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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -15 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 6 10 13
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 3.35% 17.24% 10.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 22.22% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile - £86 £330
25th Percentile £613 £155 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £271 £425
Median % change year-on-year +131.05% -36.35% -12.82%
75th Percentile £769 £385 £494
90th Percentile £848 £454 £560
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £491 £525
% change year-on-year +12.02% -6.48% -1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - - £17.01
25th Percentile - £29.00 £19.83
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £24.92
Median % change year-on-year - +20.41% -
75th Percentile - £31.00 £29.62
90th Percentile - £37.13 £32.20
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.11 £30.00 £33.93
% change year-on-year -9.65% -11.58% +41.91%

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 164 45 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 91.62% 77.59% 74.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 22 45
10th Percentile £178 £140 £127
25th Percentile £247 £153 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £230 £380
Median % change year-on-year +95.65% -39.47% -24.00%
75th Percentile £609 £484 £500
90th Percentile £850 £601 £594
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -5.00% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 5
10th Percentile £13.10 £24.43 £22.65
25th Percentile £17.74 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £19.41 £30.00 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year -35.30% -11.58% +23.38%
75th Percentile £21.08 £31.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £24.75 £34.68 £43.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £29.50 £24.34 £28.50
% change year-on-year +21.20% -14.60% +3.64%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Staffordshire

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
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%) Oracle Coherence
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Retail
4 1 (16.67%) Police
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Project Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle Project Manager
3 2 (33.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Director
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) FMCG
1 2 (33.33%) Robotics
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Change Control
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (16.67%) Contract Management
4 1 (16.67%) Dependency Management
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GRC
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle