Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Project Manager
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Warwickshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 15 27
Rank change year-on-year -23 +12 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 20 39 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 3.82% 9.24% 6.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.36% 9.95% 6.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 30 11
10th Percentile £400 £509 £400
25th Percentile £534 £513 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £594 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +13.10% -2.33%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £570
90th Percentile £625 £644 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £575 £488
% change year-on-year -8.70% +17.95% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £54.75 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £58.25 - £31.04

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warwickshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwickshire. 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 Warwickshire with a recognized job title 459 392 368
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.60% 92.89% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 226 259
10th Percentile £300 £400 £228
25th Percentile £400 £478 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.66% +4.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £700
90th Percentile £683 £738 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £487 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 19 9
10th Percentile £24.55 £12.71 £15.25
25th Percentile £28.92 £13.95 £17.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £23.82 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.94% +32.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £20.00
90th Percentile - £32.53 £30.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £21.24
% change year-on-year +19.76% -1.11% +17.97%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Warwickshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Warwickshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Warwickshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Warwickshire

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Warwickshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Warwickshire

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Warwick -8 9 £600 +4.35% 1
Nuneaton - 3 £400 -
Stratford-upon-Avon - 2 £600 -
Project Manager
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 Warwickshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (50.00%) Project Management
3 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (40.00%) Migration
5 6 (30.00%) Finance
5 6 (30.00%) Risk Management
6 5 (25.00%) Change Management
6 5 (25.00%) Azure
7 4 (20.00%) Programme Management
7 4 (20.00%) Law
7 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
7 4 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (20.00%) Change Control
7 4 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
8 3 (15.00%) Driving Licence
8 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (15.00%) PMP
8 3 (15.00%) PMI Certification
8 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
8 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (15.00%) Network Architecture
8 3 (15.00%) Cryptography
9 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (10.00%) Degree
9 2 (10.00%) JIRA
9 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
9 2 (10.00%) Business Continuity
9 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) SAP PM
1 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Asana
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.00%) GCP
2 1 (5.00%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Finance
3 4 (20.00%) Law
3 4 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (5.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.00%) SCADA
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
1 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Project Management
2 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (40.00%) Migration
4 6 (30.00%) Risk Management
5 5 (25.00%) Change Management
6 4 (20.00%) Change Control
6 4 (20.00%) Programme Management
6 4 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
7 3 (15.00%) Cryptography
7 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (15.00%) Network Architecture
7 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
7 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (10.00%) Agile
8 2 (10.00%) Business Continuity
8 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
8 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
8 2 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
8 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (5.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (15.00%) PMP
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (5.00%) NVQ Level 4
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) PMO
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) Okta
2 1 (5.00%) SAP