Project Management Contracts in Suffolk

Project Management
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 13 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 7 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 9.46% 1.64% 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.28% 2.04% 5.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £519 £620 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £641 £650
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% -1.46% +25.60%
75th Percentile - £661 -
90th Percentile £645 - -
East of England median daily rate £519 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.14% +5.00% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £46.18 - -
East of England median hourly rate £55.00 £38.12 £60.00
% change year-on-year +44.28% -36.47% +140.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 57 49 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 77.03% 80.33% 88.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 34 108
10th Percentile £200 £105 £400
25th Percentile £208 £199 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £465 £650
Median % change year-on-year -46.24% -28.46% +33.68%
75th Percentile £459 £569 £700
90th Percentile £600 £650 £745
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile £53.33 £11.25 £13.38
25th Percentile £64.05 £12.69 £13.78
Median hourly rate £70.00 £29.25 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +139.32% +88.71% -3.13%
75th Percentile - £53.69 £17.33
90th Percentile - £68.34 £19.27
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Suffolk.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Suffolk

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Suffolk.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Suffolk

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Suffolk

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Suffolk over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Suffolk

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Suffolk.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Suffolk

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 1 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
Ipswich - 4 £560 - 7
Leiston - 1 - - 2
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Business Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Information Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
1 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Business Case
2 3 (42.86%) Business Process Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (14.29%) Conflict Management
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Document Management
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Process Management
4 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (14.29%) Scorecard
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) CISM
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Nintex