Project Management Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Project Management
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 25 9
Rank change year-on-year -21 -16 +91
Contract jobs citing Project Management 16 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 4.41% 0.88% 5.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.02% 1.02% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £435 - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £500 - -
90th Percentile £511 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 319 98 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 87.88% 85.96% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 67 21
10th Percentile £400 £219 £260
25th Percentile £445 £359 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £477 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% +19.25% -24.53%
75th Percentile £538 £530 £450
90th Percentile £552 £567 £500
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £23.59 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +106.49% - -
75th Percentile - £17.89 -
90th Percentile £31.10 £21.32 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.25 £22.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -7.95% -4.35% +29.94%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Telford -21 15 £490 - 5
Shrewsbury - 1 £450 -
Project Management
West Midlands

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 3 (18.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) AWS
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
1 6 (37.50%) GCP
2 1 (6.25%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Legal
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Engagement Manager
2 6 (37.50%) SAP Manager
3 5 (31.25%) SAP Engagement Manager
3 5 (31.25%) Senior
3 5 (31.25%) Senior Engagement Manager
3 5 (31.25%) Senior Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Data Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Bid Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Integration Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Transition Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Service Design Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Service Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Service Transition Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Transition Manager
5 1 (6.25%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) NHS
2 1 (6.25%) PDA
2 1 (6.25%) PMI
2 1 (6.25%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) AIX
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Solaris
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Agile
2 11 (68.75%) DevOps
3 10 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (56.25%) Migration
5 8 (50.00%) Change Management
5 8 (50.00%) Waterfall
6 7 (43.75%) Budget Management
6 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (37.50%) AI
7 6 (37.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 6 (37.50%) CI/CD
7 6 (37.50%) Data Management
7 6 (37.50%) Machine Learning
7 6 (37.50%) Performance Management
7 6 (37.50%) Project Planning
7 6 (37.50%) Regulatory Compliance
7 6 (37.50%) Resource Allocation
7 6 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (25.00%) Scrum
9 3 (18.75%) TDD
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) CAPM
3 1 (6.25%) CBAP
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) NIST
2 1 (6.25%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) SAP
2 7 (43.75%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Atlassian