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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 17 18
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 163 189 215
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 6.72% 8.17% 7.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.64% 9.74% 8.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 85 158
10th Percentile £362 £291 £265
25th Percentile £414 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £450 £489
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% -7.98% -2.20%
75th Percentile £543 £550 £555
90th Percentile £684 £575 £638
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 26 18
10th Percentile £31.05 £21.63 £20.07
25th Percentile - £30.88 £30.75
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% -8.45% -37.21%
75th Percentile £55.49 £42.81 £43.75
90th Percentile £72.62 £59.00 £53.60
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% -22.22% +11.70%

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 2,134 1,940 2,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.04% 83.91% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,402 1,048 1,666
10th Percentile £213 £294 £270
25th Percentile £358 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £593
90th Percentile £677 £650 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 111 160
10th Percentile £15.21 £16.25 £16.00
25th Percentile £19.07 £24.18 £18.00
Median hourly rate £29.60 £35.36 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.29% +1.03% +57.30%
75th Percentile £45.46 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.14 £70.90 £63.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +28.57%

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 November 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 18 November 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 18 November 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 -15 61 £450 - 115
Cheshire -15 53 £488 +9.80% 55
Lancashire +6 23 £475 -5.00% 88
Cumbria +8 17 £500 +25.79% 6
Merseyside -6 7 £625 +31.58% 28
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 19 (11.66%) Confluence
1 19 (11.66%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.29%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (4.29%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.23%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.61%) Moodle
Applications
1 22 (13.50%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (9.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (6.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (6.75%) MS Visio
4 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.23%) Simulink
6 1 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.84%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (1.23%) Primavera
3 2 (1.23%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.61%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.61%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.36%) Azure
1 12 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (4.91%) OneDrive
3 6 (3.68%) Smartsheet
4 5 (3.07%) AWS
5 3 (1.84%) Google Sheets
5 3 (1.84%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.84%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.84%) ShareGate
5 3 (1.84%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.23%) Serverless
7 1 (0.61%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.61%) GitHub
7 1 (0.61%) IaaS
7 1 (0.61%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.29%) Skype
1 7 (4.29%) SSH
2 2 (1.23%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.23%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.61%) GIS
2 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.61%) Power BI
2 1 (0.61%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 27 (16.56%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Appium
2 1 (0.61%) Git
2 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.61%) Selenium
General
1 99 (60.74%) Social Skills
2 53 (32.52%) Finance
3 30 (18.40%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.75%) Banking
5 10 (6.13%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (6.13%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.29%) Legal
6 7 (4.29%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.68%) Retail
8 5 (3.07%) Local Government
9 4 (2.45%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.84%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.84%) Back Office
10 3 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.23%) Aeronautics
11 2 (1.23%) Automotive
11 2 (1.23%) Billing
11 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (20.25%) Lead
2 32 (19.63%) Project Manager
3 25 (15.34%) Analyst
4 12 (7.36%) Engagement Manager
5 10 (6.13%) Technical Manager
6 9 (5.52%) Business Analyst
6 9 (5.52%) Senior
7 8 (4.91%) Programme Manager
8 7 (4.29%) Operational Support Analyst
8 7 (4.29%) Operations Analyst
8 7 (4.29%) Operations Support Analyst
8 7 (4.29%) Support Analyst
9 6 (3.68%) Consultant
9 6 (3.68%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (3.07%) Service Manager
10 5 (3.07%) Technical Project Manager
11 4 (2.45%) Migration Project Manager
11 4 (2.45%) Senior Manager
11 4 (2.45%) Senior Project Manager
11 4 (2.45%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.23%) CSS
1 2 (1.23%) HTML
2 1 (0.61%) REST
2 1 (0.61%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.20%) Virtual Team
2 7 (4.29%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.29%) Tandem
3 6 (3.68%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.84%) Learning Management System
5 3 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.84%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.84%) PMI
6 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.23%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.23%) EPoS
6 2 (1.23%) Life Science
6 2 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.61%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.61%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.61%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.13%) Windows
2 7 (4.29%) Unix
3 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (42.33%) Agile
2 49 (30.06%) Project Delivery
3 47 (28.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 46 (28.22%) Change Management
5 43 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (24.54%) ITIL
7 33 (20.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (20.25%) PRINCE2
8 25 (15.34%) Migration
9 23 (14.11%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (14.11%) Waterfall
10 22 (13.50%) Six Sigma
11 21 (12.88%) Service Delivery
12 19 (11.66%) DevOps
12 19 (11.66%) Risk Management
13 18 (11.04%) Budget Management
13 18 (11.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (9.82%) Agile Project Management
15 15 (9.20%) Impact Analysis
15 15 (9.20%) Lean Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.29%) SQL
2 5 (3.07%) Python
3 4 (2.45%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.23%) C#
5 1 (0.61%) ABAP
5 1 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.61%) Java
Qualifications
1 48 (29.45%) Degree
2 23 (14.11%) Security Cleared
3 19 (11.66%) SC Cleared
4 15 (9.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 12 (7.36%) PMI Certification
5 12 (7.36%) PMP
6 10 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.45%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.23%) ACCA
9 2 (1.23%) CBAP
9 2 (1.23%) CIMA
9 2 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.61%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.61%) CISM
10 1 (0.61%) CISSP
10 1 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.59%) PMO
2 13 (7.98%) QA
3 4 (2.45%) P3O
4 2 (1.23%) COBIT
4 2 (1.23%) GRC
4 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.23%) NIST
4 2 (1.23%) PMBOK
4 2 (1.23%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.61%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.61%) GDPR
5 1 (0.61%) GxP
5 1 (0.61%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (4.29%) SCCM
2 1 (0.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (25.15%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.82%) SAP
3 7 (4.29%) Google
3 7 (4.29%) IBM
3 7 (4.29%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.45%) Oracle
5 3 (1.84%) Cisco
5 3 (1.84%) Gemalto
5 3 (1.84%) Nintex
5 3 (1.84%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.84%) Planview
5 3 (1.84%) Thales
6 2 (1.23%) Citrix
6 2 (1.23%) Databricks
6 2 (1.23%) MathWorks
6 2 (1.23%) Snow
6 2 (1.23%) Workday
7 1 (0.61%) Avaya
7 1 (0.61%) Genesys
7 1 (0.61%) Salesforce