Project Manager Contracts in Northampton

Project Manager
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Project Manager daily rate in Northampton is £480, 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 19 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 6 12 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton 4.88% 9.45% 11.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.36% 9.76% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 14
10th Percentile £389 £325 £406
25th Percentile £432 - £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £355 £500
Median % change year-on-year +35.21% -29.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £516 £460 £550
90th Percentile £556 £595 £628
Northamptonshire median daily rate £480 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +3.78% -7.50% -2.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 112 123 125
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 96.85% 92.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 94 96
10th Percentile £266 £333 £200
25th Percentile £358 £356 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £448 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.17% +11.88% -11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £573 £500
90th Percentile £560 £622 £575
Northamptonshire median daily rate £420 £433 £400
% change year-on-year -2.89% +8.13% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - - £14.93
25th Percentile £13.75 - £15.55
Median hourly rate £14.50 £14.00 £16.90
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -17.16% +24.13%
75th Percentile £15.25 - £18.57
90th Percentile - £35.75 £19.38
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £32.25 £14.00 £19.02
% change year-on-year +130.36% -26.37% -17.33%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Northampton

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Northampton.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Northampton

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Northampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Northampton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Northampton

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Northampton.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Northampton

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton

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 Northampton region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (16.67%) Basel III
3 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (16.67%) MuleSoft
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) MiFID
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Budget Management
1 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Basel III
1 1 (16.67%) MiFID
1 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) MuleSoft