Project Management Contracts in Preston

Project Management
Lancashire > Preston

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 12 24 13
Rank change year-on-year +12 -11 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 7 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 10.00% 3.13% 9.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.29% 3.16% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile £350 £285 £362
25th Percentile £400 £292 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £308 £475
Median % change year-on-year +92.81% -35.26% +46.04%
75th Percentile £666 £327 £569
90th Percentile £744 £336 £580
Lancashire median daily rate £494 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +16.18% -5.56% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £32.05
25th Percentile - - £36.75
Median hourly rate - £66.69 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year - +47.56% -36.33%
75th Percentile - - £54.27
90th Percentile - - £59.34
Lancashire median hourly rate - £66.69 £45.20
% change year-on-year - +47.56% -36.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62 95 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 88.57% 98.96% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 41 37
10th Percentile £354 £281 £156
25th Percentile £469 £363 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £438 £275
Median % change year-on-year +35.52% +59.09% -36.49%
75th Percentile £646 £530 £448
90th Percentile £908 £725 £543
Lancashire median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 40 20
10th Percentile £12.20 £25.75 £12.97
25th Percentile - £29.30 £13.91
Median hourly rate £16.06 £42.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.21% +14.86% +116.66%
75th Percentile £19.05 £49.52 £46.37
90th Percentile £46.18 £56.38 £66.05
Lancashire median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £27.66
% change year-on-year -17.65% +53.67% +42.42%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Preston

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Preston.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Preston

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Preston

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Preston.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Preston

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Project Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Business Case
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (28.57%) Line Management
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 2 (28.57%) Service Management
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Identification
4 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cadence
2 1 (14.29%) Blue Prism