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 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 18 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 135 206 399
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.94% 9.23% 11.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.59% 9.77% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 142 314
10th Percentile £413 £363 £359
25th Percentile £463 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £550
90th Percentile £638 £588 £638
England median daily rate £525 £538 £518
% change year-on-year -2.33% +3.86% +8.95%
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% -21.33%
75th Percentile £43.75 £42.41 £18.72
90th Percentile - £45.46 -
England median hourly rate £35.25 £62.50 £49.77
% change year-on-year -43.60% +25.59% +70.93%

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 1,778 2,108 3,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 94.49% 96.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,208 1,438 2,482
10th Percentile £255 £257 £229
25th Percentile £363 £398 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 60 72
10th Percentile £12.14 £12.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.88 £14.47 £14.46
Median hourly rate £20.98 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% +17.65% +13.33%
75th Percentile £40.38 £27.22 £20.00
90th Percentile £56.13 £58.25 £23.60
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +91.49% +9.30%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 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
Birmingham -4 50 £500 +3.90% 34
Warwickshire -5 27 £600 +14.29% 16
Staffordshire +8 15 £488 -2.50% 14
Coventry +8 9 £600 +20.00% 7
Worcestershire +6 9 £500 +17.65% 8
Herefordshire -11 2 £550 +10.00%
Solihull -16 2 £375 -16.76% 2
Shropshire -4 1 - - 6
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 77 (57.04%) Project Management
2 48 (35.56%) Social Skills
3 42 (31.11%) Finance
4 31 (22.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 24 (17.78%) Agile
7 23 (17.04%) PRINCE2
8 18 (13.33%) Migration
9 17 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (11.85%) Risk Management
10 16 (11.85%) PMI Certification
10 16 (11.85%) Project Planning
11 15 (11.11%) PMP
12 14 (10.37%) Asset Management
13 13 (9.63%) Public Sector
13 13 (9.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
14 12 (8.89%) Resource Allocation
14 12 (8.89%) SAP
15 11 (8.15%) Change Management
15 11 (8.15%) Resource Management
15 11 (8.15%) Waterfall
15 11 (8.15%) Change Control
16 10 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (7.41%) Budget Management
17 9 (6.67%) Business Case
17 9 (6.67%) Decision-Making
18 8 (5.93%) Business Transformation
18 8 (5.93%) Target Operating Model
18 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Project

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 1 (0.74%) CMS
1 1 (0.74%) Moodle
1 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.96%) SAP ERP
2 3 (2.22%) Maximo
3 2 (1.48%) iTrent
4 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.22%) Azure
1 3 (2.22%) SaaS
2 2 (1.48%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (0.74%) AWS
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.74%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.22%) LAN
1 3 (2.22%) WAN
2 2 (1.48%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.48%) VPN
3 1 (0.74%) Intranet
3 1 (0.74%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.74%) Network Security
3 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 48 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 42 (31.11%) Finance
3 13 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.63%) Public Sector
4 10 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (5.19%) Automotive
6 6 (4.44%) Banking
6 6 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.96%) Law
8 4 (2.96%) Legal
8 4 (2.96%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.48%) Local Government
9 2 (1.48%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.48%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.74%) German Language
10 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.74%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (4.44%) Onboarding
1 6 (4.44%) PMI
2 4 (2.96%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.96%) NHS
3 3 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.48%) CCTV
5 1 (0.74%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.74%) FMCG
5 1 (0.74%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.74%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.74%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.74%) Social Media
5 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.74%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.22%) Unix
1 3 (2.22%) Windows
2 2 (1.48%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (57.04%) Project Management
2 31 (22.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 24 (17.78%) Agile
5 23 (17.04%) PRINCE2
6 18 (13.33%) Migration
7 17 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (11.85%) Project Planning
8 16 (11.85%) Risk Management
9 14 (10.37%) Asset Management
10 13 (9.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (8.89%) Resource Allocation
12 11 (8.15%) Change Control
12 11 (8.15%) Change Management
12 11 (8.15%) Resource Management
12 11 (8.15%) Waterfall
13 10 (7.41%) Budget Management
14 9 (6.67%) Business Case
14 9 (6.67%) Decision-Making
15 8 (5.93%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.22%) Java
2 1 (0.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (11.85%) PMI Certification
2 15 (11.11%) PMP
3 7 (5.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 7 (5.19%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.70%) Degree
5 4 (2.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (2.96%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.22%) CIPD
6 3 (2.22%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.74%) APMG
7 1 (0.74%) CCNA
7 1 (0.74%) CCNP
7 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.74%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.70%) PMO
2 4 (2.96%) QA
3 1 (0.74%) IFRS
3 1 (0.74%) IFRS 17
3 1 (0.74%) SLA
3 1 (0.74%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 12 (8.89%) SAP
2 6 (4.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.44%) Sage
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle
3 1 (0.74%) Palantir
3 1 (0.74%) Planview
3 1 (0.74%) UiPath