Project Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Project Manager
England > Midlands

The median Project Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 17 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 180 288 549
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.45% 8.86% 10.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.00% 9.38% 11.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 206 433
10th Percentile £355 £363 £359
25th Percentile £456 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +3.72%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £550
90th Percentile £638 £603 £635
England median daily rate £525 £538 £520
% change year-on-year -2.33% +3.37% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 3
10th Percentile £26.92 £25.33 £18.24
25th Percentile £27.54 £26.01 £21.25
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

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,572 3,071 4,819
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 94.52% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,742 2,168 3,508
10th Percentile £213 £228 £212
25th Percentile £336 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +1.60% +15.43%
75th Percentile £587 £594 £569
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 108 155
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.55
25th Percentile £14.13 £14.52 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.06 £20.41 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +15.31% +18.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.63
90th Percentile £52.01 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

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 1 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 1 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 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
West Midlands -2 133 £525 +10.53% 104
East Midlands -4 45 £463 -2.63% 74
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 94 (52.22%) Project Management
2 63 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 52 (28.89%) Finance
4 45 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 34 (18.89%) Agile
7 28 (15.56%) PRINCE2
8 27 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (11.11%) SAP
9 20 (11.11%) Migration
10 18 (10.00%) Risk Management
11 17 (9.44%) PMI Certification
11 17 (9.44%) Project Planning
12 16 (8.89%) Asset Management
12 16 (8.89%) PMP
12 16 (8.89%) Waterfall
12 16 (8.89%) Budget Management
13 15 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
13 15 (8.33%) ERP
14 14 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
14 14 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 14 (7.78%) Public Sector
15 13 (7.22%) Business Case
15 13 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (7.22%) Change Control
15 13 (7.22%) Change Management
16 12 (6.67%) Degree
17 11 (6.11%) Resource Management
18 10 (5.56%) Security Cleared
18 10 (5.56%) Decision-Making

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 1 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (0.56%) CMS
1 1 (0.56%) Confluence
1 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.22%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.67%) Maximo
3 2 (1.11%) iTrent
3 2 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.56%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.00%) Azure
2 4 (2.22%) SaaS
3 3 (1.67%) AWS
4 2 (1.11%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.11%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.56%) Intacct
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.67%) LAN
1 3 (1.67%) WAN
2 2 (1.11%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.11%) VPN
3 1 (0.56%) Intranet
3 1 (0.56%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.11%) Power BI
2 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 63 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 52 (28.89%) Finance
3 14 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (7.78%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (4.44%) Banking
6 7 (3.89%) Automotive
6 7 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.78%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.22%) Law
8 4 (2.22%) Legal
8 4 (2.22%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.67%) Local Government
9 3 (1.67%) Retail
10 1 (0.56%) German Language
10 1 (0.56%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.56%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (3.89%) NHS
3 6 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.33%) PMI
4 3 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.11%) CCTV
5 2 (1.11%) Robotics
5 2 (1.11%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.56%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.56%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.56%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.56%) FMCG
6 1 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.56%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.56%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.56%) Unix
1 1 (0.56%) Windows
1 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (52.22%) Project Management
2 45 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 34 (18.89%) Agile
5 28 (15.56%) PRINCE2
6 27 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (11.11%) Migration
8 18 (10.00%) Risk Management
9 17 (9.44%) Project Planning
10 16 (8.89%) Asset Management
10 16 (8.89%) Budget Management
10 16 (8.89%) Waterfall
11 15 (8.33%) ERP
11 15 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
12 14 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (7.22%) Business Case
13 13 (7.22%) Change Control
13 13 (7.22%) Change Management
14 11 (6.11%) Resource Management
15 10 (5.56%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.22%) Java
2 2 (1.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (9.44%) PMI Certification
2 16 (8.89%) PMP
3 12 (6.67%) Degree
4 10 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (3.33%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.78%) HNC
7 5 (2.78%) HND
8 3 (1.67%) CIPD
8 3 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.67%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.56%) APMG
9 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.56%) CCNA
9 1 (0.56%) CCNP
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.56%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.33%) PMO
1 6 (3.33%) QA
2 2 (1.11%) SLA
3 1 (0.56%) GDPR
3 1 (0.56%) IFRS
3 1 (0.56%) IFRS 17
3 1 (0.56%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (11.11%) SAP
2 8 (4.44%) Sage
3 7 (3.89%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.22%) Oracle
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe
5 1 (0.56%) CODA
5 1 (0.56%) Infor
5 1 (0.56%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.56%) Palantir
5 1 (0.56%) Planview
5 1 (0.56%) UiPath