Project Management Contracts in the East Midlands

Project Management
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 18 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 -6 0
Contract jobs citing Project Management 56 80 133
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.57% 8.06% 9.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.37% 9.21% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 63 101
10th Percentile £302 £383 £330
25th Percentile £392 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% +16.25%
75th Percentile £563 £609 £538
90th Percentile £608 £695 £606
England median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 9
10th Percentile - £22.86 £20.25
25th Percentile - £24.16 £21.10
Median hourly rate £18.00 £28.71 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.30% +4.40% -41.76%
75th Percentile £19.00 £32.58 £31.50
90th Percentile £19.60 £34.05 £34.50
England median hourly rate £38.12 £48.50 £31.70
% change year-on-year -21.40% +53.00% +17.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 669 869 1,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.52% 87.51% 82.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 676 877
10th Percentile £200 £223 £200
25th Percentile £295 £349 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £591 £525
90th Percentile £623 £700 £613
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 50 74
10th Percentile £11.58 £12.61 £9.74
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.96 £13.95
Median hourly rate £17.00 £24.83 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.53% +24.15% +53.85%
75th Percentile £26.15 £51.50 £30.97
90th Percentile £44.00 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +44.00% +11.11%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the East Midlands

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the East Midlands

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the East Midlands

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the East Midlands

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
Northamptonshire +1 26 £475 - 28
Derbyshire -1 10 £450 -18.18% 38
Leicestershire 0 7 £488 +11.43% 44
Nottinghamshire +3 6 £481 -31.25% 31
Lincolnshire +1 6 £500 -15.14% 22
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 3 (5.36%) Confluence
2 1 (1.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.57%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.07%) Azure
2 5 (8.93%) AWS
2 5 (8.93%) SaaS
3 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.79%) PaaS
3 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) BGP
1 2 (3.57%) Firewall
1 2 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (3.57%) MPLS
1 2 (3.57%) Network Security
1 2 (3.57%) OSPF
1 2 (3.57%) SAN
1 2 (3.57%) SMS
1 2 (3.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (3.57%) VPN
1 2 (3.57%) WAN
2 1 (1.79%) DHCP
2 1 (1.79%) DNS
2 1 (1.79%) LAN
2 1 (1.79%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) DB2
1 4 (7.14%) Electronic Patient Records
1 4 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.79%) Power BI
2 1 (1.79%) Redash
Development Applications
1 5 (8.93%) JIRA
General
1 17 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 15 (26.79%) Finance
3 8 (14.29%) Banking
4 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.93%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (7.14%) Retail
6 2 (3.57%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.57%) Legal
6 2 (3.57%) Local Government
7 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Games
7 1 (1.79%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.79%) Marketing
7 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 6 (10.71%) Analyst
2 6 (10.71%) Architect
2 6 (10.71%) Business Analyst
3 5 (8.93%) Senior
4 4 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.36%) Lead
5 3 (5.36%) Programme Director
6 2 (3.57%) Banking Project Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Coordinator
6 2 (3.57%) Debt Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Development Officer
6 2 (3.57%) IT Architect
6 2 (3.57%) IT Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (3.57%) Project Officer
6 2 (3.57%) Project Support Officer
6 2 (3.57%) Site Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Support Officer
7 1 (1.79%) EPR Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) .NET
1 4 (7.14%) React
2 1 (1.79%) CSS
2 1 (1.79%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.93%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.14%) Mainframe
3 4 (7.14%) NHS
3 4 (7.14%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.57%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.79%) Robotics
5 1 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Android
1 4 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.79%) Windows
2 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (37.50%) Agile
2 12 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (19.64%) Waterfall
4 10 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (16.07%) PRINCE2
6 8 (14.29%) Change Management
6 8 (14.29%) Project Delivery
7 7 (12.50%) Business Case
7 7 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 7 (12.50%) Scrum
8 6 (10.71%) Risk Management
8 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (8.93%) Business Analysis
9 5 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (8.93%) Critical Thinking
10 4 (7.14%) Backlog Management
10 4 (7.14%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 4 (7.14%) Change Control
10 4 (7.14%) Project Planning
10 4 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.14%) C
1 4 (7.14%) Java
2 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (5.36%) CBAP
2 3 (5.36%) DBS Check
2 3 (5.36%) ISEB
3 2 (3.57%) HNC
3 2 (3.57%) HND
3 2 (3.57%) IIBA
3 2 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.57%) PMP
4 1 (1.79%) APMP
4 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.79%) CISA
4 1 (1.79%) CISM
4 1 (1.79%) CISSP
4 1 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.79%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) PMO
2 2 (3.57%) GDPR
2 2 (3.57%) GRC
2 2 (3.57%) HIPAA
2 2 (3.57%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.79%) NIST
3 1 (1.79%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.71%) SAP
3 2 (3.57%) NEC
3 2 (3.57%) Northgate
4 1 (1.79%) Adobe
4 1 (1.79%) Ariba
4 1 (1.79%) Citrix
4 1 (1.79%) CODA
4 1 (1.79%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle
4 1 (1.79%) Sage
4 1 (1.79%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.79%) VMware
4 1 (1.79%) Workday