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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 28 16
Rank change year-on-year -23 -12 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 161 156 189
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.11% 7.03% 7.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.98% 7.93% 9.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 105 103
10th Percentile £358 £358 £281
25th Percentile £400 £410 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £538 £613 £550
90th Percentile £600 £695 £612
England median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 18
10th Percentile £21.00 £29.38 £19.65
25th Percentile £28.87 £39.51 £25.31
Median hourly rate £33.75 £60.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.75% +71.43% -
75th Percentile £70.15 £76.56 £42.81
90th Percentile £71.45 £79.88 £56.45
England median hourly rate £43.83 £41.06 £38.12
% change year-on-year +6.73% +7.71% -3.62%

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 3,235 1,968 2,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 82.55% 88.73% 83.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,896 1,278 1,233
10th Percentile £289 £297 £313
25th Percentile £400 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% -9.05% -
75th Percentile £594 £575 £588
90th Percentile £680 £671 £679
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 131 159
10th Percentile £16.21 £13.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £25.38 £18.16 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -28.14% +9.80%
75th Percentile £72.28 £53.75 £52.20
90th Percentile £85.00 £72.50 £70.90
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +2.41%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -22 86 £450 -5.26% 144
Cheshire -16 38 £463 +2.78% 36
Lancashire 0 15 £463 -5.61% 43
Merseyside -10 12 £525 -16.00% 33
Cumbria -18 9 £487 +0.66% 10
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 11 (6.83%) Confluence
1 11 (6.83%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.62%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (6.83%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (6.21%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (3.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (3.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.11%) Primavera
3 4 (2.48%) SAP MM
4 2 (1.24%) SAP HCM
4 2 (1.24%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.62%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.62%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (8.70%) Power Platform
2 10 (6.21%) Azure
3 8 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.35%) Google Workspace
5 5 (3.11%) IBM Blueworks
6 4 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.48%) Google Sheets
6 4 (2.48%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.48%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.48%) SaaS
7 3 (1.86%) Asana
7 3 (1.86%) AWS
7 3 (1.86%) GCP
7 3 (1.86%) Google Drive
7 3 (1.86%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.86%) Smartsheet
8 2 (1.24%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.24%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.62%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.48%) BGP
1 4 (2.48%) DNS
1 4 (2.48%) Network Security
1 4 (2.48%) SSH
1 4 (2.48%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.86%) DKIM
2 3 (1.86%) DMARC
3 1 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.62%) DHCP
3 1 (0.62%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.62%) Firewall
3 1 (0.62%) MPLS
3 1 (0.62%) OSPF
3 1 (0.62%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.62%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.62%) VPN
3 1 (0.62%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.62%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.07%) Power BI
2 5 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.86%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.24%) Power Query
4 2 (1.24%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.62%) Big Data
5 1 (0.62%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.62%) Metadata
5 1 (0.62%) MySQL
5 1 (0.62%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (9.94%) JIRA
2 2 (1.24%) Git
3 1 (0.62%) GitLab
3 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 77 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 72 (44.72%) Finance
3 38 (23.60%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.56%) Banking
5 15 (9.32%) Retail
6 14 (8.70%) Manufacturing
7 12 (7.45%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (6.83%) Public Sector
9 9 (5.59%) Telecoms
10 7 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (3.73%) Legal
12 3 (1.86%) Aviation
12 3 (1.86%) Retail Banking
13 2 (1.24%) Automotive
13 2 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.24%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.62%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.62%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.62%) Law
14 1 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 65 (40.37%) Project Manager
2 14 (8.70%) Lead
3 11 (6.83%) IT Manager
3 11 (6.83%) IT Project Manager
4 10 (6.21%) Accountant
4 10 (6.21%) Finance Manager
4 10 (6.21%) Senior
4 10 (6.21%) Systems Accountant
5 9 (5.59%) Finance Project Manager
5 9 (5.59%) Senior Manager
6 8 (4.97%) Analyst
6 8 (4.97%) Engagement Manager
6 8 (4.97%) Senior Project Manager
7 7 (4.35%) Consultant
7 7 (4.35%) Programme Manager
7 7 (4.35%) Security Manager
7 7 (4.35%) Security Project Manager
8 6 (3.73%) Agile Project Manager
8 6 (3.73%) IT Finance Manager
9 5 (3.11%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.48%) OAuth
2 2 (1.24%) REST
3 1 (0.62%) JSON
3 1 (0.62%) LangChain
3 1 (0.62%) LangGraph
3 1 (0.62%) Middleware
3 1 (0.62%) SAML
3 1 (0.62%) SOAP
3 1 (0.62%) Terraform
3 1 (0.62%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.32%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.59%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.97%) Credit Risk
4 7 (4.35%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.73%) EPoS
5 6 (3.73%) Taxonomies
6 5 (3.11%) Freedom of Information
6 5 (3.11%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.11%) PKI
7 4 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.48%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.48%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.86%) PMI
8 3 (1.86%) Tandem
9 2 (1.24%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.24%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.73%) Windows
2 5 (3.11%) Unix
3 2 (1.24%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.62%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 45 (27.95%) Agile
3 36 (22.36%) Change Management
3 36 (22.36%) Project Delivery
4 31 (19.25%) Migration
5 30 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 22 (13.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (13.04%) AI
8 21 (13.04%) Risk Management
9 18 (11.18%) Cybersecurity
9 18 (11.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 18 (11.18%) Workshop Facilitation
10 17 (10.56%) ERP
11 16 (9.94%) Decision-Making
12 15 (9.32%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (9.32%) Project Governance
12 15 (9.32%) Waterfall
13 14 (8.70%) ITIL
13 14 (8.70%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.35%) Python
1 7 (4.35%) SQL
2 2 (1.24%) ABAP
3 1 (0.62%) Bash
3 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.62%) MATLAB
3 1 (0.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (11.18%) Security Cleared
2 16 (9.94%) Degree
3 10 (6.21%) ACCA
3 10 (6.21%) CIMA
3 10 (6.21%) CIPFA
3 10 (6.21%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.59%) PMI Certification
5 7 (4.35%) PMP
6 4 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.24%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.24%) CISA
8 2 (1.24%) CISM
8 2 (1.24%) CISSP
8 2 (1.24%) CRISC
8 2 (1.24%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.62%) CCIE
9 1 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.35%) PMO
2 6 (3.73%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.48%) SLA
4 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.86%) NIST
5 2 (1.24%) GDPR
5 2 (1.24%) GRC
5 2 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (1.24%) QA
6 1 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.62%) Docker
2 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (2.48%) Ansible
2 3 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.62%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.62%) Puppet
Vendors
1 21 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.18%) SAP
3 7 (4.35%) Google
4 5 (3.11%) Databricks
4 5 (3.11%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.48%) Cisco
5 4 (2.48%) Concur
5 4 (2.48%) DocuSign
5 4 (2.48%) Gemalto
5 4 (2.48%) Oracle
5 4 (2.48%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.48%) Thales
6 3 (1.86%) Alteryx
6 3 (1.86%) Arista
6 3 (1.86%) IBM
6 3 (1.86%) Sage
7 2 (1.24%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.24%) Infor
7 2 (1.24%) Teradata
8 1 (0.62%) Veeam