Project Manager Contracts in Staffordshire

Project Manager
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Staffordshire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 6 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 5 14 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 7.35% 12.96% 8.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.69% 14.43% 9.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 9
10th Percentile - £365 £443
25th Percentile £463 £388 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £494 £525 £563
90th Percentile £498 £570 £606
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -2.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 65 97 142
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.59% 89.81% 92.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 60 103
10th Percentile £140 £212 £163
25th Percentile £150 £309 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £372 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.55% -17.35% +20.00%
75th Percentile £493 £466 £575
90th Percentile £545 £528 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £483 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -1.73% -1.70% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 8
10th Percentile £12.25 - £19.81
25th Percentile £13.78 £14.71 £22.00
Median hourly rate £17.24 £26.60 £23.71
Median % change year-on-year -35.19% +12.22% +24.44%
75th Percentile £19.62 £42.50 £51.19
90th Percentile £24.22 £51.25 £52.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £17.24 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -21.64% +10.00% +17.65%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Staffordshire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Staffordshire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Staffordshire

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Stoke-on-Trent - 1 £500 - 2
Project Manager
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 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 Staffordshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) SAP
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Order to Cash
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) FMCG
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery

Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) FMCG
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) Order to Cash
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP