Project Management Contracts in the West Midlands

Project Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 15 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 117 164 212
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.37% 8.43% 9.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.43% 10.14% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 113 134
10th Percentile £212 £301 £263
25th Percentile £363 £425 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +7.37% -
75th Percentile £538 £625 £575
90th Percentile £625 £688 £629
England median daily rate £513 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% +3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 19 5
10th Percentile £26.13 £13.50 £21.58
25th Percentile £29.00 £15.13 £23.22
Median hourly rate £31.76 £33.93 £27.13
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +25.06% -
75th Percentile £44.00 £48.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £53.60 £58.75 £79.00
England median hourly rate £46.24 £38.12 £49.00
% change year-on-year +21.30% -22.20% +50.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,241 1,617 1,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.77% 83.09% 87.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 807 1,076 1,329
10th Percentile £200 £266 £263
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% -4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £578 £625 £610
90th Percentile £665 £750 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 117 50
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.10 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.78 £14.13 £13.87
Median hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £21.69
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +3.73% +28.92%
75th Percentile £30.05 £40.50 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £58.75 £48.13
England median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the West Midlands

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the West Midlands

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the West Midlands

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the West Midlands

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the West Midlands

Project Management
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 Project Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 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
Birmingham +5 55 £485 -7.62% 159
Warwickshire -14 24 £463 -22.92% 45
Shropshire +8 13 £512 +273.72% 200
Staffordshire -5 7 £150 -64.71% 128
Coventry -3 4 £213 -64.58% 106
Worcestershire -5 3 £520 +1.96% 109
Solihull +9 2 £449 +38.00% 5
Walsall -1 1 £425 +30.77%
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 97
Project Management
England

Project Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (9.40%) Confluence
2 5 (4.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.42%) Trello
4 3 (2.56%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.71%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.85%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.85%) Open Workbench
6 1 (0.85%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.85%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 6 (5.13%) Azure
3 4 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.71%) Asana
4 2 (1.71%) Azure AKS
4 2 (1.71%) OCI
4 2 (1.71%) SaaS
5 1 (0.85%) AWS
5 1 (0.85%) Azure App Service
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Storage
5 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.85%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (0.85%) ShareGate
5 1 (0.85%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.85%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.42%) LAN
2 3 (2.56%) HTTP
2 3 (2.56%) WAN
3 2 (1.71%) Firewall
3 2 (1.71%) Internet
3 2 (1.71%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.85%) DHCP
4 1 (0.85%) DMZ
4 1 (0.85%) DNS
4 1 (0.85%) PPP
4 1 (0.85%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.85%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.85%) VLAN
4 1 (0.85%) Wireless
4 1 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.69%) Power BI
2 8 (6.84%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (5.13%) Big Data
4 4 (3.42%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.85%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 17 (14.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) LoadRunner
General
1 53 (45.30%) Social Skills
2 42 (35.90%) Finance
3 24 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.40%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (5.13%) Legal
6 5 (4.27%) Advertising
6 5 (4.27%) Law
6 5 (4.27%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.27%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.42%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.71%) Automotive
9 2 (1.71%) Banking
9 2 (1.71%) Billing
9 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.71%) Marketing
10 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (25.64%) Project Manager
2 12 (10.26%) Analyst
3 11 (9.40%) Engagement Manager
3 11 (9.40%) Senior
4 9 (7.69%) Lead
5 7 (5.98%) Architect
6 6 (5.13%) Senior Manager
7 5 (4.27%) IT Manager
7 5 (4.27%) IT Project Manager
7 5 (4.27%) JavaScript Engineer
7 5 (4.27%) PMO Analyst
7 5 (4.27%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) Data Manager
8 4 (3.42%) Developer
8 4 (3.42%) Product Manager
8 4 (3.42%) Project Officer
8 4 (3.42%) Senior Project Manager
8 4 (3.42%) Support Officer
9 3 (2.56%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 3 (2.56%) Project Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.27%) React
2 3 (2.56%) EDI
2 3 (2.56%) IDoc
2 3 (2.56%) J2EE
2 3 (2.56%) JDBC
2 3 (2.56%) REST
2 3 (2.56%) SOAP
2 3 (2.56%) XSLT
3 2 (1.71%) .NET
3 2 (1.71%) LDAP
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.85%) ADO
4 1 (0.85%) OAuth
4 1 (0.85%) OpenID
4 1 (0.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.55%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (4.27%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.27%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.56%) PMI
3 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.71%) NHS
4 2 (1.71%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.71%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.85%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.85%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.85%) IoT
5 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.85%) SCADA
5 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.85%) Smart Meter
5 1 (0.85%) Social Media
5 1 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.98%) Windows
2 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (42.74%) Agile
2 30 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (17.95%) Project Delivery
5 16 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (11.97%) Risk Management
7 13 (11.11%) Agile Project Management
7 13 (11.11%) Change Control
7 13 (11.11%) Data Protection
7 13 (11.11%) PRINCE2
8 11 (9.40%) Analytics
8 11 (9.40%) Change Management
8 11 (9.40%) Project Planning
9 10 (8.55%) Computer Science
9 10 (8.55%) Programme Management
10 9 (7.69%) Migration
11 8 (6.84%) Data Analysis
11 8 (6.84%) Decision-Making
11 8 (6.84%) Scrum
12 7 (5.98%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.40%) Python
2 9 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 5 (4.27%) PHP
4 4 (3.42%) Java
4 4 (3.42%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.56%) ABAP
5 3 (2.56%) Groovy
6 2 (1.71%) C#
7 1 (0.85%) COBOL
7 1 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.85%) VB
7 1 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (23.08%) Degree
2 21 (17.95%) Security Cleared
3 17 (14.53%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.84%) PMI Certification
4 8 (6.84%) PMP
5 5 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.56%) CISSP
6 3 (2.56%) HNC
6 3 (2.56%) HND
6 3 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (2.56%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.71%) APMP
7 2 (1.71%) CCNA
7 2 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.85%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.85%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (16.24%) PMO
2 7 (5.98%) QA
3 4 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.56%) GDPR
5 2 (1.71%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.85%) NIST
6 1 (0.85%) P3O
6 1 (0.85%) PMBOK
6 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.71%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.71%) Terraform
3 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.55%) SAP
3 7 (5.98%) Oracle
4 3 (2.56%) Apple
4 3 (2.56%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.71%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.71%) Foundry
6 1 (0.85%) Cisco
6 1 (0.85%) Civica
6 1 (0.85%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.85%) Cognos
6 1 (0.85%) Google
6 1 (0.85%) Micro Focus
6 1 (0.85%) Peregrine
6 1 (0.85%) Progress
6 1 (0.85%) Remedy
6 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.85%) Workday