Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Project Manager
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Northamptonshire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 23 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 -4 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 32 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 12.12% 2.53% 4.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.85% 2.88% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 3 5
10th Percentile £339 £325 £377
25th Percentile £410 £353 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £415 £538
90th Percentile £638 £424 £658
East Midlands median daily rate £490 £350 £491
% change year-on-year +40.00% -28.75% -1.75%

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 249 139 144
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 87.97% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 104 109
10th Percentile £313 £307 £219
25th Percentile £358 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £400 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £475 £493 £534
90th Percentile £550 £575 £578
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £420 £450
% change year-on-year +1.19% -6.67% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £11.52
25th Percentile - £23.10 £12.94
Median hourly rate - £24.20 £19.89
Median % change year-on-year - +21.68% +10.49%
75th Percentile - £25.30 £24.82
90th Percentile - - £41.34
East Midlands median hourly rate £20.83 £22.50 £17.83
% change year-on-year -7.42% +26.17% +2.63%

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 28 December 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 28 December 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 -1 19 £437 +19.39% 17
Daventry - 7 £550 -
Towcester - 6 £420 -
Project Manager
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 28 December 2025, 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 16 (50.00%) Agile
2 15 (46.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (43.75%) Project Delivery
4 13 (40.63%) Project Management
5 12 (37.50%) PMI Certification
6 11 (34.38%) Change Management
6 11 (34.38%) PMP
6 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (28.13%) JIRA
7 9 (28.13%) Logistics
7 9 (28.13%) Project Governance
8 8 (25.00%) Degree
8 8 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 8 (25.00%) Scrum
9 7 (21.88%) AI
9 7 (21.88%) Kanban
9 7 (21.88%) PRINCE2
9 7 (21.88%) Resource Allocation
9 7 (21.88%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (18.75%) Confluence
10 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
10 6 (18.75%) Power BI
10 6 (18.75%) Power Platform
10 6 (18.75%) QA
11 5 (15.63%) Basel III
11 5 (15.63%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
11 5 (15.63%) Fintech
11 5 (15.63%) Issue Tracking

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 6 (18.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.13%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (28.13%) JIRA
General
1 14 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 12 (37.50%) Finance
3 10 (31.25%) Manufacturing
4 8 (25.00%) Banking
5 7 (21.88%) Automotive
6 5 (15.63%) Corporate Banking
6 5 (15.63%) Retail Banking
7 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Robotics
2 6 (18.75%) Operational Technology
2 6 (18.75%) PMI
3 5 (15.63%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (15.63%) Product Ownership
4 4 (12.50%) SCADA
5 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
6 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.13%) Public Cloud
6 1 (3.13%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Linux
1 5 (15.63%) OpenVMS
1 5 (15.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Agile
2 15 (46.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (43.75%) Project Delivery
4 13 (40.63%) Project Management
5 11 (34.38%) Change Management
5 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (28.13%) Logistics
6 9 (28.13%) Project Governance
7 8 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 8 (25.00%) Scrum
8 7 (21.88%) AI
8 7 (21.88%) Kanban
8 7 (21.88%) PRINCE2
8 7 (21.88%) Resource Allocation
8 7 (21.88%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (15.63%) Fintech
10 5 (15.63%) Issue Tracking
10 5 (15.63%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 12 (37.50%) PMI Certification
2 11 (34.38%) PMP
3 8 (25.00%) Degree
4 5 (15.63%) Master's Degree
4 5 (15.63%) MBA
4 5 (15.63%) SAFe Agilist
5 2 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.13%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) QA
2 5 (15.63%) Basel III
3 1 (3.13%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Red Hat
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) SAP
3 1 (3.13%) Workday