Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Project Manager
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Northamptonshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	16	28	23
Rank change year-on-year	+12	-5	-6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager	15	20	15
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire	5.70%	6.43%	5.77%
As % of the Job Titles category	6.98%	6.60%	6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	19	12
10^th Percentile	£402	£360	£361
25^th Percentile	£435	£410	£380
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£550	£391
Median % change year-on-year	-4.55%	+40.58%	-28.86%
75^th Percentile	£588	£569	£435
90^th Percentile	£648	£650	£585
East Midlands median daily rate	£525	£538	£391
% change year-on-year	-2.33%	+37.64%	-25.65%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in Northamptonshire with a recognized job title	215	303	240
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title	81.75%	97.43%	92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted	100	265	172
10^th Percentile	£298	£278	£342
25^th Percentile	£381	£350	£360
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£425	£393	£425
Median % change year-on-year	+8.14%	-7.53%	-10.53%
75^th Percentile	£538	£450	£500
90^th Percentile	£600	£540	£586
East Midlands median daily rate	£481	£413	£433
% change year-on-year	+16.61%	-4.65%	-8.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted	38	5	6
10^th Percentile	£13.72	-	-
25^th Percentile	£14.24	-	£11.83
Median hourly rate	£14.56	£21.39	£12.22
Median % change year-on-year	-31.93%	+75.04%	-7.25%
75^th Percentile	£17.03	-	£22.13
90^th Percentile	£22.55	£41.56	£42.03
East Midlands median hourly rate	£18.31	£21.25	£24.18
% change year-on-year	-13.84%	-12.12%	+35.60%

Project Manager Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Project Manager Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Northamptonshire.

Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Northamptonshire

Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Northamptonshire.

Project Manager Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Northampton	+20	11	£485	+2.11%
Wellingborough	-	2	£547	-
Kettering	-	1	£525	-
Project Manager East Midlands

Project Manager Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northamptonshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	66.7%	10
2	Agile	40.0%	6
3	Project Delivery	33.3%	5
3	Risk Management	33.3%	5
3	Waterfall	33.3%	5
6	Project Management	26.7%	4
6	Stakeholder Engagement	26.7%	4
8	Cybersecurity	20.0%	3
8	Project Planning	20.0%	3
10	BASE24	13.3%	2
10	Business Transformation	13.3%	2
10	Change Control	13.3%	2
10	Confluence	13.3%	2
10	Cost Management	13.3%	2
10	Dependency Management	13.3%	2
10	ERP	13.3%	2
10	Escalation Management	13.3%	2
10	GAP Analysis	13.3%	2
10	High Availability	13.3%	2
10	JIRA	13.3%	2
10	Matrix Organization	13.3%	2
10	Microsoft Project	13.3%	2
10	Migration	13.3%	2
10	NonStop SQL	13.3%	2
10	PCI DSS	13.3%	2
10	Problem-Solving	13.3%	2
10	Project Governance	13.3%	2
10	QA	13.3%	2
10	Remediation Plan	13.3%	2
10	Roadmaps	13.3%	2

Project Manager Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Senior Project Manager	20.0%	3
2	Business Project Manager	6.7%	1
2	Change Project Manager	6.7%	1
2	Contracts Manager	6.7%	1
2	CRM Project Manager	6.7%	1
2	Dynamics 365 Project Manager	6.7%	1
2	IT Project Manager	6.7%	1
2	Logistics Project Manager	6.7%	1
2	Oracle Project Manager	6.7%	1
2	Payments Project Manager	6.7%	1
2	Senior Business Manager	6.7%	1
2	Senior Finance Project Manager	6.7%	1
2	Transformation Project Manager	6.7%	1