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 in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 33 22
Rank change year-on-year 0 -11 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 102 147 215
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 5.18% 5.34% 6.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.60% 5.65% 7.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 116 166
10th Percentile £305 £350 £369
25th Percentile £367 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £550
90th Percentile £660 £632 £600
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% +4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 7
10th Percentile £28.08 £26.63 £28.37
25th Percentile £30.53 £30.88 £29.58
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.21 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +12.02% -31.29%
75th Percentile £59.13 £35.23 £35.20
90th Percentile £75.50 £49.30 £45.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £35.96 £64.25
% change year-on-year +30.70% -44.03% +32.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,821 2,603 3,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.48% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,698 2,172
10th Percentile £250 £281 £300
25th Percentile £378 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 266 133
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.24 £46.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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 +2 45 £520 +4.00% 44
Cheshire -19 19 £373 -34.56% 20
Merseyside +3 17 £320 -20.00% 5
Lancashire -8 8 £570 +30.29% 32
Cumbria +3 7 £460 -12.46% 1
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 57 (55.88%) Project Management
2 33 (32.35%) Finance
3 28 (27.45%) Agile
4 27 (26.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (25.49%) Social Skills
6 18 (17.65%) Project Delivery
7 16 (15.69%) PRINCE2
8 14 (13.73%) Migration
9 13 (12.75%) Microsoft
10 12 (11.76%) Change Management
10 12 (11.76%) Waterfall
11 11 (10.78%) SC Cleared
11 11 (10.78%) Security Cleared
11 11 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (10.78%) Project Planning
11 11 (10.78%) JIRA
11 11 (10.78%) Risk Management
12 9 (8.82%) Legal
12 9 (8.82%) Microsoft Project
12 9 (8.82%) Degree
13 8 (7.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (7.84%) Supplier Management
13 8 (7.84%) Local Government
13 8 (7.84%) SAP
13 8 (7.84%) Budget Management
13 8 (7.84%) Roadmaps
13 8 (7.84%) Public Sector
14 7 (6.86%) Oracle
14 7 (6.86%) Scrum
14 7 (6.86%) Retail

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 7 (6.86%) Confluence
2 1 (0.98%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (8.82%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.98%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.96%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.98%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.98%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.98%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.98%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.98%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.98%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.92%) Azure
2 3 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.98%) Asana
3 1 (0.98%) AWS
3 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.98%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.98%) OCI
3 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) GIS
2 1 (0.98%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (10.78%) JIRA
General
1 33 (32.35%) Finance
2 26 (25.49%) Social Skills
3 9 (8.82%) Legal
4 8 (7.84%) Local Government
4 8 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.86%) Retail
6 6 (5.88%) Banking
6 6 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (3.92%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.94%) Military
9 2 (1.96%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.96%) Automotive
9 2 (1.96%) Billing
9 2 (1.96%) Electronics
10 1 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.98%) Law
10 1 (0.98%) Marketing
10 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.98%) ADO
1 1 (0.98%) CSS
1 1 (0.98%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.88%) NHS
2 4 (3.92%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.94%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.98%) CMDB
5 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.98%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.98%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.98%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.98%) SCADA
5 1 (0.98%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (55.88%) Project Management
2 28 (27.45%) Agile
3 27 (26.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (17.65%) Project Delivery
5 16 (15.69%) PRINCE2
6 14 (13.73%) Migration
7 12 (11.76%) Change Management
7 12 (11.76%) Waterfall
8 11 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (10.78%) Project Planning
8 11 (10.78%) Risk Management
9 8 (7.84%) Budget Management
9 8 (7.84%) Roadmaps
9 8 (7.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (7.84%) Supplier Management
10 7 (6.86%) Scrum
11 6 (5.88%) Kanban
11 6 (5.88%) Resource Management
12 5 (4.90%) CRM
12 5 (4.90%) Facilities Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.98%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (10.78%) SC Cleared
1 11 (10.78%) Security Cleared
2 9 (8.82%) Degree
3 6 (5.88%) PMP
4 5 (4.90%) HNC
4 5 (4.90%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.96%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.98%) APMP
8 1 (0.98%) CIMA
8 1 (0.98%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.92%) PMO
2 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.98%) GDPR
2 1 (0.98%) GRC
2 1 (0.98%) ISO 14001
2 1 (0.98%) QA
2 1 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.98%) NetBackup
1 1 (0.98%) SCSM
Vendors
1 13 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.84%) SAP
3 7 (6.86%) Oracle
4 3 (2.94%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.96%) Adobe
5 2 (1.96%) Cisco
5 2 (1.96%) Google
5 2 (1.96%) VMware
6 1 (0.98%) Citrix
6 1 (0.98%) Dell
6 1 (0.98%) Remedy
6 1 (0.98%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.98%) Siemens
6 1 (0.98%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.98%) Splunk
6 1 (0.98%) Virgin Media
6 1 (0.98%) Workday