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 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 25 21 18
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 161 212 340
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 5.88% 6.99% 8.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.21% 7.37% 8.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 165 262
10th Percentile £350 £391 £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 £593 £569 £525
90th Percentile £638 £638 £575
England median daily rate £525 £538 £520
% change year-on-year -2.33% +3.37% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 6
10th Percentile £25.69 £29.58 £23.74
25th Percentile £31.94 £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 £35.31 £36.35 £45.46
90th Percentile £39.63 £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

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,591 2,877 3,911
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 94.92% 96.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,638 2,039 2,853
10th Percentile £272 £300 £213
25th Percentile £385 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £586 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 131 164
10th Percentile £11.13 £14.55 £11.83
25th Percentile £14.06 £18.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £32.90 £30.00 £24.10
Median % change year-on-year +9.65% +24.48% +33.89%
75th Percentile £48.00 £45.62 £52.60
90th Percentile £71.02 £66.00 £75.00
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 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 1 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 1 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 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 -13 62 £500 - 56
Cheshire +12 54 £560 +21.08% 22
Lancashire +17 19 £350 -20.00% 14
Merseyside +3 19 £400 -23.08% 12
Cumbria -12 7 £526 +10.63% 8
Project Manager
England

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

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 North West region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 76 (47.20%) Project Management
2 51 (31.68%) Social Skills
3 49 (30.43%) Finance
4 37 (22.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (21.12%) Agile
6 21 (13.04%) Project Delivery
7 20 (12.42%) Public Sector
8 16 (9.94%) Business Case
9 15 (9.32%) JIRA
9 15 (9.32%) SAP
10 14 (8.70%) CRM
11 13 (8.07%) ERP
11 13 (8.07%) Requirements Gathering
11 13 (8.07%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (7.45%) Manufacturing
12 12 (7.45%) Degree
13 11 (6.83%) PRINCE2
13 11 (6.83%) Microsoft
14 10 (6.21%) Migration
14 10 (6.21%) SQL
14 10 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
14 10 (6.21%) Waterfall
14 10 (6.21%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
15 8 (4.97%) Project Planning
15 8 (4.97%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (4.97%) Matrix Organization
15 8 (4.97%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (4.97%) Decision-Making
15 8 (4.97%) Azure
16 7 (4.35%) Design Patterns

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:

Applications
1 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.86%) SAP SD
3 2 (1.24%) 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 (4.97%) Azure
1 8 (4.97%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (3.73%) AWS
3 5 (3.11%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.48%) SaaS
4 4 (2.48%) WhatsApp
5 2 (1.24%) Miro
5 2 (1.24%) 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 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (3.11%) Power BI
2 2 (1.24%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 15 (9.32%) JIRA
General
1 51 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 49 (30.43%) Finance
3 20 (12.42%) Public Sector
4 12 (7.45%) Manufacturing
5 8 (4.97%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (3.73%) Marketing
7 5 (3.11%) Banking
7 5 (3.11%) Local Government
8 4 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.48%) Retail
9 3 (1.86%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.86%) Front Office
9 3 (1.86%) Police
10 2 (1.24%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.24%) Law
10 2 (1.24%) Legal
10 2 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.62%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.48%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (1.86%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
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 76 (47.20%) Project Management
2 37 (22.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (21.12%) Agile
4 21 (13.04%) Project Delivery
5 16 (9.94%) Business Case
6 14 (8.70%) CRM
7 13 (8.07%) ERP
7 13 (8.07%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (8.07%) Requirements Gathering
8 11 (6.83%) PRINCE2
9 10 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (6.21%) Migration
9 10 (6.21%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 10 (6.21%) Waterfall
10 8 (4.97%) Decision-Making
10 8 (4.97%) Matrix Organization
10 8 (4.97%) Project Planning
11 7 (4.35%) Design Patterns
11 7 (4.35%) Systems Engineering
11 7 (4.35%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.21%) SQL
2 7 (4.35%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.62%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (7.45%) Degree
2 7 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 7 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (2.48%) CISA
3 4 (2.48%) CISM
3 4 (2.48%) CISSP
3 4 (2.48%) Master's Degree
3 4 (2.48%) MBA
3 4 (2.48%) PMP
4 3 (1.86%) HNC
4 3 (1.86%) NVQ Level 4
4 3 (1.86%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.62%) APMP
5 1 (0.62%) CIPD
5 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.62%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.11%) GDPR
1 5 (3.11%) PMO
2 2 (1.24%) QA
3 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.62%) GAMP
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 (9.32%) SAP
2 11 (6.83%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.35%) Avaloq
4 5 (3.11%) Sage
5 3 (1.86%) NEC
5 3 (1.86%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.24%) 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