Project Manager Contracts in the North West

Project Manager
England > North West

The median Project Manager daily rate in the North West is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 21 17
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 148 215 353
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 5.36% 6.73% 8.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.68% 7.09% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 166 272
10th Percentile £350 £369 £320
25th Percentile £413 £425 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +0.45%
75th Percentile £593 £550 £525
90th Percentile £631 £600 £575
England median daily rate £525 £535 £513
% change year-on-year -1.87% +4.39% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 5
10th Percentile £26.63 £28.37 £27.60
25th Percentile £30.88 £29.58 £28.50
Median hourly rate £34.21 £30.54 £44.45
Median % change year-on-year +12.02% -31.29% +33.68%
75th Percentile £35.23 £35.20 £48.75
90th Percentile £49.30 £45.50 £49.97
England median hourly rate £35.96 £64.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.03% +35.26% +68.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,607 3,031 3,927
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 94.87% 96.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 2,172 2,878
10th Percentile £280 £300 £207
25th Percentile £390 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £563
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 134 175
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.49
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +49.05% +11.72%
75th Percentile £46.18 £47.38 £43.25
90th Percentile £64.00 £65.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
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 Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 April 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 -22 61 £500 - 61
Cheshire +9 43 £569 +26.50% 25
Lancashire +17 19 £438 +2.94% 10
Merseyside +8 19 £400 -23.08% 10
Cumbria -23 5 £526 +10.63% 6
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 66 (44.59%) Project Management
2 48 (32.43%) Finance
3 43 (29.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (29.05%) Social Skills
4 31 (20.95%) Agile
5 19 (12.84%) Project Delivery
6 18 (12.16%) Public Sector
6 18 (12.16%) SAP
7 15 (10.14%) JIRA
8 14 (9.46%) ERP
8 14 (9.46%) Requirements Gathering
9 13 (8.78%) Microsoft
9 13 (8.78%) Manufacturing
10 12 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (8.11%) PRINCE2
11 11 (7.43%) Business Case
11 11 (7.43%) CRM
11 11 (7.43%) Migration
11 11 (7.43%) Degree
12 10 (6.76%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
12 10 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (6.08%) Waterfall
13 9 (6.08%) SQL
14 8 (5.41%) Management Information System
14 8 (5.41%) Project Planning
14 8 (5.41%) Analytics
14 8 (5.41%) Decision-Making
14 8 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (4.73%) Design Patterns
15 7 (4.73%) Systems Engineering

Project Manager Skill Set
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 2 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.03%) SAP SD
3 2 (1.35%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.68%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.68%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (4.73%) Azure
3 6 (4.05%) SaaS
4 5 (3.38%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.70%) AWS
5 4 (2.70%) WhatsApp
6 2 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.35%) Miro
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.68%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (3.38%) Power BI
2 2 (1.35%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (10.14%) JIRA
General
1 48 (32.43%) Finance
2 43 (29.05%) Social Skills
3 18 (12.16%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.78%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.05%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (3.38%) Banking
7 4 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.70%) Local Government
7 4 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.70%) Retail
8 3 (2.03%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.03%) Front Office
8 3 (2.03%) Police
9 2 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.35%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.35%) Legal
9 2 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Electronics
10 1 (0.68%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.68%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.70%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.68%) EMV
5 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.68%) Life Science
5 1 (0.68%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.68%) PMI
5 1 (0.68%) Smart City
5 1 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.03%) Windows
2 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (44.59%) Project Management
2 43 (29.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 31 (20.95%) Agile
4 19 (12.84%) Project Delivery
5 14 (9.46%) ERP
5 14 (9.46%) Requirements Gathering
6 12 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (8.11%) PRINCE2
7 11 (7.43%) Business Case
7 11 (7.43%) CRM
7 11 (7.43%) Migration
8 10 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (6.76%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 9 (6.08%) Waterfall
10 8 (5.41%) Analytics
10 8 (5.41%) Decision-Making
10 8 (5.41%) Project Planning
11 7 (4.73%) Design Patterns
11 7 (4.73%) Systems Engineering
11 7 (4.73%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.08%) SQL
2 7 (4.73%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.68%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (7.43%) Degree
2 6 (4.05%) SC Cleared
2 6 (4.05%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.38%) PMP
4 4 (2.70%) CISA
4 4 (2.70%) CISM
4 4 (2.70%) CISSP
4 4 (2.70%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.70%) MBA
4 4 (2.70%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.03%) HNC
5 3 (2.03%) NVQ Level 4
6 1 (0.68%) APMP
6 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.38%) GDPR
1 5 (3.38%) PMO
2 2 (1.35%) QA
3 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.68%) GAMP
3 1 (0.68%) GxP
3 1 (0.68%) NEBOSH
3 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.68%) SLA
Vendors
1 18 (12.16%) SAP
2 13 (8.78%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.73%) Avaloq
4 5 (3.38%) Sage
5 3 (2.03%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.35%) NEC
6 2 (1.35%) Oracle
7 1 (0.68%) Ariba
7 1 (0.68%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.68%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.68%) Kronos