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 17 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 14 22
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 22 44 24
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 4.17% 10.09% 6.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.79% 10.97% 6.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 37 15
10th Percentile £400 - £420
25th Percentile £544 £513 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +6.82% +2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £581
90th Percentile £645 £665 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £575 £505
% change year-on-year -4.35% +13.86% +1.00%
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 £56.50 £23.60 £26.67
% change year-on-year +139.41% -11.49% -

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 459 401 357
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.10% 91.97% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 223 257
10th Percentile £313 £403 £220
25th Percentile £400 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £635 £675
90th Percentile £725 £685 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 18 10
10th Percentile £24.33 £12.69 £15.25
25th Percentile £32.74 £13.95 £17.44
Median hourly rate £40.46 £23.82 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.86% +25.37% +10.14%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £27.50
90th Percentile - £33.98 £34.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £21.80 £23.00
% change year-on-year +15.39% -5.24% +29.80%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Project Manager job vacancy trend 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 17 October 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 17 October 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 -6 9 £600 +4.35% 1
Nuneaton - 3 £400 - 1
Stratford-upon-Avon -6 2 £600 -4.00%
Project Manager
West Midlands

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Warwickshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 11 (50.00%) Project Management
2 9 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (36.36%) Migration
4 6 (27.27%) Change Management
4 6 (27.27%) Risk Management
5 5 (22.73%) Azure
5 5 (22.73%) Resource Allocation
6 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
6 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (13.64%) Agile
7 3 (13.64%) Change Control
7 3 (13.64%) Cryptography
7 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (13.64%) Degree
7 3 (13.64%) JIRA
7 3 (13.64%) Network Architecture
7 3 (13.64%) PMI Certification
7 3 (13.64%) PMP
7 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
7 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (13.64%) Programme Management
7 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (9.09%) Customer Experience
8 2 (9.09%) CyberArk
8 2 (9.09%) Data Migration
8 2 (9.09%) ERP
8 2 (9.09%) PMO
8 2 (9.09%) Programme Delivery
8 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
8 2 (9.09%) Smartsheet

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) SAP PM
1 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) Smartsheet
3 1 (4.55%) Asana
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) LAN
1 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Law
3 4 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Marketing
5 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (4.55%) SailPoint
1 1 (4.55%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.55%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.55%) SCADA
2 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Project Management
2 9 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (36.36%) Migration
4 6 (27.27%) Change Management
4 6 (27.27%) Risk Management
5 5 (22.73%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (13.64%) Agile
6 3 (13.64%) Change Control
6 3 (13.64%) Cryptography
6 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (13.64%) Network Architecture
6 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
6 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.64%) Programme Management
6 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (9.09%) Customer Experience
7 2 (9.09%) Data Migration
7 2 (9.09%) ERP
7 2 (9.09%) Programme Delivery
7 2 (9.09%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
1 3 (13.64%) PMI Certification
1 3 (13.64%) PMP
2 1 (4.55%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (4.55%) NVQ Level 4
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) PMO
2 1 (4.55%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) CyberArk
1 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.55%) Google
2 1 (4.55%) Okta
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle
2 1 (4.55%) SAP