Project Management
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +11 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Project Management | 10 | 18 | 19 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 15.63% | 14.63% | 10.05% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 19.23% | 19.57% | 11.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £86 | £335 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £155 | £397 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £271 | £438 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.17% | -7.89% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £385 | £503 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £454 | £558 | £565 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £506 | £519 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.17% | -2.41% | +8.07% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £29.00 | £15.13 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £24.92 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.41% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £31.00 | £35.14 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £37.13 | £37.30 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £30.00 | £35.00 | £23.91 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +46.38% | - |
All Process and 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 | 52 | 92 | 163 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 81.25% | 74.80% | 86.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 53 | 122 |
| 10th Percentile | £140 | £131 | £208 |
| 25th Percentile | £145 | £250 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £250 | £375 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.33% | -25.00% | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £494 | £475 | £620 |
| 90th Percentile | £598 | £594 | £745 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 6 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.40 | £15.13 | £25.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.78 | £19.83 | £26.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £33.93 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.58% | +23.38% | +41.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.00 | £37.55 | £28.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £36.63 | £53.13 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £23.42 | £18.97 | £27.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.46% | -29.74% | +54.29% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Staffordshire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 11 August 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Staffordshire.
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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 11 August 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 | +2 | 8 | £41 | -86.33% | 12 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | +6 | 1 | £500 | +11.11% | 11 |
| Project Management West Midlands |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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: