Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Project Manager
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Northamptonshire is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 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
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 20 16
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 16 22 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 5.48% 7.77% 7.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.69% 8.33% 8.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 11
10th Percentile £359 £340 £356
25th Percentile £410 £364 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £391 £538
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% -27.21% +2.38%
75th Percentile £506 £445 £575
90th Percentile £638 £597 -
East Midlands median daily rate £483 £417 £508
% change year-on-year +15.85% -17.93% +1.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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.

Contract vacancies in Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 281 264 191
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.23% 93.29% 90.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 192 144
10th Percentile £270 £336 £213
25th Percentile £350 £379 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £445 £489
Median % change year-on-year -13.48% -9.00% +5.73%
75th Percentile £450 £550 £545
90th Percentile £525 £600 £602
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -8.89% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 5
10th Percentile - - £11.46
25th Percentile - £11.83 £11.83
Median hourly rate £21.39 £12.22 £14.52
Median % change year-on-year +75.04% -15.84% -58.51%
75th Percentile - £22.13 £18.75
90th Percentile £41.56 £42.03 £46.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £20.80 £20.00
% change year-on-year +2.86% +3.98% +13.90%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Northamptonshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies 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 15 September 2025.

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.

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 15 September 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
Northampton -19 12 £443 +13.32% 5
Towcester - 4 £420 -
Project Manager
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Project Delivery
2 8 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 7 (43.75%) Finance
4 6 (37.50%) Manufacturing
4 6 (37.50%) Agile
4 6 (37.50%) Change Management
5 5 (31.25%) Project Management
5 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
5 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (31.25%) Legal
5 5 (31.25%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (25.00%) PMP
6 4 (25.00%) PMI Certification
6 4 (25.00%) ERP
6 4 (25.00%) Business Strategy
6 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (18.75%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (18.75%) OpenVMS
7 3 (18.75%) Red Hat
7 3 (18.75%) Banking
7 3 (18.75%) Linux
7 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
7 3 (18.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (18.75%) Degree
7 3 (18.75%) Issue Tracking
8 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (12.50%) Cutover Planning

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

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Manufacturing
3 5 (31.25%) Legal
4 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (18.75%) Banking
6 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 2 (12.50%) SCADA
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
3 1 (6.25%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
1 3 (18.75%) OpenVMS
1 3 (18.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Project Delivery
2 8 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 6 (37.50%) Agile
3 6 (37.50%) Change Management
4 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
4 5 (31.25%) Project Management
4 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (31.25%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Business Strategy
5 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (25.00%) ERP
5 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (18.75%) Issue Tracking
6 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
7 2 (12.50%) Change Control
7 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 2 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
7 2 (12.50%) Regression Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (25.00%) PMP
2 3 (18.75%) Degree
3 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.25%) BC Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Basel III
1 1 (6.25%) MiFID
1 1 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Red Hat
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (6.25%) Workday