Project Manager Contracts in the North West

Project Manager
England > North West

The median Project Manager daily rate in the North West is £500, 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 21 16
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 162 211 335
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 5.81% 7.01% 8.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.15% 7.40% 8.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 163 258
10th Percentile £350 £388 £320
25th Percentile £400 £438 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +1.01%
75th Percentile £592 £575 £525
90th Percentile £638 £638 £575
England median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 6
10th Percentile £26.03 £29.58 £23.74
25th Percentile £33.00 £30.54 £26.02
Median hourly rate £34.21 £30.65 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.62% +9.46% -49.54%
75th Percentile £35.00 £36.35 £45.46
90th Percentile £39.25 £38.75 £55.40
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
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 2,633 2,851 3,885
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 94.72% 96.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,627 2,023 2,826
10th Percentile £268 £300 £219
25th Percentile £382 £406 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £579 £588 £575
90th Percentile £671 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 131 161
10th Percentile £11.77 £14.55 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.24 £17.71 £15.72
Median hourly rate £32.90 £28.70 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.62% +14.80% +38.45%
75th Percentile £48.00 £43.75 £52.56
90th Percentile £71.69 £57.50 £75.00
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in the North West

Project Manager
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 Manager within the North West 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
Manchester -15 64 £500 - 55
Cheshire +7 54 £560 +17.89% 21
Lancashire +16 19 £350 -20.00% 15
Merseyside -2 17 £400 -23.08% 11
Cumbria -9 8 £526 +10.63% 5
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

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 North West region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 80 (49.38%) Project Management
2 53 (32.72%) Social Skills
3 50 (30.86%) Finance
4 36 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (21.60%) Agile
6 21 (12.96%) Project Delivery
7 19 (11.73%) Public Sector
8 16 (9.88%) JIRA
8 16 (9.88%) Business Case
9 15 (9.26%) SAP
10 14 (8.64%) CRM
11 13 (8.02%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (8.02%) Requirements Gathering
12 12 (7.41%) Microsoft
13 11 (6.79%) ERP
13 11 (6.79%) PRINCE2
13 11 (6.79%) Manufacturing
13 11 (6.79%) Degree
13 11 (6.79%) Waterfall
14 10 (6.17%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
14 10 (6.17%) SQL
15 9 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
15 9 (5.56%) Migration
15 9 (5.56%) Matrix Organization
16 8 (4.94%) Decision-Making
16 8 (4.94%) Azure
16 8 (4.94%) SC Cleared
16 8 (4.94%) Security Cleared
16 8 (4.94%) Marketing
16 8 (4.94%) Project Planning

Project Manager Skill Set
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 1 (0.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.85%) SAP SD
3 2 (1.23%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.62%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.62%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 8 (4.94%) Azure
2 7 (4.32%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (3.09%) AWS
3 5 (3.09%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.47%) SaaS
4 4 (2.47%) WhatsApp
5 2 (1.23%) Miro
5 2 (1.23%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (0.62%) GCP
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle CX
6 1 (0.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.62%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.62%) Internet
1 1 (0.62%) NFC
1 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.09%) Power BI
2 4 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.23%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 16 (9.88%) JIRA
General
1 53 (32.72%) Social Skills
2 50 (30.86%) Finance
3 19 (11.73%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.79%) Manufacturing
5 8 (4.94%) Marketing
5 8 (4.94%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (3.70%) Banking
7 5 (3.09%) Local Government
8 4 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.47%) Retail
9 3 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.85%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.85%) Front Office
9 3 (1.85%) Police
10 2 (1.23%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.23%) Law
10 2 (1.23%) Legal
10 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.62%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.32%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.47%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (1.85%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.62%) CCTV
5 1 (0.62%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.62%) EMV
5 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.62%) Life Science
5 1 (0.62%) NHS
5 1 (0.62%) PMI
5 1 (0.62%) Smart City
5 1 (0.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.62%) Windows
1 1 (0.62%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (49.38%) Project Management
2 36 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (21.60%) Agile
4 21 (12.96%) Project Delivery
5 16 (9.88%) Business Case
6 14 (8.64%) CRM
7 13 (8.02%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (8.02%) Requirements Gathering
8 11 (6.79%) ERP
8 11 (6.79%) PRINCE2
8 11 (6.79%) Waterfall
9 10 (6.17%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 9 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (5.56%) Matrix Organization
10 9 (5.56%) Migration
11 8 (4.94%) Decision-Making
11 8 (4.94%) Project Planning
12 7 (4.32%) Design Patterns
12 7 (4.32%) Systems Engineering
12 7 (4.32%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.17%) SQL
2 7 (4.32%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.62%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (6.79%) Degree
2 8 (4.94%) SC Cleared
2 8 (4.94%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.47%) CISA
4 4 (2.47%) CISM
4 4 (2.47%) CISSP
4 4 (2.47%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.47%) MBA
4 4 (2.47%) PMP
5 3 (1.85%) HNC
5 3 (1.85%) NVQ Level 4
5 3 (1.85%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.62%) APMP
6 1 (0.62%) CIPD
6 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.62%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.09%) GDPR
1 5 (3.09%) PMO
2 3 (1.85%) QA
3 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.62%) GAMP
3 1 (0.62%) GRC
3 1 (0.62%) GxP
3 1 (0.62%) NEBOSH
3 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 15 (9.26%) SAP
2 12 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.32%) Avaloq
4 5 (3.09%) Sage
5 3 (1.85%) NEC
5 3 (1.85%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.23%) Oracle
7 1 (0.62%) Ariba
7 1 (0.62%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.62%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.62%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.62%) Google
7 1 (0.62%) Imperva