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 18 January 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 15 17
Rank change year-on-year -13 +2 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 28 35 26
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 5.29% 10.06% 7.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.21% 11.18% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 31 23
10th Percentile £415 £405 £515
25th Percentile £525 £513 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -
75th Percentile - £600 £625
90th Percentile £620 £738 £646
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
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 £29.77
% change year-on-year +139.41% -20.73% -33.84%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 451 313 304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.26% 89.94% 91.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 174 208
10th Percentile £305 £405 £189
25th Percentile £413 £463 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £613 £600
90th Percentile £740 £666 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 19 17
10th Percentile £28.50 £13.93 £15.60
25th Percentile £30.00 £16.23 £18.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £23.82 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.44% +5.87% +55.17%
75th Percentile £50.00 £28.68 £28.42
90th Percentile £52.48 £35.00 £35.70
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £23.82 £23.00
% change year-on-year +4.95% +3.57% +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 18 January 2026.

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 18 January 2026. 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 -10 13 £600 +4.35% 1
Stratford-upon-Avon +4 5 £431 -31.00% 1
Gaydon -5 1 £250 -39.02% 3
Project Manager
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 18 January 2026, 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 15 (53.57%) Project Management
2 12 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (35.71%) Agile
4 9 (32.14%) Project Delivery
5 8 (28.57%) Scrum
5 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (25.00%) Degree
6 7 (25.00%) JIRA
7 6 (21.43%) Change Management
7 6 (21.43%) CyberArk
7 6 (21.43%) DevOps
7 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
8 5 (17.86%) Customer Engagement
8 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (17.86%) PMI Certification
8 5 (17.86%) PMP
8 5 (17.86%) Privileged Access Management
8 5 (17.86%) Product Strategy
9 4 (14.29%) PMO
9 4 (14.29%) Programme Management
9 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
10 3 (10.71%) Azure
10 3 (10.71%) ERP
10 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
10 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (10.71%) Oracle
10 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (10.71%) Project Governance
10 3 (10.71%) Risk Assessment
10 3 (10.71%) Waterfall

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) SaaS
2 2 (7.14%) Smartsheet
3 1 (3.57%) Asana
3 1 (3.57%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) Network Security
2 1 (3.57%) LAN
2 1 (3.57%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
4 2 (7.14%) Social Housing
5 1 (3.57%) Automotive
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Law
5 1 (3.57%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
5 1 (3.57%) Police
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Middleware
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.57%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (7.14%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) CMDB
3 1 (3.57%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.57%) SCADA
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
1 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Project Management
2 12 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (35.71%) Agile
4 9 (32.14%) Project Delivery
5 8 (28.57%) Scrum
5 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (21.43%) Change Management
6 6 (21.43%) DevOps
6 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
7 5 (17.86%) Customer Engagement
7 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (17.86%) Privileged Access Management
7 5 (17.86%) Product Strategy
8 4 (14.29%) Programme Management
8 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 3 (10.71%) ERP
9 3 (10.71%) Project Governance
9 3 (10.71%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (10.71%) Waterfall
9 3 (10.71%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Degree
2 5 (17.86%) PMI Certification
2 5 (17.86%) PMP
3 2 (7.14%) CISM
3 2 (7.14%) CISSP
4 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.57%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (3.57%) NVQ Level 4
4 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.57%) SAFe Agilist
4 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (3.57%) GDPR
2 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) CyberArk
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) Citrix
3 1 (3.57%) Google
3 1 (3.57%) Okta
3 1 (3.57%) SAP
3 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow