Project Manager Contracts in Cheshire

Project Manager
North West > Cheshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Cheshire is £560 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 19 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 54 39 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 10.09% 7.59% 13.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.57% 8.30% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 26 45
10th Percentile £383 £410 £353
25th Percentile £451 £416 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% +2.27% -7.37%
75th Percentile £607 £569 £485
90th Percentile £678 £650 £538
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +1.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.54 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year +14.60% +40.22% -
North West median hourly rate £34.21 £30.65 £27.00
% change year-on-year +11.62% +13.51% -51.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 511 470 514
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.51% 91.44% 93.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 316 285
10th Percentile £282 £288 £184
25th Percentile £375 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +4.65%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £631
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 26 30
10th Percentile £13.90 £14.13 £12.48
25th Percentile £16.40 £20.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £26.66 £25.57 £22.39
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% +14.18% +5.36%
75th Percentile £40.88 £35.00 £33.51
90th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 £59.18
North West median hourly rate £32.90 £30.54 £23.22
% change year-on-year +7.71% +31.51% +29.37%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Cheshire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Cheshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Cheshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Cheshire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Cheshire

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Knutsford - 24 £564 - 2
Chester +8 7 £625 +13.64% 6
Macclesfield -17 7 £575 +21.05%
Warrington +3 6 £500 +11.11% 6
Runcorn - 4 £575 - 1
Northwich - 1 - -
Project Manager
North West

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 31 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 Cheshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 26 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 24 (44.44%) Project Management
3 22 (40.74%) Finance
4 19 (35.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (33.33%) Agile
6 12 (22.22%) JIRA
7 10 (18.52%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (16.67%) CRM
8 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 8 (14.81%) Business Case
10 7 (12.96%) Design Patterns
10 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
10 7 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (12.96%) Systems Engineering
10 7 (12.96%) Thought Leadership
10 7 (12.96%) PL/SQL
10 7 (12.96%) SQL
10 7 (12.96%) Avaloq
10 7 (12.96%) Software Engineering
11 6 (11.11%) Degree
11 6 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
11 6 (11.11%) Project Delivery
12 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
12 5 (9.26%) SAP
13 4 (7.41%) Programme Management
13 4 (7.41%) Marketing
13 4 (7.41%) Business Development
13 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
13 4 (7.41%) CISSP

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) SAP PP
1 1 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.41%) WhatsApp
2 2 (3.70%) AWS
2 2 (3.70%) SAP Fieldglass
3 1 (1.85%) Azure
3 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.85%) SaaS
3 1 (1.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (1.85%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 26 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 22 (40.74%) Finance
3 6 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (7.41%) Marketing
5 3 (5.56%) Banking
5 3 (5.56%) Front Office
5 3 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.70%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.85%) Life Science
3 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.85%) Smart City
3 1 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
1 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (44.44%) Project Management
2 19 (35.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (33.33%) Agile
4 10 (18.52%) Requirements Gathering
5 9 (16.67%) CRM
5 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 8 (14.81%) Business Case
7 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
7 7 (12.96%) Design Patterns
7 7 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (12.96%) Software Engineering
7 7 (12.96%) Systems Engineering
7 7 (12.96%) Thought Leadership
8 6 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (11.11%) Project Delivery
9 4 (7.41%) Application Security
9 4 (7.41%) Cloud Security
9 4 (7.41%) Data Strategy
9 4 (7.41%) Impact Assessments
9 4 (7.41%) Minimum Viable Product
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) PL/SQL
1 7 (12.96%) SQL
2 1 (1.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) Degree
2 4 (7.41%) CISA
2 4 (7.41%) CISM
2 4 (7.41%) CISSP
2 4 (7.41%) Master's Degree
2 4 (7.41%) MBA
3 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.70%) PMP
4 1 (1.85%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) PMO
1 2 (3.70%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) GAMP
2 1 (1.85%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 7 (12.96%) Avaloq
2 5 (9.26%) SAP
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.70%) NEC
4 2 (3.70%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.85%) Ariba
5 1 (1.85%) Cognizant