IT Project Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

IT Project Manager
England > West Midlands

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 86 112
Rank change year-on-year +6 +26 -7
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 26 43 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.38% 1.91% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 2.01% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 36 51
10th Percentile £228 £394 £313
25th Percentile £381 £418 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £556 £544 £538
90th Percentile £586 £575 £588
England median daily rate £525 £540 £520
% change year-on-year -2.78% +3.85% +15.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,733 2,135 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 94.59% 96.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,176 1,459 2,490
10th Percentile £255 £250 £225
25th Percentile £360 £386 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +14.46%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £700 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 64 75
10th Percentile £12.08 £12.50 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.47 £14.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +9.68%
75th Percentile £40.81 £28.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.63 £56.38 £23.15
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the West Midlands

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in the West Midlands

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in the West Midlands

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in the West Midlands

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Birmingham +8 7 £507 +4.00% 4
Worcestershire +11 6 £363 -14.71%
Staffordshire +10 6 £400 -16.67% 2
Warwickshire +1 3 £575 +4.55% 2
Coventry +12 2 £525 -2.33% 1
Solihull -15 2 £375 -18.92% 3
IT Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, IT 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 West Midlands region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 13 (50.00%) Project Management
2 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (30.77%) PRINCE2
4 6 (23.08%) Migration
5 5 (19.23%) Finance
5 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (19.23%) Agile
6 4 (15.38%) Data Migration
6 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (15.38%) Waterfall
6 4 (15.38%) SAP
7 3 (11.54%) Automotive
7 3 (11.54%) Legal
7 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
7 3 (11.54%) Project Planning
8 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
8 2 (7.69%) Project Delivery
8 2 (7.69%) Business Case
8 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (7.69%) Technology Transformation
8 2 (7.69%) Budget Management
8 2 (7.69%) Budgeting
8 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
8 2 (7.69%) Asset Management
8 2 (7.69%) Supplier Management
8 2 (7.69%) People Management
8 2 (7.69%) Change Control
8 2 (7.69%) Agile Project Management

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 1 (3.85%) Moodle
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Intranet
1 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.85%) WAN
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Automotive
3 3 (11.54%) Legal
3 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.69%) Law
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Local Government
5 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.85%) FMCG
1 1 (3.85%) Housing Association
1 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (3.85%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Unix
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Project Management
2 8 (30.77%) PRINCE2
2 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (23.08%) Migration
4 5 (19.23%) Agile
5 4 (15.38%) Data Migration
5 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (15.38%) Waterfall
6 3 (11.54%) Project Planning
7 2 (7.69%) Agile Project Management
7 2 (7.69%) Asset Management
7 2 (7.69%) Budget Management
7 2 (7.69%) Business Case
7 2 (7.69%) Change Control
7 2 (7.69%) People Management
7 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (7.69%) Project Delivery
7 2 (7.69%) Risk Management
7 2 (7.69%) Supplier Management
7 2 (7.69%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.85%) PMP
3 1 (3.85%) SAP Certification
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (3.85%) Cisco
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft