Project Management Contracts in the East Midlands

Project Management
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 21 12
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 60 59 137
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 7.55% 6.71% 10.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.05% 7.81% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 38 107
10th Percentile £311 £350 £350
25th Percentile £375 £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.10% +7.53%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £575
90th Percentile £600 £649 £643
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £23.09 £23.15 £23.58
25th Percentile £25.86 £26.38 £27.31
Median hourly rate £31.09 £31.76 £33.47
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.09% +38.97%
75th Percentile £35.70 £33.40 £40.79
90th Percentile £38.09 £34.38 £44.82
England median hourly rate £35.00 £41.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.63% +17.14% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 663 755 1,150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 83.40% 85.89% 85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 547 870
10th Percentile £263 £213 £200
25th Percentile £360 £360 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £465
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.45% +15.53%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £551
90th Percentile £627 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 48 64
10th Percentile £12.75 £12.70 £9.74
25th Percentile £15.03 £16.56 £13.99
Median hourly rate £17.66 £27.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.78% +48.65% +27.59%
75th Percentile £41.61 £53.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £70.00 £35.26
England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.90 £29.00
% change year-on-year -2.05% +51.38% +37.77%

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 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the East Midlands

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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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 20 September 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 -4 32 £445 -9.00% 18
Nottinghamshire +6 11 £434 -31.96% 23
Derbyshire +1 6 £525 +5.00% 26
Leicestershire +8 5 £550 -4.35% 18
Lincolnshire +3 5 - - 14
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 (5.00%) Confluence
2 1 (1.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.33%) Chatbot
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.67%) SPSS
3 1 (1.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 1 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.67%) Azure
2 6 (10.00%) AWS
2 6 (10.00%) SaaS
3 1 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.67%) Azure Pipelines
3 1 (1.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.67%) GitHub
3 1 (1.67%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.67%) PaaS
3 1 (1.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.00%) Firewall
2 4 (6.67%) LAN
2 4 (6.67%) Wireless
3 2 (3.33%) BGP
3 2 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (3.33%) MPLS
3 2 (3.33%) Network Security
3 2 (3.33%) OSPF
3 2 (3.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.33%) VPN
4 1 (1.67%) DHCP
4 1 (1.67%) DNS
4 1 (1.67%) SAN
4 1 (1.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.67%) DB2
1 4 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.67%) Big Data
2 1 (1.67%) Power BI
2 1 (1.67%) Redash
2 1 (1.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 21 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (33.33%) Finance
3 10 (16.67%) Banking
4 7 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.67%) Billing
5 4 (6.67%) Corporate Banking
5 4 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.00%) Law
7 2 (3.33%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.67%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Games
8 1 (1.67%) Local Government
8 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (36.67%) Project Manager
2 9 (15.00%) Analyst
3 8 (13.33%) Business Analyst
4 7 (11.67%) Architect
5 5 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (6.67%) Administrator
6 4 (6.67%) Billing Analyst
6 4 (6.67%) Billing Business Analyst
6 4 (6.67%) IT Administrator
6 4 (6.67%) IT Support
6 4 (6.67%) Logistics Manager
6 4 (6.67%) Network Administrator
6 4 (6.67%) Network Support
6 4 (6.67%) Service Manager
6 4 (6.67%) Software Project Manager
6 4 (6.67%) Test Manager
7 3 (5.00%) HR Manager
7 3 (5.00%) Product Analyst
7 3 (5.00%) Product Business Analyst
7 3 (5.00%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.33%) React
2 4 (6.67%) .NET
3 1 (1.67%) CSS
3 1 (1.67%) HTML
3 1 (1.67%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (6.67%) Mainframe
3 4 (6.67%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.00%) Housing Association
5 2 (3.33%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (3.33%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.67%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.67%) IVR
6 1 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.67%) PMI
6 1 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.67%) Android
1 4 (6.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.67%) Windows
2 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (48.33%) Agile
2 16 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 10 (16.67%) SDLC
6 9 (15.00%) Scrum
7 8 (13.33%) Customer Service
7 8 (13.33%) Project Delivery
8 6 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (8.33%) Computer Science
9 5 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (8.33%) Logistics
9 5 (8.33%) Mathematics
9 5 (8.33%) Risk Management
9 5 (8.33%) Test Strategy
10 4 (6.67%) Business Development
10 4 (6.67%) Cash Management
10 4 (6.67%) Domain-Driven Design
10 4 (6.67%) Infrastructure Management
10 4 (6.67%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.67%) C
1 4 (6.67%) Java
2 2 (3.33%) SQL
3 1 (1.67%) Python
3 1 (1.67%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (10.00%) Degree
2 4 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (6.67%) PMI Certification
2 4 (6.67%) PMP
3 3 (5.00%) CIPD
4 2 (3.33%) CBAP
4 2 (3.33%) CISA
4 2 (3.33%) CISM
4 2 (3.33%) CISSP
4 2 (3.33%) IIBA
4 2 (3.33%) ISEB
5 1 (1.67%) APMP
5 1 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.67%) QA
2 2 (3.33%) GDPR
2 2 (3.33%) GRC
2 2 (3.33%) HIPAA
2 2 (3.33%) NIST
2 2 (3.33%) NIST 800
2 2 (3.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.67%) COBIT
3 1 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.67%) ITGC
3 1 (1.67%) PMO
3 1 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.67%) Cisco
2 4 (6.67%) Palo Alto
2 4 (6.67%) SAP
3 1 (1.67%) Ariba
3 1 (1.67%) Citrix
3 1 (1.67%) JD Edwards
3 1 (1.67%) Sage
3 1 (1.67%) SolarWinds
3 1 (1.67%) UiPath
3 1 (1.67%) VMware
3 1 (1.67%) Workday