Project Management Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Project Management
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 23
Rank change year-on-year -17 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 7 15 3
As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire 3.59% 10.49% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.64% 13.27% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £415 £403 £324
25th Percentile £545 £463 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £617 £530 £400
Median % change year-on-year +16.42% +32.50% -30.43%
75th Percentile £660 £650 £450
90th Percentile £690 £695 £476
East Midlands median daily rate £463 £400 £489
% change year-on-year +15.63% -18.20% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.99
Median hourly rate - - £21.52
75th Percentile - - £22.04
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate - £31.76 £22.28
% change year-on-year - +42.58% -40.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Nottinghamshire

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 151 113 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 77.44% 79.02% 80.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 60 102
10th Percentile £172 £309 £290
25th Percentile £213 £410 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £650
90th Percentile £714 £600 £745
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £453
% change year-on-year -1.18% -6.18% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 4 9
10th Percentile £15.37 £14.79 £10.77
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.99 £14.75
Median hourly rate £16.35 £23.80 £21.52
Median % change year-on-year -31.30% +10.62% +95.59%
75th Percentile £17.87 £54.56 £88.75
90th Percentile - £92.03 £93.75
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £22.28
% change year-on-year -20.00% +1.01% +32.35%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Nottinghamshire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Nottingham -16 6 £609 +21.19% 9
Project Management
East Midlands

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Project Manager
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Project Manager
3 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Technical Manager
4 1 (14.29%) IT Programme Manager
4 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Programme Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Technical Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Transformation Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Programme Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) Conflict Resolution
2 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) Project Governance
3 3 (42.86%) Budgeting
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
4 2 (28.57%) Change Control
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GRC
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory