Project Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Project Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £525, 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 18 18 12
Rank change year-on-year 0 -6 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 196 282 549
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.68% 8.74% 10.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.25% 9.25% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 202 432
10th Percentile £355 £363 £358
25th Percentile £456 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -2.96% +4.15%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £550
90th Percentile £641 £606 £636
England median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 2
10th Percentile £26.92 £25.33 -
25th Percentile £27.54 £26.01 £26.25
Median hourly rate £31.75 £27.13 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.03% -1.35% +22.49%
75th Percentile £43.75 £37.32 £28.75
90th Percentile - £43.43 -
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
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,704 3,048 4,802
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 94.48% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,810 2,151 3,502
10th Percentile £213 £228 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £570
90th Percentile £675 £694 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 111 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.12 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.97 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% +14.90% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the Midlands

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the 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 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
West Midlands -2 144 £525 +9.38% 110
East Midlands 0 50 £456 -3.95% 75
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 101 (51.53%) Project Management
2 66 (33.67%) Social Skills
3 53 (27.04%) Finance
4 51 (26.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 41 (20.92%) Project Delivery
6 35 (17.86%) Agile
7 28 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (13.78%) PRINCE2
9 21 (10.71%) SAP
10 20 (10.20%) Migration
11 17 (8.67%) Project Planning
11 17 (8.67%) Risk Management
11 17 (8.67%) PMI Certification
11 17 (8.67%) Waterfall
12 16 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
12 16 (8.16%) PMP
12 16 (8.16%) Budget Management
12 16 (8.16%) Public Sector
12 16 (8.16%) Resource Allocation
13 15 (7.65%) ERP
13 15 (7.65%) Asset Management
13 15 (7.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 14 (7.14%) Change Management
15 13 (6.63%) Degree
15 13 (6.63%) Business Case
15 13 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (6.12%) Change Control
17 11 (5.61%) Resource Management
17 11 (5.61%) Security Cleared
18 10 (5.10%) Banking

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 (1.53%) Confluence
2 1 (0.51%) CMS
2 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.04%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.53%) Maximo
2 3 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.02%) iTrent
4 1 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.51%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.51%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.10%) Azure
2 4 (2.04%) SaaS
3 2 (1.02%) AWS
3 2 (1.02%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.51%) Intacct
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.51%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.53%) LAN
1 3 (1.53%) WAN
2 2 (1.02%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.02%) VPN
3 1 (0.51%) Intranet
3 1 (0.51%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.02%) Power BI
2 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 66 (33.67%) Social Skills
2 53 (27.04%) Finance
3 16 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (8.16%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (5.10%) Banking
6 7 (3.57%) Automotive
6 7 (3.57%) Law
7 6 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.55%) Local Government
8 5 (2.55%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.04%) Legal
9 4 (2.04%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.53%) Fire and Rescue
10 3 (1.53%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.02%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.02%) Retail
12 1 (0.51%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.51%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (4.08%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.57%) NHS
4 6 (3.06%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (3.06%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.06%) PMI
5 3 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.02%) CCTV
6 2 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (1.02%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.02%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.02%) Robotics
6 2 (1.02%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.51%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.51%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.51%) FMCG
7 1 (0.51%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Linux
1 1 (0.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (51.53%) Project Management
2 51 (26.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (20.92%) Project Delivery
4 35 (17.86%) Agile
5 28 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (13.78%) PRINCE2
7 20 (10.20%) Migration
8 17 (8.67%) Project Planning
8 17 (8.67%) Risk Management
8 17 (8.67%) Waterfall
9 16 (8.16%) Budget Management
9 16 (8.16%) Resource Allocation
10 15 (7.65%) Asset Management
10 15 (7.65%) ERP
10 15 (7.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (7.14%) Change Management
12 13 (6.63%) Business Case
13 12 (6.12%) Change Control
14 11 (5.61%) Resource Management
15 10 (5.10%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.04%) Java
2 3 (1.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (8.67%) PMI Certification
2 16 (8.16%) PMP
3 13 (6.63%) Degree
4 11 (5.61%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (3.06%) HNC
6 6 (3.06%) HND
7 5 (2.55%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.04%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.53%) CIPD
9 3 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (1.53%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.51%) APMG
10 1 (0.51%) CCNA
10 1 (0.51%) CCNP
10 1 (0.51%) CISA
10 1 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.51%) CISM
10 1 (0.51%) CISSP
10 1 (0.51%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.57%) QA
2 6 (3.06%) PMO
3 2 (1.02%) GRC
4 1 (0.51%) GDPR
4 1 (0.51%) IFRS
4 1 (0.51%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.51%) NIST
4 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.51%) SLA
4 1 (0.51%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (10.71%) SAP
2 10 (5.10%) Sage
3 9 (4.59%) Microsoft
4 5 (2.55%) Oracle
5 1 (0.51%) CODA
5 1 (0.51%) Infor
5 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.51%) Palantir
5 1 (0.51%) Planview
5 1 (0.51%) UiPath
5 1 (0.51%) VMware
5 1 (0.51%) Workday