Project Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

Project Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Project Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 17 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 134 236 372
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.96% 9.92% 10.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.62% 10.44% 10.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 165 294
10th Percentile £404 £339 £363
25th Percentile £463 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -3.06% +5.95%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £550
90th Percentile £646 £588 £624
England median daily rate £525 £533 £513
% change year-on-year -1.50% +4.00% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 1
10th Percentile £26.92 £28.67 -
25th Percentile £27.75 £30.97 £16.24
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.07 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +106.32% -26.74%
75th Percentile £43.75 £42.41 £18.72
90th Percentile - £45.46 -
England median hourly rate £35.96 £64.50 £47.25
% change year-on-year -44.25% +36.51% +68.06%

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 1,758 2,260 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 94.96% 96.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,555 2,513
10th Percentile £259 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 66 83
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.02 £14.16
Median hourly rate £22.25 £19.50 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +14.10% +12.85% +9.71%
75th Percentile £42.31 £26.82 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £55.63 £23.45
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the West Midlands

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the West Midlands

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 Project Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Birmingham -8 54 £506 +1.25% 30
Warwickshire +2 30 £600 +9.09% 10
Staffordshire +5 13 £475 -1.04% 5
Coventry +8 10 £600 +20.00% 6
Worcestershire +2 6 £363 -14.71% 9
Solihull -20 2 £375 -16.76% 3
Herefordshire -9 1 £525 - 2
Shropshire - 1 - - 4
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 80 (59.70%) Project Management
2 44 (32.84%) Social Skills
3 43 (32.09%) Finance
4 35 (26.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (20.15%) Project Delivery
6 25 (18.66%) Agile
7 24 (17.91%) PRINCE2
8 17 (12.69%) Risk Management
8 17 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (11.94%) Migration
10 15 (11.19%) Public Sector
10 15 (11.19%) Project Planning
10 15 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
11 13 (9.70%) Resource Management
11 13 (9.70%) PMP
11 13 (9.70%) PMI Certification
11 13 (9.70%) Budget Management
12 12 (8.96%) Asset Management
13 11 (8.21%) Microsoft
13 11 (8.21%) Resource Allocation
13 11 (8.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 11 (8.21%) Business Case
13 11 (8.21%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (7.46%) Change Control
14 10 (7.46%) Change Management
15 9 (6.72%) SAP
15 9 (6.72%) Business Transformation
15 9 (6.72%) Waterfall
15 9 (6.72%) Decision-Making
16 8 (5.97%) Data Migration

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.49%) CMS
1 2 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.75%) Moodle
Applications
1 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.99%) SAP ERP
2 3 (2.24%) Maximo
3 2 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.24%) Azure
1 3 (2.24%) SaaS
2 2 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (0.75%) AWS
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.75%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.99%) WAN
2 3 (2.24%) LAN
2 3 (2.24%) VPN
3 2 (1.49%) Intranet
3 2 (1.49%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.49%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.75%) Firewall
4 1 (0.75%) Internet
4 1 (0.75%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.75%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.75%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (2.24%) JIRA
General
1 44 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 43 (32.09%) Finance
3 15 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (11.19%) Public Sector
4 11 (8.21%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (5.22%) Automotive
5 7 (5.22%) Law
6 6 (4.48%) Banking
6 6 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.99%) Legal
7 4 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (2.99%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.24%) Local Government
8 3 (2.24%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.75%) German Language
9 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Police
9 1 (0.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.75%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.48%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (4.48%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.73%) PMI
3 4 (2.99%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.49%) CCTV
4 2 (1.49%) Housing Association
4 2 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.75%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (0.75%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.75%) NHS
5 1 (0.75%) SCADA
5 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.75%) Social Media
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.75%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.73%) Windows
2 3 (2.24%) Unix
2 3 (2.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (59.70%) Project Management
2 35 (26.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (20.15%) Project Delivery
4 25 (18.66%) Agile
5 24 (17.91%) PRINCE2
6 17 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (12.69%) Risk Management
7 16 (11.94%) Migration
8 15 (11.19%) Project Planning
9 13 (9.70%) Budget Management
9 13 (9.70%) Resource Management
10 12 (8.96%) Asset Management
11 11 (8.21%) Business Case
11 11 (8.21%) Resource Allocation
11 11 (8.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (7.46%) Change Control
12 10 (7.46%) Change Management
13 9 (6.72%) Business Transformation
13 9 (6.72%) Decision-Making
13 9 (6.72%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.24%) Java
2 2 (1.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (9.70%) PMI Certification
1 13 (9.70%) PMP
2 7 (5.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 6 (4.48%) Degree
3 6 (4.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 5 (3.73%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.24%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.75%) APMG
6 1 (0.75%) CCNA
6 1 (0.75%) CCNP
6 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.75%) HND
6 1 (0.75%) RIBA
6 1 (0.75%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.73%) PMO
2 4 (2.99%) QA
3 1 (0.75%) IFRS
3 1 (0.75%) IFRS 17
3 1 (0.75%) P3O
3 1 (0.75%) SLA
3 1 (0.75%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 11 (8.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.72%) SAP
3 3 (2.24%) Sage
4 1 (0.75%) Cisco
4 1 (0.75%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle
4 1 (0.75%) Palantir
4 1 (0.75%) Planview