Project Management Contracts in the North West

Project Management
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 198 233 357
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 7.23% 7.69% 8.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.50% 8.57% 9.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 157 242
10th Percentile £313 £327 £300
25th Percentile £385 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +11.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £525
90th Percentile £638 £643 £600
England median daily rate £525 £530 £513
% change year-on-year -0.94% +3.41% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 17
10th Percentile £24.40 £27.08 £23.71
25th Percentile £29.69 £30.54 £28.92
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £33.90
Median % change year-on-year - +3.24% +50.67%
75th Percentile £43.75 £47.63 £50.78
90th Percentile £51.88 £65.80 £62.83
England median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £32.45
% change year-on-year -22.20% +51.00% +21.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,330 2,719 3,588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.10% 89.71% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,452 1,906 2,612
10th Percentile £308 £313 £240
25th Percentile £401 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £680 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 143 158
10th Percentile £11.00 £16.04 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.00 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% +50.72% +29.66%
75th Percentile £46.18 £46.59 £52.67
90th Percentile £66.61 £65.95 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the North West

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the North West

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the North West

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester -3 91 £520 +6.67% 146
Cheshire +7 63 £500 -7.41% 64
Lancashire +13 22 £494 +16.18% 37
Merseyside +1 14 £420 -19.23% 25
Cumbria -11 9 £273 -46.07% 20
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (4.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.01%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (9.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (8.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.52%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.01%) Revit
7 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.51%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Aareon QL
1 3 (1.52%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.51%) Primavera
2 1 (0.51%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.51%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.07%) Azure
1 14 (7.07%) Power Platform
2 8 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.53%) AWS
3 5 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (2.53%) SaaS
4 4 (2.02%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.52%) SAP Fieldglass
6 2 (1.01%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.01%) Miro
7 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.51%) OCI
7 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.52%) Intranet
2 2 (1.01%) DNS
3 1 (0.51%) 2G
3 1 (0.51%) 3G
3 1 (0.51%) 4G
3 1 (0.51%) 5G
3 1 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.06%) Power BI
2 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.52%) DB2
2 3 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 71 (35.86%) Social Skills
2 62 (31.31%) Finance
3 28 (14.14%) Public Sector
4 20 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (5.05%) Legal
7 9 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 8 (4.04%) Banking
8 8 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.04%) Mandarin Language
8 8 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.54%) Local Government
9 7 (3.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (2.53%) Automotive
10 5 (2.53%) Front Office
10 5 (2.53%) German Language
10 5 (2.53%) Marketing
11 4 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.02%) Police
12 2 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 76 (38.38%) Project Manager
2 18 (9.09%) Analyst
2 18 (9.09%) Senior
3 12 (6.06%) Senior Manager
4 10 (5.05%) Business Analyst
4 10 (5.05%) Capability Manager
4 10 (5.05%) Programme Manager
5 7 (3.54%) IT Manager
5 7 (3.54%) Senior Project Manager
6 6 (3.03%) Architect
6 6 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
6 6 (3.03%) IT Project Manager
6 6 (3.03%) Technical Manager
7 5 (2.53%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (2.53%) Lead
7 5 (2.53%) Manufacturing Engineer
7 5 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (2.53%) Support Engineer
7 5 (2.53%) Technical Project Manager
8 4 (2.02%) Analytics Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.02%) .NET
2 3 (1.52%) React
3 1 (0.51%) Java EE
3 1 (0.51%) RESTful
3 1 (0.51%) Spring
3 1 (0.51%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.57%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.05%) Life Science
3 6 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.02%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.02%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.02%) NHS
4 4 (2.02%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.52%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.52%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.01%) PMI
6 2 (1.01%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.01%) SCADA
7 1 (0.51%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.51%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.51%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.52%) Android
1 3 (1.52%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.01%) Windows
2 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (30.81%) Agile
2 54 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 31 (15.66%) Project Delivery
4 27 (13.64%) PRINCE2
5 26 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (9.09%) Risk Management
7 18 (9.09%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 18 (9.09%) Waterfall
8 15 (7.58%) Analytics
8 15 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (7.58%) Requirements Gathering
9 14 (7.07%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (7.07%) Decision-Making
9 14 (7.07%) Process Improvement
9 14 (7.07%) Time Management
10 13 (6.57%) Business Case
10 13 (6.57%) Change Management
11 12 (6.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (5.56%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.08%) SQL
2 7 (3.54%) C
2 7 (3.54%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.02%) C++
3 4 (2.02%) Java
4 2 (1.01%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.51%) C#
Qualifications
1 27 (13.64%) Degree
2 14 (7.07%) PMI Certification
2 14 (7.07%) PMP
3 10 (5.05%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.04%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.52%) HNC
6 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.52%) NVQ Level 4
7 2 (1.01%) APMG
7 2 (1.01%) CCNA
7 2 (1.01%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.01%) RIBA
8 1 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.51%) CISSP
8 1 (0.51%) CRISC
8 1 (0.51%) MCP
8 1 (0.51%) MCSE
8 1 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.09%) PMO
2 9 (4.55%) GDPR
3 6 (3.03%) GAMP
3 6 (3.03%) GxP
4 5 (2.53%) QA
5 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.52%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.52%) IASME
6 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.01%) P3O
8 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.51%) GMP
8 1 (0.51%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.51%) NIST
8 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.55%) SAP
3 7 (3.54%) Avaloq
4 6 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.02%) Cadence
5 4 (2.02%) Google
6 3 (1.52%) Aareon
6 3 (1.52%) Adobe
6 3 (1.52%) Sage
7 2 (1.01%) CA
7 2 (1.01%) Lotus
7 2 (1.01%) Oracle
8 1 (0.51%) Ariba
8 1 (0.51%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.51%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.51%) NEC
8 1 (0.51%) VMware
8 1 (0.51%) Xamarin