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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 28 20
Rank change year-on-year -11 -8 -3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 164 131 198
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.89% 6.72% 7.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.87% 7.47% 8.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 79 124
10th Percentile £331 £304 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £570 £575
90th Percentile £650 £672 £638
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 25
10th Percentile - £31.76 £24.21
25th Percentile £21.00 £53.24 £28.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £60.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +71.43% -
75th Percentile £42.50 £75.63 £43.75
90th Percentile £68.85 £77.50 £53.50
England median hourly rate £36.00 £46.24 £38.12
% change year-on-year -22.15% +21.30% -22.20%

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 2,793 1,754 2,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.32% 90.04% 85.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,673 1,147 1,450
10th Percentile £300 £300 £306
25th Percentile £396 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £553 £588
90th Percentile £675 £661 £676
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 97 265
10th Percentile £17.10 £13.88 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.72 £14.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £30.40 £26.39
Median % change year-on-year +80.92% +15.20% -24.60%
75th Percentile £74.26 £63.40 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £84.80 £66.61
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.55 £37.18
% change year-on-year +64.62% -23.21% -0.85%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -29 71 £465 -2.11% 71
Cheshire -5 39 £463 +10.12% 17
Lancashire +6 32 £606 +6.36% 19
Cumbria -6 13 £488 +3.72% 1
Merseyside -18 8 £425 +7.94% 13
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 17 (10.37%) Confluence
2 9 (5.49%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.61%) CMS
4 1 (0.61%) IIS
4 1 (0.61%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (6.71%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (4.88%) MS Visio
4 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 26 (15.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.83%) Primavera
2 3 (1.83%) SAP HCM
2 3 (1.83%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.22%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.61%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.71%) Azure
2 7 (4.27%) Google Workspace
2 7 (4.27%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (2.44%) GCP
3 4 (2.44%) Google Sheets
3 4 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.44%) SaaS
4 3 (1.83%) Asana
4 3 (1.83%) Google Drive
4 3 (1.83%) Smartsheet
4 3 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (1.22%) AWS
5 2 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.22%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.22%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.61%) Cohesity
6 1 (0.61%) PaaS
6 1 (0.61%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.44%) DNS
2 3 (1.83%) DKIM
2 3 (1.83%) DMARC
2 3 (1.83%) Network Security
2 3 (1.83%) SSH
2 3 (1.83%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.22%) BGP
4 1 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.61%) Firewall
4 1 (0.61%) Internet
4 1 (0.61%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.61%) SSL
4 1 (0.61%) WAN
4 1 (0.61%) WebEx
4 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.27%) Power BI
2 4 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.83%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.22%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.22%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.61%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.61%) GIS
5 1 (0.61%) Looker
5 1 (0.61%) Metadata
5 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (15.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
General
1 85 (51.83%) Finance
2 78 (47.56%) Social Skills
3 36 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.37%) Banking
5 15 (9.15%) Retail
6 10 (6.10%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (6.10%) Public Sector
6 10 (6.10%) Telecoms
7 9 (5.49%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.83%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (1.83%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.22%) Legal
10 2 (1.22%) Marketing
10 2 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.61%) Law
11 1 (0.61%) Publishing
11 1 (0.61%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 62 (37.80%) Project Manager
2 19 (11.59%) Consultant
3 16 (9.76%) SAP Consultant
4 15 (9.15%) Analyst
4 15 (9.15%) Finance Manager
4 15 (9.15%) Finance Project Manager
5 13 (7.93%) Transformation Consultant
6 12 (7.32%) Senior
6 12 (7.32%) Senior Manager
6 12 (7.32%) Senior Project Manager
7 11 (6.71%) Lead
8 10 (6.10%) Engagement Manager
9 9 (5.49%) Accountant
9 9 (5.49%) Systems Accountant
10 6 (3.66%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.66%) IT Manager
10 6 (3.66%) IT Project Manager
11 4 (2.44%) Banking Analyst
11 4 (2.44%) Programme Manager
11 4 (2.44%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.44%) OAuth
2 1 (0.61%) Middleware
2 1 (0.61%) REST
2 1 (0.61%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.61%) SAML
2 1 (0.61%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.71%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.66%) EPoS
3 5 (3.05%) PKI
3 5 (3.05%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.44%) Freedom of Information
4 4 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.44%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.83%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.83%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.83%) PMI
5 3 (1.83%) Tandem
6 2 (1.22%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.22%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.22%) SCADA
7 1 (0.61%) CMDB
7 1 (0.61%) Life Science
7 1 (0.61%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.66%) Windows
2 4 (2.44%) Unix
3 2 (1.22%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (33.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 48 (29.27%) Migration
3 46 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (26.22%) Change Management
5 41 (25.00%) Agile
6 36 (21.95%) ERP
7 30 (18.29%) Project Delivery
7 30 (18.29%) Validation
8 29 (17.68%) Data Migration
9 28 (17.07%) Business Transformation
9 28 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (17.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 28 (17.07%) Workshop Facilitation
10 21 (12.80%) Visualisation
11 16 (9.76%) ITIL
11 16 (9.76%) Risk Management
12 15 (9.15%) Waterfall
13 14 (8.54%) Decision-Making
13 14 (8.54%) Roadmaps
13 14 (8.54%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.27%) SQL
2 4 (2.44%) Python
3 1 (0.61%) ABAP
3 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (14.02%) Security Cleared
2 19 (11.59%) Degree
3 14 (8.54%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.10%) PMP
5 9 (5.49%) ACCA
5 9 (5.49%) CIMA
5 9 (5.49%) CIPFA
6 8 (4.88%) PMI Certification
7 7 (4.27%) Master's Degree
8 6 (3.66%) MBA
9 4 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.22%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.22%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.22%) CISA
11 2 (1.22%) CISM
11 2 (1.22%) CISSP
11 2 (1.22%) CRISC
11 2 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (1.22%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.27%) PMO
2 5 (3.05%) SLA
3 3 (1.83%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.83%) GRC
3 3 (1.83%) QA
4 2 (1.22%) Basel III
4 2 (1.22%) GDPR
4 2 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 2 (1.22%) NEBOSH
4 2 (1.22%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (3.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.22%) Ansible
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (23.78%) SAP
2 18 (10.98%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.93%) Sage
4 7 (4.27%) Google
5 4 (2.44%) Concur
5 4 (2.44%) DocuSign
6 3 (1.83%) Cisco
6 3 (1.83%) Databricks
6 3 (1.83%) Gemalto
6 3 (1.83%) IBM
6 3 (1.83%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.83%) Thales
7 2 (1.22%) Arista
7 2 (1.22%) Oracle
8 1 (0.61%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.61%) Ekahau
8 1 (0.61%) EXASOL
8 1 (0.61%) Okta
8 1 (0.61%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.61%) Tenable