (16.89%) Confluence
2 16 (10.81%) SharePoint
3 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (4.73%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (4.73%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.35%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (9.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (6.76%) MS Visio
4 9 (6.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.35%) Simulink
7 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.68%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.03%) SAP ERP
1 3 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.68%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.68%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.68%) Primavera
2 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.68%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.68%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (5.41%) Azure
2 8 (5.41%) OneDrive
3 5 (3.38%) Smartsheet
4 3 (2.03%) GCP
4 3 (2.03%) Google Sheets
4 3 (2.03%) ShareGate
4 3 (2.03%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (1.35%) AWS
6 1 (0.68%) Asana
6 1 (0.68%) Figma
6 1 (0.68%) GitHub
6 1 (0.68%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.68%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.68%) IaaS
6 1 (0.68%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.73%) Skype
2 4 (2.70%) SSH
3 3 (2.03%) DHCP
3 3 (2.03%) DNS
3 3 (2.03%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.03%) VPN
4 2 (1.35%) Intranet
5 1 (0.68%) ATM
5 1 (0.68%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.68%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) GIS
1 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (25.68%) JIRA
2 2 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.68%) Appium
3 1 (0.68%) JIRA Agile
3 1 (0.68%) Selenium
General
1 80 (54.05%) Social Skills
2 57 (38.51%) Finance
3 34 (22.97%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.46%) Banking
4 14 (9.46%) Legal
4 14 (9.46%) Manufacturing
5 10 (6.76%) Retail
6 9 (6.08%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (4.05%) Automotive
8 6 (4.05%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.70%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.70%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.03%) Back Office
10 3 (2.03%) French Language
10 3 (2.03%) Local Government
11 2 (1.35%) Billing
11 2 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 37 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 22 (14.86%) Analyst
3 14 (9.46%) Lead
4 10 (6.76%) Senior
5 9 (6.08%) Business Analyst
5 9 (6.08%) IT Manager
6 8 (5.41%) Technical Manager
7 7 (4.73%) IT Project Manager
7 7 (4.73%) Operational Support Analyst
7 7 (4.73%) Operations Analyst
7 7 (4.73%) Operations Support Analyst
7 7 (4.73%) Support Analyst
8 6 (4.05%) Delivery Manager
8 6 (4.05%) Engineering Manager
8 6 (4.05%) Senior Manager
8 6 (4.05%) Senior Project Manager
9 5 (3.38%) Designer
9 5 (3.38%) Programme Manager
9 5 (3.38%) Service Manager
9 5 (3.38%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.35%) CSS
1 2 (1.35%) HTML
2 1 (0.68%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.73%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.70%) Tandem
3 4 (2.70%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.03%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.03%) Learning Management System
4 3 (2.03%) PMI
4 3 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.35%) CMDB
5 2 (1.35%) EPoS
5 2 (1.35%) Life Science
5 2 (1.35%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.68%) NHS
6 1 (0.68%) Online Banking
6 1 (0.68%) SCADA
6 1 (0.68%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.68%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.08%) Windows
2 4 (2.70%) Unix
3 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (41.22%) Agile
2 43 (29.05%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (28.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 34 (22.97%) Project Delivery
5 27 (18.24%) Migration
6 25 (16.89%) Change Management
7 20 (13.51%) ITIL
7 20 (13.51%) PRINCE2
7 20 (13.51%) Scrum
7 20 (13.51%) Waterfall
8 18 (12.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (10.81%) Decision-Making
9 16 (10.81%) Service Management
9 16 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (10.14%) Risk Management
11 12 (8.11%) Requirements Gathering
12 11 (7.43%) Coaching
12 11 (7.43%) Customer Experience
12 11 (7.43%) Microservices
12 11 (7.43%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.41%) Java
2 3 (2.03%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.03%) SQL
3 2 (1.35%) C#
4 1 (0.68%) C++
4 1 (0.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (23.65%) Degree
2 13 (8.78%) PMI Certification
2 13 (8.78%) PMP
3 11 (7.43%) Security Cleared
4 10 (6.76%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.03%) A+ Certification
7 3 (2.03%) CIMA
7 3 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.35%) ACCA
8 2 (1.35%) CBAP
9 1 (0.68%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.11%) QA
2 10 (6.76%) PMO
3 3 (2.03%) P3O
4 2 (1.35%) COBIT
4 2 (1.35%) GRC
4 2 (1.35%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.68%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.68%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.68%) GxP
5 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.68%) NIST
5 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (4.73%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (4.73%) SCCM
2 1 (0.68%) NetBackup
2 1 (0.68%) SCSM
Vendors
1 34 (22.97%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.84%) SAP
3 8 (5.41%) Google
4 5 (3.38%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.70%) IBM
6 3 (2.03%) Nintex
6 3 (2.03%) Planview
7 2 (1.35%) MathWorks
7 2 (1.35%) Oracle
8 1 (0.68%) Adobe
8 1 (0.68%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.68%) Civica
8 1 (0.68%) Databricks
8 1 (0.68%) Dell
8 1 (0.68%) EXASOL
8 1 (0.68%) Genesys
8 1 (0.68%) NEC
8 1 (0.68%) Remedy
8 1 (0.68%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.68%) SolarWinds