Project Management Contracts in the North West

Project Management
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 16 18
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 193 276 346
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 7.09% 8.70% 8.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.22% 9.61% 9.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 185 231
10th Percentile £313 £316 £229
25th Percentile £390 £413 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £440
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% +13.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £593 £550 £538
90th Percentile £651 £638 £600
England median daily rate £525 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 27 23
10th Percentile £24.09 £25.34 £19.70
25th Percentile £30.63 £28.31 £27.38
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% - +55.56%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £57.80 £65.40 £62.18
England median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £33.12
% change year-on-year -22.20% +47.95% +24.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,349 2,873 3,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.30% 90.60% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,497 2,042 2,616
10th Percentile £306 £313 £240
25th Percentile £405 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £593 £588 £575
90th Percentile £689 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 140 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.36 £21.91 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.56 £35.50 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -39.28% +71.13% +12.14%
75th Percentile £45.66 £49.43 £43.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.78 £58.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%

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

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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 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 2024. 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 -6 97 £512 +5.07% 147
Cheshire +1 53 £500 +11.11% 74
Lancashire +9 21 £538 +19.44% 33
Merseyside 0 14 £410 -18.00% 21
Cumbria -19 8 £273 -50.36% 17
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 8 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.04%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (10.36%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (8.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (6.74%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (2.07%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.04%) Revit
6 2 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.52%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.55%) Aareon QL
2 3 (1.55%) Sage X3
3 2 (1.04%) Primavera
3 2 (1.04%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.52%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.52%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.77%) Azure
2 14 (7.25%) Power Platform
3 8 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (3.11%) SaaS
5 5 (2.59%) AWS
5 5 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.07%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.04%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.04%) Miro
8 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.52%) OCI
8 1 (0.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.55%) Intranet
2 2 (1.04%) 2G
2 2 (1.04%) 3G
2 2 (1.04%) 4G
2 2 (1.04%) 5G
2 2 (1.04%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.22%) Power BI
2 4 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.55%) DB2
3 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (11.40%) JIRA
General
1 65 (33.68%) Finance
2 64 (33.16%) Social Skills
3 28 (14.51%) Public Sector
4 23 (11.92%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.70%) Legal
5 11 (5.70%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.66%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.66%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (4.15%) Banking
7 8 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.15%) Mandarin Language
7 8 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.63%) Local Government
9 5 (2.59%) Front Office
10 4 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.07%) Police
11 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.04%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.04%) Military
12 2 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 67 (34.72%) Project Manager
2 19 (9.84%) Analyst
3 16 (8.29%) Senior
4 12 (6.22%) Business Analyst
5 10 (5.18%) Capability Manager
5 10 (5.18%) Senior Manager
6 9 (4.66%) Lead
7 8 (4.15%) IT Manager
7 8 (4.15%) Programme Manager
8 7 (3.63%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (3.63%) IT Project Manager
8 7 (3.63%) Technical Manager
9 6 (3.11%) Technical Project Manager
10 5 (2.59%) Architect
10 5 (2.59%) Coordinator
10 5 (2.59%) Manufacturing Engineer
10 5 (2.59%) Senior Project Manager
10 5 (2.59%) Support Engineer
10 5 (2.59%) Support Officer
11 4 (2.07%) Cutover Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.07%) .NET
2 3 (1.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.29%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.66%) Life Science
3 5 (2.59%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.59%) Virtual Team
4 4 (2.07%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.07%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.07%) NHS
5 3 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.55%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.55%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.04%) PMI
6 2 (1.04%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.04%) SCADA
7 1 (0.52%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.52%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (0.52%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.55%) Android
1 3 (1.55%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.04%) Windows
2 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (29.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 56 (29.02%) Agile
3 32 (16.58%) Project Delivery
4 29 (15.03%) PRINCE2
5 26 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (9.84%) Risk Management
7 18 (9.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 17 (8.81%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (8.81%) Waterfall
9 15 (7.77%) Requirements Gathering
10 14 (7.25%) Process Improvement
10 14 (7.25%) Time Management
11 13 (6.74%) Analytics
11 13 (6.74%) Change Management
11 13 (6.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (6.22%) Decision-Making
13 11 (5.70%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (5.70%) Data Analysis
13 11 (5.70%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.29%) SQL
2 7 (3.63%) PL/SQL
3 3 (1.55%) C
3 3 (1.55%) Java
4 2 (1.04%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.52%) C#
Qualifications
1 24 (12.44%) Degree
2 14 (7.25%) PMI Certification
2 14 (7.25%) PMP
3 9 (4.66%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.63%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.55%) HNC
5 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.55%) NVQ Level 4
6 2 (1.04%) APMG
6 2 (1.04%) CCNA
6 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.52%) APMP
7 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.52%) CISSP
7 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.52%) MCP
7 1 (0.52%) MCSE
7 1 (0.52%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.33%) PMO
2 9 (4.66%) GDPR
3 6 (3.11%) GAMP
3 6 (3.11%) GxP
3 6 (3.11%) QA
4 4 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.55%) IASME
5 3 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.04%) NIST
6 2 (1.04%) P3O
7 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.52%) COREP
7 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.52%) FINREP
7 1 (0.52%) GMP
7 1 (0.52%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.52%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (11.92%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.25%) SAP
3 7 (3.63%) Avaloq
4 6 (3.11%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.07%) Cadence
5 4 (2.07%) Google
6 3 (1.55%) Aareon
6 3 (1.55%) Adobe
6 3 (1.55%) Ariba
6 3 (1.55%) Sage
7 2 (1.04%) CA
7 2 (1.04%) Lotus
7 2 (1.04%) Oracle
8 1 (0.52%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.52%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.52%) VMware
8 1 (0.52%) Xamarin