Technical Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Technical Project Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Technical Project Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £422, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 104 115
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 +54
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Project Manager 13 11 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.71% 0.58% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.62% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 4
10th Percentile £391 £456 -
25th Percentile £399 £488 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +21.05% -
75th Percentile £512 £588 £584
90th Percentile £621 £594 £669
England median daily rate £509 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.85% - -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,629 1,781 1,973
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.36% 93.34% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,052 1,141 1,341
10th Percentile £233 £250 £232
25th Percentile £375 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +2.04% -1.01%
75th Percentile £582 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £719 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 63 60
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.62 £14.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.63 £17.09
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £21.80
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% -3.67% +21.11%
75th Percentile £40.13 £33.74 £30.26
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Technical Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Project Manager in the West Midlands

Technical Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Project Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Project Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Technical Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Project Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Project Manager in the West Midlands

Technical Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Project Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Project Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Technical 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 Technical Project Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 September 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 +13 10 £401 -15.53%
Staffordshire +4 1 - -
Warwickshire -4 1 £700 -
Technical Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Technical 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 Technical Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 8 (61.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (53.85%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (53.85%) Time Management
4 6 (46.15%) Conflict Management
5 5 (38.46%) Finance
6 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
6 4 (30.77%) Agile
6 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
7 3 (23.08%) Banking
7 3 (23.08%) Data Migration
7 3 (23.08%) Project Management
7 3 (23.08%) Migration
7 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (15.38%) Legal
8 2 (15.38%) ERP
8 2 (15.38%) SAP
8 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
8 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team Management
8 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
8 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
8 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
9 1 (7.69%) Order Management
9 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
9 1 (7.69%) Impact Analysis
9 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (7.69%) System Integration Testing

Technical 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (7.69%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Banking
4 2 (15.38%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (53.85%) Time Management
3 6 (46.15%) Conflict Management
4 4 (30.77%) Agile
4 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Data Migration
5 3 (23.08%) Migration
5 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (15.38%) ERP
6 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
6 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team Management
6 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
7 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
7 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 1 (7.69%) Matrix Organization
7 1 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
7 1 (7.69%) System Integration Testing
7 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
1 1 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) Infor
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce