Lead Project Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

Lead Project Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Lead Project Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 130 167
Rank change year-on-year +15 +37 -38
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.052% 0.087% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.091% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 £644 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £688 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +27.91% +13.16%
75th Percentile £688 £731 £572
90th Percentile - - £581
England median daily rate £675 £669 £600
% change year-on-year +0.93% +11.46% +20.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 the West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,747 2,188 3,406
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 94.88% 96.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,180 1,497 2,472
10th Percentile £259 £250 £230
25th Percentile £363 £381 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% +5.26% +15.15%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 64 77
10th Percentile £12.04 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.88 £14.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +9.68%
75th Percentile £41.13 £27.63 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.75 £56.38 £22.25
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Project Manager in the West Midlands

Lead Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Project Manager in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Lead Project Manager in the West Midlands

Lead Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Project Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
Warwickshire +5 1 £675 -
Lead Project Manager
England

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Lead 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 West Midlands region featuring Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management