Project Manager Contracts in Preston

Project Manager
Lancashire > Preston

The median Project Manager daily rate in Preston is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 24 13
Rank change year-on-year +17 -11 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 9 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 16.36% 1.11% 8.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 25.71% 1.33% 8.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 6
10th Percentile £241 - £373
25th Percentile £350 - £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £280 £519
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% -46.02% +29.69%
75th Percentile £525 - £583
90th Percentile £593 - £613
Lancashire median daily rate £388 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -8.82% -5.56% +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Preston

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 35 75 78
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 63.64% 83.33% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 26 40
10th Percentile £241 £281 £162
25th Percentile £353 £363 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £420 £340
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +23.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £718 £523 £478
90th Percentile £955 £794 £571
Lancashire median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 38 26
10th Percentile - £25.75 £15.38
25th Percentile £11.77 £29.30 £22.16
Median hourly rate £40.25 £42.33 £39.61
Median % change year-on-year -4.91% +6.85% +96.39%
75th Percentile £46.18 £51.66 £44.52
90th Percentile - £56.39 £52.08
Lancashire median hourly rate £42.91 £42.33 £34.50
% change year-on-year +1.38% +22.69% +56.82%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Preston

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Preston.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Preston

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Preston over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Preston

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Preston.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Preston

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, 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 Preston region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Azure
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Power BI
4 2 (22.22%) PMO
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Identification
4 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
4 2 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Line Management
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (22.22%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Business Case
4 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Map
5 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (11.11%) Information Management
5 1 (11.11%) Dynamics AX

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Business Case
3 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (22.22%) Line Management
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Identification
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
4 1 (11.11%) ERP
4 1 (11.11%) Information Management
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Blue Prism