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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -20 +6 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 151 184 199
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 6.03% 8.49% 7.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.82% 9.82% 8.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 79 142
10th Percentile £359 £298 £265
25th Percentile £422 £356 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £450 £481
Median % change year-on-year +10.22% -6.49% -3.75%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £556
90th Percentile £684 £593 £638
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 28 20
10th Percentile £29.90 £22.81 £20.07
25th Percentile - £28.49 £32.25
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £35.73
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% -9.03% -43.53%
75th Percentile - £46.76 £45.06
90th Percentile £65.82 £58.79 £60.20
England median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £46.06
% change year-on-year +15.71% -24.00% +3.93%

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 2,213 1,874 2,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.38% 86.48% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,448 1,055 1,596
10th Percentile £213 £265 £295
25th Percentile £358 £390 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £567 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 108 157
10th Percentile £16.41 £16.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.63 £21.20 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £31.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -11.97% +33.81%
75th Percentile £51.76 £51.91 £46.88
90th Percentile £69.78 £68.65 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

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 19 December 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 19 December 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 19 December 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 -28 51 £458 +1.67% 84
Cheshire -17 47 £475 +15.15% 44
Lancashire +5 25 £500 - 57
Cumbria +4 17 £500 +25.00% 7
Merseyside -13 8 £625 -3.70% 19
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 (11.26%) Confluence
1 17 (11.26%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.64%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (4.64%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.66%) CMS
4 1 (0.66%) IIS
4 1 (0.66%) Moodle
Applications
1 20 (13.25%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (7.28%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (6.62%) MS Visio
4 9 (5.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.31%) SAP Payroll
2 4 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.32%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.66%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.66%) Primavera
4 1 (0.66%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (9.27%) Azure
2 12 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (5.30%) OneDrive
4 6 (3.97%) Smartsheet
5 5 (3.31%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.31%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (2.65%) AWS
7 3 (1.99%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.32%) Serverless
9 1 (0.66%) Amazon Cognito
9 1 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.66%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.66%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.66%) IaaS
9 1 (0.66%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.66%) OCI
9 1 (0.66%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.64%) Skype
1 7 (4.64%) SSH
2 1 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.66%) DNS
2 1 (0.66%) Firewall
2 1 (0.66%) Internet
2 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.66%) SSL
2 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.66%) WAN
2 1 (0.66%) WebEx
2 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.99%) Power BI
2 2 (1.32%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.66%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.66%) Looker
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.66%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (17.22%) JIRA
2 1 (0.66%) Appium
2 1 (0.66%) Git
2 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.66%) Selenium
General
1 90 (59.60%) Social Skills
2 45 (29.80%) Finance
3 24 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.28%) Banking
5 9 (5.96%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.30%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.64%) Legal
8 6 (3.97%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.65%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.65%) Retail
10 3 (1.99%) Local Government
10 3 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.32%) Automotive
11 2 (1.32%) Billing
11 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.32%) Marketing
11 2 (1.32%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 35 (23.18%) Project Manager
2 28 (18.54%) Lead
3 24 (15.89%) Analyst
4 12 (7.95%) Engagement Manager
5 10 (6.62%) Senior
6 8 (5.30%) Support Analyst
7 7 (4.64%) Operational Support Analyst
7 7 (4.64%) Operations Analyst
7 7 (4.64%) Operations Support Analyst
7 7 (4.64%) Programme Manager
7 7 (4.64%) Technical Manager
8 6 (3.97%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.97%) Consultant
9 5 (3.31%) Migration Manager
9 5 (3.31%) Technical Project Manager
10 4 (2.65%) IT Manager
10 4 (2.65%) Senior Manager
10 4 (2.65%) Senior Project Manager
10 4 (2.65%) Service Manager
10 4 (2.65%) Service Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.66%) REST
1 1 (0.66%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.27%) Virtual Team
2 7 (4.64%) Tandem
3 5 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.65%) PMI
4 4 (2.65%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.99%) Learning Management System
5 3 (1.99%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.32%) EPoS
6 2 (1.32%) Life Science
6 2 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.66%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.66%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.96%) Windows
2 7 (4.64%) Unix
3 2 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (41.72%) Agile
2 48 (31.79%) Change Management
3 47 (31.13%) Project Delivery
4 46 (30.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (26.49%) ITIL
6 32 (21.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (19.87%) PRINCE2
8 27 (17.88%) Migration
9 24 (15.89%) Waterfall
10 23 (15.23%) Six Sigma
10 23 (15.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (14.57%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (13.91%) Service Delivery
13 19 (12.58%) Budget Management
14 18 (11.92%) DevOps
15 16 (10.60%) Agile Project Management
15 16 (10.60%) Lean Six Sigma
15 16 (10.60%) Risk Management
16 14 (9.27%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.31%) Python
1 5 (3.31%) SQL
2 2 (1.32%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.66%) ABAP
3 1 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.66%) Java
Qualifications
1 46 (30.46%) Degree
2 21 (13.91%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 15 (9.93%) SC Cleared
4 12 (7.95%) PMI Certification
4 12 (7.95%) PMP
5 9 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (5.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.99%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.32%) ACCA
8 2 (1.32%) CIMA
8 2 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.66%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.66%) CISM
9 1 (0.66%) CISSP
9 1 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.66%) MBA
9 1 (0.66%) MCSA
9 1 (0.66%) MCSE
9 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.95%) PMO
1 12 (7.95%) QA
2 4 (2.65%) P3O
3 2 (1.32%) PMBOK
4 1 (0.66%) Basel III
4 1 (0.66%) EU AI Act
4 1 (0.66%) GDPR
4 1 (0.66%) GRC
4 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.66%) NIST
4 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.66%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (5.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (5.30%) SCCM
2 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (24.50%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.61%) SAP
3 7 (4.64%) IBM
4 4 (2.65%) Cisco
4 4 (2.65%) Google
4 4 (2.65%) Oracle
4 4 (2.65%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.99%) Citrix
5 3 (1.99%) Gemalto
5 3 (1.99%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.99%) Planview
5 3 (1.99%) Thales
6 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.32%) Snow
6 2 (1.32%) Workday
7 1 (0.66%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.66%) Databricks
7 1 (0.66%) Ekahau
7 1 (0.66%) Nintex
7 1 (0.66%) UiPath