Project Manager Contracts in the East Midlands

Project Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Project Manager daily rate in the East Midlands is £456, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 25 12
Rank change year-on-year 0 -13 0
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 50 64 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.79% 6.42% 10.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.13% 6.76% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 55 112
10th Percentile £258 £369 £363
25th Percentile £355 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% -2.06% +8.99%
75th Percentile £568 £541 £538
90th Percentile £644 £635 £575
England median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £24.88 £26.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £25.66 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.06% -6.69% +7.46%
75th Percentile - £26.44 £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -43.20% +25.00% +61.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 815 947 1,306
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 94.98% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 741 976
10th Percentile £181 £213 £179
25th Percentile £270 £330 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £430
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +7.56% +14.67%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £519
90th Percentile £622 £700 £595
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 49 79
10th Percentile £11.83 £13.07 £9.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.65 £14.72
Median hourly rate £17.60 £22.26 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.93% +11.30% +36.89%
75th Percentile £26.15 £40.25 £32.63
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £38.50 £44.53 £24.00
% change year-on-year -13.54% +85.54% +14.01%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the East Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the East Midlands

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the East Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the East Midlands

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the East 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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Northamptonshire +4 28 £438 -15.61% 12
Nottinghamshire +8 7 £525 -0.10% 15
Leicestershire -4 6 £265 -38.37% 18
Derbyshire -2 5 £450 -10.00% 21
Lincolnshire +6 2 £500 - 8
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 East Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 20 (40.00%) Project Management
2 16 (32.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (26.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (24.00%) Agile
5 11 (22.00%) Finance
5 11 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (22.00%) Project Delivery
6 6 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (12.00%) Budget Management
6 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (12.00%) SAP
6 6 (12.00%) Degree
6 6 (12.00%) Time Management
6 6 (12.00%) Azure
6 6 (12.00%) Waterfall
7 5 (10.00%) HNC
7 5 (10.00%) HND
7 5 (10.00%) ERP
8 4 (8.00%) Microsoft
8 4 (8.00%) PRINCE2
8 4 (8.00%) Banking
8 4 (8.00%) JIRA
8 4 (8.00%) Conflict Management
8 4 (8.00%) Business Case
9 3 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (6.00%) Social Housing
9 3 (6.00%) Fire and Rescue
9 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
9 3 (6.00%) Resource Allocation
9 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 (6.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.00%) SAP EWM
1 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.00%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.00%) Azure
2 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.00%) AWS
3 1 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.00%) Intacct
3 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.00%) Power BI
2 1 (2.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 16 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.00%) Finance
3 4 (8.00%) Banking
4 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Fire and Rescue
4 3 (6.00%) Local Government
4 3 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.00%) Social Housing
4 3 (6.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.00%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.00%) NHS
3 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.00%) Robotics
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.00%) Project Management
2 13 (26.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (24.00%) Agile
4 11 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (22.00%) Project Delivery
5 6 (12.00%) Budget Management
5 6 (12.00%) Time Management
5 6 (12.00%) Waterfall
6 5 (10.00%) ERP
7 4 (8.00%) Business Case
7 4 (8.00%) Conflict Management
7 4 (8.00%) PRINCE2
8 3 (6.00%) Resource Allocation
8 3 (6.00%) Scrum
9 2 (4.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 2 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (4.00%) Change Management
9 2 (4.00%) Migration
9 2 (4.00%) Programme Management
9 2 (4.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.00%) Java
1 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) Degree
2 5 (10.00%) HNC
2 5 (10.00%) HND
3 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) CISA
4 1 (2.00%) CISM
4 1 (2.00%) CISSP
4 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.00%) PMP
4 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) GRC
1 2 (4.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) GDPR
2 1 (2.00%) NIST
2 1 (2.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (2.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (12.00%) SAP
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.00%) Sage
4 1 (2.00%) CODA
4 1 (2.00%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.00%) Oracle