Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Project Manager
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Northamptonshire is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 19 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 -14 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 31 6 19
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 11.74% 4.14% 11.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.70% 4.55% 11.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 5 18
10th Percentile £333 £374 £355
25th Percentile £352 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £530 £627
90th Percentile £558 £565 £650
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £350 £469
% change year-on-year +21.43% -25.33% +4.17%

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.

Contract vacancies in Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 244 132 159
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 91.03% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 107 120
10th Percentile £325 £309 £300
25th Percentile £377 £356 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £400 £444
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% -9.91% +18.40%
75th Percentile £512 £488 £505
90th Percentile £575 £575 £598
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +5.18% +6.25% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 18
10th Percentile - - £10.90
25th Percentile - £13.75 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £14.50 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +75.86% -20.06% -4.61%
75th Percentile - £15.25 £32.55
90th Percentile - - £47.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £19.19 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.66% +36.49% -5.52%

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 job vacancy trend 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 23 March 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.

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 23 March 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
Live
Jobs
Northampton 0 21 £390 -17.89% 3
Daventry - 5 £550 -
Towcester - 2 £420 -
Project Manager
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 23 March 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.

1 19 (61.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (54.84%) Agile
3 13 (41.94%) Project Management
4 12 (38.71%) Change Management
4 12 (38.71%) JIRA
4 12 (38.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 12 (38.71%) Scrum
5 11 (35.48%) PMI Certification
5 11 (35.48%) PMP
6 10 (32.26%) Confluence
6 10 (32.26%) Degree
6 10 (32.26%) Kanban
6 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (32.26%) Regulatory Change
6 10 (32.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (29.03%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (29.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (29.03%) Power BI
7 9 (29.03%) Power Platform
7 9 (29.03%) QA
8 8 (25.81%) Resource Allocation
9 7 (22.58%) Basel III
9 7 (22.58%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
9 7 (22.58%) Fintech
9 7 (22.58%) Lean Six Sigma
9 7 (22.58%) Master's Degree
9 7 (22.58%) MBA
9 7 (22.58%) Process Improvement
9 7 (22.58%) Project Delivery
9 7 (22.58%) SAFe Agilist

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (32.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (29.03%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (29.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (38.71%) JIRA
General
1 17 (54.84%) Finance
2 13 (41.94%) Banking
2 13 (41.94%) Social Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Corporate Banking
3 7 (22.58%) Retail Banking
4 5 (16.13%) Automotive
5 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.45%) Retail
7 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) PMI
2 8 (25.81%) Product Ownership
3 6 (19.35%) Robotics
4 5 (16.13%) Operational Technology
5 2 (6.45%) EMV
5 2 (6.45%) EPoS
5 2 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
6 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
6 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.23%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Linux
1 2 (6.45%) OpenVMS
1 2 (6.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (61.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (54.84%) Agile
3 13 (41.94%) Project Management
4 12 (38.71%) Change Management
4 12 (38.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 12 (38.71%) Scrum
5 10 (32.26%) Kanban
5 10 (32.26%) Regulatory Change
5 10 (32.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (29.03%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (29.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (25.81%) Resource Allocation
8 7 (22.58%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
8 7 (22.58%) Fintech
8 7 (22.58%) Lean Six Sigma
8 7 (22.58%) Process Improvement
8 7 (22.58%) Project Delivery
8 7 (22.58%) Six Sigma
8 7 (22.58%) Wealth Management
9 6 (19.35%) Logistics
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) PMI Certification
1 11 (35.48%) PMP
2 10 (32.26%) Degree
3 7 (22.58%) Master's Degree
3 7 (22.58%) MBA
3 7 (22.58%) SAFe Agilist
4 3 (9.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (29.03%) QA
2 7 (22.58%) Basel III
3 2 (6.45%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.45%) PSD2
4 1 (3.23%) GDPR
4 1 (3.23%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.45%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.23%) TSYS