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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 17 19
Rank change year-on-year -13 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 159 193 210
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 6.53% 8.31% 7.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.42% 9.84% 8.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 82 155
10th Percentile £358 £292 £265
25th Percentile £412 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £435 £489
Median % change year-on-year +14.15% -11.15% -2.20%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £554
90th Percentile £686 £571 £638
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 30 18
10th Percentile £30.90 £21.93 £20.07
25th Percentile £44.10 £30.88 £30.75
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% -8.45% -36.34%
75th Percentile £57.10 £42.81 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.18 £58.44 £53.60
England median hourly rate £40.00 £33.93 £45.00
% change year-on-year +17.89% -24.60% +5.72%

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 2,143 1,962 2,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.04% 84.50% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,424 1,056 1,650
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% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £651 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 119 155
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.21 £16.10
25th Percentile £19.12 £22.94 £18.00
Median hourly rate £29.60 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% - +45.83%
75th Percentile £46.71 £51.89 £46.53
90th Percentile £70.81 £69.98 £64.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +25.00%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -20 56 £450 - 110
Cheshire -17 52 £500 +12.61% 48
Lancashire +11 26 £500 - 88
Cumbria +5 17 £500 +25.00% 7
Merseyside -5 6 £625 +31.58% 26
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 (11.95%) Confluence
2 17 (10.69%) SharePoint
3 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (4.40%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (4.40%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.63%) Moodle
Applications
1 22 (13.84%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (6.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (6.92%) MS Visio
4 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.26%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (3.14%) SAP Payroll
1 5 (3.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.26%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.63%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.63%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.63%) Primavera
3 1 (0.63%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.55%) Azure
1 12 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (5.03%) OneDrive
3 6 (3.77%) Smartsheet
4 5 (3.14%) AWS
4 5 (3.14%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (1.89%) Google Sheets
5 3 (1.89%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.89%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.26%) Serverless
7 1 (0.63%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.63%) GitHub
7 1 (0.63%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.63%) IaaS
7 1 (0.63%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.63%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.40%) Skype
1 7 (4.40%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.26%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.63%) GIS
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.63%) Power BI
2 1 (0.63%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 27 (16.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.63%) Appium
2 1 (0.63%) Git
2 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.63%) Selenium
General
1 96 (60.38%) Social Skills
2 51 (32.08%) Finance
3 29 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.92%) Banking
5 10 (6.29%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.40%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.77%) Legal
9 5 (3.14%) Local Government
9 5 (3.14%) Retail
10 4 (2.52%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.89%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.89%) Back Office
11 3 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.26%) Aeronautics
12 2 (1.26%) Automotive
12 2 (1.26%) Billing
12 2 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (20.75%) Lead
1 33 (20.75%) Project Manager
2 25 (15.72%) Analyst
3 12 (7.55%) Engagement Manager
4 10 (6.29%) Senior
5 9 (5.66%) Business Analyst
5 9 (5.66%) Technical Manager
6 8 (5.03%) Programme Manager
7 7 (4.40%) Operational Support Analyst
7 7 (4.40%) Operations Analyst
7 7 (4.40%) Operations Support Analyst
7 7 (4.40%) Support Analyst
8 6 (3.77%) Consultant
9 5 (3.14%) Technical Project Manager
10 4 (2.52%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (2.52%) Migration Project Manager
10 4 (2.52%) Senior Manager
10 4 (2.52%) Senior Project Manager
10 4 (2.52%) Service Manager
10 4 (2.52%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.63%) REST
1 1 (0.63%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.43%) Virtual Team
2 7 (4.40%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.40%) Tandem
3 6 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.89%) Learning Management System
5 3 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.89%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.89%) PMI
6 2 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.26%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.26%) EPoS
6 2 (1.26%) Life Science
6 2 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.63%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.63%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.63%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.63%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.63%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.29%) Windows
2 7 (4.40%) Unix
3 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (44.03%) Agile
2 48 (30.19%) Project Delivery
3 47 (29.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 46 (28.93%) Change Management
5 42 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (25.79%) ITIL
7 33 (20.75%) PRINCE2
8 32 (20.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (15.72%) Migration
10 23 (14.47%) Waterfall
11 22 (13.84%) Cybersecurity
11 22 (13.84%) Six Sigma
12 20 (12.58%) Service Delivery
12 20 (12.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 19 (11.95%) DevOps
13 19 (11.95%) Risk Management
14 18 (11.32%) Budget Management
15 16 (10.06%) Agile Project Management
16 15 (9.43%) Impact Analysis
16 15 (9.43%) Lean Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.40%) SQL
2 5 (3.14%) Python
3 2 (1.26%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.63%) ABAP
4 1 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.63%) Java
Qualifications
1 48 (30.19%) Degree
2 22 (13.84%) Security Cleared
3 18 (11.32%) SC Cleared
4 15 (9.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 12 (7.55%) PMI Certification
5 12 (7.55%) PMP
6 10 (6.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (5.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.52%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.26%) ACCA
9 2 (1.26%) CBAP
9 2 (1.26%) CIMA
9 2 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.63%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.63%) CISM
10 1 (0.63%) CISSP
10 1 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.63%) MCSA
10 1 (0.63%) MCSE
10 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.18%) PMO
1 13 (8.18%) QA
2 4 (2.52%) P3O
3 2 (1.26%) COBIT
3 2 (1.26%) PMBOK
4 1 (0.63%) EU AI Act
4 1 (0.63%) GDPR
4 1 (0.63%) GRC
4 1 (0.63%) GxP
4 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.63%) NIST
4 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (4.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (4.40%) SCCM
2 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.06%) SAP
3 7 (4.40%) Google
3 7 (4.40%) IBM
3 7 (4.40%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.52%) Oracle
5 3 (1.89%) Cisco
5 3 (1.89%) Gemalto
5 3 (1.89%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.89%) Planview
5 3 (1.89%) Thales
6 2 (1.26%) Citrix
6 2 (1.26%) Databricks
6 2 (1.26%) MathWorks
6 2 (1.26%) Snow
6 2 (1.26%) Workday
7 1 (0.63%) Avaya
7 1 (0.63%) Genesys
7 1 (0.63%) NEC
7 1 (0.63%) Salesforce