Project Management Contracts in the West Midlands

Project Management
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 17 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 165 226 324
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.64% 9.79% 9.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.31% 11.08% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 144 266
10th Percentile £308 £263 £310
25th Percentile £422 £372 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £494 £478
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% +3.35% +17.96%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £550
90th Percentile £688 £618 £630
England median daily rate £525 £534 £501
% change year-on-year -1.69% +6.69% +5.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 0
10th Percentile £13.50 £21.58 -
25th Percentile £15.13 £23.22 -
Median hourly rate £31.75 £27.13 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.03% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £47.50 -
90th Percentile £58.75 £79.00 -
England median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.20% +48.48% +23.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,601 2,039 3,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.82% 88.31% 90.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,061 1,392 2,317
10th Percentile £275 £263 £275
25th Percentile £370 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +4.59% +15.29%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 46 65
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.25 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +12.93% +0.03%
75th Percentile £40.25 £28.35 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £50.63 £21.40
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 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 +2 56 £513 +2.50% 99
Warwickshire +4 49 £600 +9.09% 41
Staffordshire +7 18 £413 +1.41% 28
Coventry +9 10 £600 +20.00% 30
Solihull -18 5 £325 -11.86% 4
Shropshire +23 4 £137 - 12
Worcestershire +8 4 £413 -2.94% 19
Herefordshire -7 2 - - 2
Walsall -1 1 £325 -7.14% 4
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 3 (1.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.61%) CMS
2 1 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (7.27%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (3.64%) Simulink
5 5 (3.03%) Stateflow
5 5 (3.03%) TargetLink
6 4 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.61%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.21%) iTrent
2 2 (1.21%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.21%) Primavera
3 1 (0.61%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.61%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.61%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 8 (4.85%) Power Platform
2 5 (3.03%) Azure
3 3 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.21%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.21%) PowerApps
4 2 (1.21%) SaaS
4 2 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.61%) IaaS
5 1 (0.61%) PaaS
5 1 (0.61%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.61%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.03%) Network Security
2 4 (2.42%) Firewall
2 4 (2.42%) Intranet
2 4 (2.42%) VPN
3 3 (1.82%) LAN
3 3 (1.82%) WAN
4 2 (1.21%) Internet
4 2 (1.21%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.61%) Junos
5 1 (0.61%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.85%) Power BI
2 2 (1.21%) MS Access
3 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.61%) Metadata
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.61%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 6 (3.64%) JIRA
2 5 (3.03%) Bitbucket
2 5 (3.03%) Git
2 5 (3.03%) Subversion
General
1 73 (44.24%) Social Skills
2 53 (32.12%) Finance
3 37 (22.42%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 14 (8.48%) Law
6 13 (7.88%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (6.06%) Automotive
8 8 (4.85%) Telecoms
9 7 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (3.64%) Banking
11 5 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (3.03%) Legal
11 5 (3.03%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.42%) Marketing
12 4 (2.42%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.82%) Retail
14 2 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
15 1 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 80 (48.48%) Project Manager
2 28 (16.97%) Senior
3 21 (12.73%) Analyst
4 13 (7.88%) IT Manager
5 12 (7.27%) IT Project Manager
5 12 (7.27%) Senior Manager
6 11 (6.67%) PMO Analyst
6 11 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
7 10 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (5.45%) Architect
9 8 (4.85%) Senior PMO
10 7 (4.24%) Security Manager
10 7 (4.24%) Security Project Manager
10 7 (4.24%) Senior PMO Analyst
11 6 (3.64%) AML Project Manager
11 6 (3.64%) Change Manager
11 6 (3.64%) Enterprise Architect
11 6 (3.64%) Systems Engineer
12 5 (3.03%) Control Systems Engineer
12 5 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.61%) Ajax
1 1 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (0.61%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.06%) Onboarding
2 8 (4.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (4.24%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.64%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.03%) PMI
6 4 (2.42%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.82%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.82%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.21%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.21%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.61%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.61%) Linux
1 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
1 1 (0.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (29.70%) Stakeholder Management
2 44 (26.67%) Agile
3 39 (23.64%) Project Delivery
4 36 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (12.12%) Change Management
5 20 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (12.12%) PRINCE2
6 18 (10.91%) Risk Management
7 16 (9.70%) Decision-Making
8 14 (8.48%) Migration
8 14 (8.48%) Resource Management
9 12 (7.27%) Collaborative Working
9 12 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (6.67%) Business Strategy
10 11 (6.67%) ERP
10 11 (6.67%) Resource Allocation
10 11 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (6.06%) Business Case
11 10 (6.06%) Project Planning
11 10 (6.06%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.64%) MATLAB
2 5 (3.03%) C
3 4 (2.42%) Java
3 4 (2.42%) Python
4 3 (1.82%) SQL
5 1 (0.61%) C++
5 1 (0.61%) Perl
5 1 (0.61%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (9.70%) Degree
2 15 (9.09%) PMP
3 14 (8.48%) PMI Certification
4 10 (6.06%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.45%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.64%) Master's Degree
7 5 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.21%) CCNA
8 2 (1.21%) CCNP
8 2 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.61%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.61%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.61%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.61%) RIBA
9 1 (0.61%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (13.94%) PMO
2 7 (4.24%) QA
3 6 (3.64%) ISO 26262
4 5 (3.03%) AUTOSAR
4 5 (3.03%) MISRA
4 5 (3.03%) MISRA C
5 3 (1.82%) GDPR
5 3 (1.82%) SLA
6 2 (1.21%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.61%) IFRS
7 1 (0.61%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.61%) NIST
7 1 (0.61%) P3O
7 1 (0.61%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.61%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.61%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (0.61%) Functional Safety
1 1 (0.61%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.61%) Kibana
1 1 (0.61%) logstash
Vendors
1 18 (10.91%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.88%) SAP
3 4 (2.42%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.42%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.21%) Cisco
4 2 (1.21%) NEC
4 2 (1.21%) Oracle
5 1 (0.61%) Anaplan
5 1 (0.61%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.61%) HP
5 1 (0.61%) IFS
5 1 (0.61%) Juniper
5 1 (0.61%) Palantir
5 1 (0.61%) Planview
5 1 (0.61%) Snow