Project Management Contracts in the North West

Project Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 20 19
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 146 210 250
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 6.92% 7.63% 8.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.82% 9.03% 8.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 126 171
10th Percentile £283 £313 £313
25th Percentile £392 £386 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £539 £575 £575
90th Percentile £673 £638 £650
England median daily rate £513 £520 £530
% change year-on-year -1.44% -1.89% +1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 28 24
10th Percentile £34.23 £23.02 £27.19
25th Percentile £49.86 £31.56 £30.54
Median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% - +3.24%
75th Percentile £77.19 £43.75 £38.13
90th Percentile £80.33 £55.79 £59.96
England median hourly rate £45.59 £38.12 £43.00
% change year-on-year +19.60% -11.35% +40.98%

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 1,868 2,326 2,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.49% 84.52% 90.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,231 1,418 1,957
10th Percentile £296 £300 £313
25th Percentile £375 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.04%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £588
90th Percentile £669 £675 £675
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 262 154
10th Percentile £13.16 £11.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.05 £15.29 £19.51
Median hourly rate £29.90 £29.00 £30.27
Median % change year-on-year +3.10% -4.20% +28.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £46.18 £44.31
90th Percentile £81.00 £67.41 £58.73
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £39.92
% change year-on-year -34.02% -4.50% +55.43%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the North West

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 7 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the North West

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the North West

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 7 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the North West

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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 7 July 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 -4 76 £450 -13.88% 221
Cheshire -24 37 £429 -12.00% 67
Cumbria +9 11 £470 +72.16% 16
Merseyside -3 9 £394 -12.01% 38
Lancashire -11 9 £570 +15.44% 149
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 18 (12.33%) Confluence
2 3 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.37%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.68%) IIS
4 1 (0.68%) SAS
4 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (8.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.11%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.42%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.37%) Simulink
6 1 (0.68%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.68%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (4.79%) Primavera
2 6 (4.11%) SAP PS
3 3 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.37%) SAP APO
4 2 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.68%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.68%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.68%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.68%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.79%) Azure
2 5 (3.42%) AWS
3 4 (2.74%) GCP
4 3 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.05%) Google Sheets
4 3 (2.05%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (1.37%) Azure AKS
5 2 (1.37%) Figma
5 2 (1.37%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.37%) SaaS
5 2 (1.37%) ShareGate
6 1 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.68%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.68%) GitHub
6 1 (0.68%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.42%) DHCP
1 5 (3.42%) DNS
1 5 (3.42%) VPN
2 4 (2.74%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.37%) Intranet
3 2 (1.37%) Network Security
4 1 (0.68%) ATM
4 1 (0.68%) Firewall
4 1 (0.68%) FlexRay
4 1 (0.68%) Internet
4 1 (0.68%) IPsec
4 1 (0.68%) LAN
4 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.68%) SSH
4 1 (0.68%) WAN
4 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.37%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.68%) GIS
2 1 (0.68%) Power BI
2 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (19.18%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.68%) JIRA Agile
General
1 75 (51.37%) Social Skills
2 49 (33.56%) Finance
3 32 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.01%) Legal
5 10 (6.85%) Banking
5 10 (6.85%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.48%) Pharmaceutical
6 8 (5.48%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.79%) Retail
8 5 (3.42%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.42%) Marketing
9 4 (2.74%) Automotive
9 4 (2.74%) French Language
10 3 (2.05%) Back Office
10 3 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.37%) Aeronautics
11 2 (1.37%) Law
11 2 (1.37%) Military
11 2 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (25.34%) Project Manager
2 16 (10.96%) Analyst
3 15 (10.27%) Lead
4 11 (7.53%) Business Analyst
5 10 (6.85%) IT Manager
6 9 (6.16%) Delivery Manager
7 8 (5.48%) IT Project Manager
8 7 (4.79%) Project Planner
9 6 (4.11%) Engagement Manager
9 6 (4.11%) Engineering Manager
10 5 (3.42%) Architect
10 5 (3.42%) Consultant
10 5 (3.42%) Senior
11 4 (2.74%) Designer
11 4 (2.74%) Developer
11 4 (2.74%) IT Engineer
11 4 (2.74%) IT Support
11 4 (2.74%) Network Engineer
11 4 (2.74%) Senior Manager
11 4 (2.74%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.74%) CSS
1 4 (2.74%) HTML
2 2 (1.37%) FastAPI
2 2 (1.37%) SAP Core Interface
3 1 (0.68%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.85%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.79%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.74%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.05%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.37%) CMDB
5 2 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.68%) Clustering
6 1 (0.68%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.68%) Life Science
6 1 (0.68%) LIMS
6 1 (0.68%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.68%) NHS
6 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.68%) Photography
6 1 (0.68%) SCADA
6 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.68%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.48%) Windows
2 1 (0.68%) CentOS
2 1 (0.68%) Linux
2 1 (0.68%) Unix
2 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (34.93%) Agile
2 39 (26.71%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (21.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (16.44%) Change Management
4 24 (16.44%) Project Delivery
5 21 (14.38%) Migration
6 20 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (13.70%) Scrum
7 18 (12.33%) PRINCE2
8 16 (10.96%) ITIL
9 15 (10.27%) Coaching
10 14 (9.59%) Process Improvement
10 14 (9.59%) Project Planning
10 14 (9.59%) Service Management
11 13 (8.90%) Decision-Making
11 13 (8.90%) DevOps
11 13 (8.90%) Risk Management
12 11 (7.53%) Agile Project Management
12 11 (7.53%) Microservices
12 11 (7.53%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.79%) Java
2 5 (3.42%) SQL
3 3 (2.05%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.37%) C#
4 2 (1.37%) Python
5 1 (0.68%) C++
Qualifications
1 21 (14.38%) Degree
2 16 (10.96%) SC Cleared
2 16 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.85%) PMP
4 9 (6.16%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.74%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.05%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.37%) CBAP
7 2 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.68%) CCNA
8 1 (0.68%) CCNP
8 1 (0.68%) CIMA
8 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.68%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.53%) QA
2 4 (2.74%) PMO
3 2 (1.37%) COBIT
3 2 (1.37%) GxP
3 2 (1.37%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.68%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.68%) GDPR
4 1 (0.68%) GRC
4 1 (0.68%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.68%) NIST
4 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.68%) SLA
4 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (2.05%) Docker
2 2 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.68%) Ansible
2 1 (0.68%) Nagios
2 1 (0.68%) NetBackup
2 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.68%) SCSM
2 1 (0.68%) Terraform
2 1 (0.68%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 27 (18.49%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.81%) SAP
3 10 (6.85%) Google
4 6 (4.11%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.74%) Adobe
6 2 (1.37%) Cisco
6 2 (1.37%) Dell
6 2 (1.37%) IBM
6 2 (1.37%) MathWorks
6 2 (1.37%) Nintex
6 2 (1.37%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.37%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.37%) VMware
7 1 (0.68%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.68%) Databricks
7 1 (0.68%) EXASOL
7 1 (0.68%) Facebook
7 1 (0.68%) Meraki
7 1 (0.68%) Twitter
7 1 (0.68%) YouTube