Project Management Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Project Management
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 8 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 -4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 6 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 8.45% 7.22% 4.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.34% 10.14% 4.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - £339 -
25th Percentile - £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £456 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +1.39% -2.70%
75th Percentile - £578 -
90th Percentile - £582 £503
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 58 69 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 81.69% 71.13% 83.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 32 93
10th Percentile £140 £333 £325
25th Percentile £200 £370 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £428 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.98% -14.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £434 £491 £575
90th Percentile £575 £549 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% +3.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile £37.60 £16.60 -
25th Percentile £49.00 £16.94 -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £19.12 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +255.65% -16.87% +2.63%
75th Percentile - £23.93 -
90th Percentile - £39.13 £37.13
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £21.59 £24.80
% change year-on-year -12.60% -12.94% +40.11%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire 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
Stafford +3 1 - -
Project Management
West Midlands

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Active Listening
1 5 (83.33%) Coaching
1 5 (83.33%) Conflict Resolution
1 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
1 5 (83.33%) Mentoring
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (83.33%) Project Planning
1 5 (83.33%) Release Management
1 5 (83.33%) Risk Assessment
1 5 (83.33%) Service Management
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (83.33%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Salesforce
1 5 (83.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Workday