Project Management Contracts in the North of England

Project Management
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 20 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 352 388 601
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 7.32% 7.09% 8.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.72% 7.88% 9.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 273 428
10th Percentile £328 £318 £306
25th Percentile £407 £413 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +8.11% +2.78%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £538
90th Percentile £644 £638 £601
England median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 24 18
10th Percentile £18.25 £27.19 £24.03
25th Percentile £26.66 £30.41 £28.94
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £33.34
Median % change year-on-year - +4.99% +48.16%
75th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £50.27
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.70 £62.80
England median hourly rate £38.12 £48.50 £32.40
% change year-on-year -21.40% +49.69% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,039 4,926 6,398
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.02% 90.04% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,410 3,384 4,642
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +10.80%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £670 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 204 256
10th Percentile £11.09 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.55 £15.54 £13.50
Median hourly rate £20.77 £25.50 £19.05
Median % change year-on-year -18.55% +33.89% +6.69%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.55 £34.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £57.17 £63.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the North of England

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West -1 202 £510 +2.00% 315
Yorkshire +7 115 £500 -6.54% 164
North East +13 37 £590 +47.50% 65
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 15 (4.26%) Confluence
2 9 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.57%) IBM Notes
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.28%) CICS
Applications
1 28 (7.95%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (5.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.42%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.85%) Trello
7 2 (0.57%) Revit
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.85%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.85%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.28%) Primavera
4 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.28%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.28%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 31 (8.81%) Azure
2 22 (6.25%) Power Platform
3 20 (5.68%) GitHub
4 17 (4.83%) AWS
5 13 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.56%) GCP
7 9 (2.56%) Kong
8 8 (2.27%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.70%) Apigee
9 6 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.70%) SaaS
10 4 (1.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.14%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.14%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.85%) SAP Fieldglass
12 2 (0.57%) Miro
12 2 (0.57%) OCI
12 2 (0.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.13%) DNS
2 9 (2.56%) Firewall
2 9 (2.56%) HTTP
2 9 (2.56%) TCP/IP
2 9 (2.56%) VPN
3 4 (1.14%) WAN
4 3 (0.85%) BIG-IP
4 3 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 3 (0.85%) Intranet
4 3 (0.85%) Reverse Proxy
4 3 (0.85%) SSL
5 2 (0.57%) RTP
6 1 (0.28%) Internet
6 1 (0.28%) RFID
6 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.68%) Power BI
2 9 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.99%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.14%) MySQL
4 4 (1.14%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.85%) DB2
6 1 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (11.36%) JIRA
2 20 (5.68%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.69%) GitLab
4 9 (2.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 9 (2.56%) CircleCI
4 9 (2.56%) Git
4 9 (2.56%) Travis CI
5 4 (1.14%) AppScan
5 4 (1.14%) Burp Suite
5 4 (1.14%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.85%) XCUITest
7 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.57%) Postman
7 2 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 164 (46.59%) Social Skills
2 96 (27.27%) Finance
3 56 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.23%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.82%) Manufacturing
6 16 (4.55%) Banking
7 15 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (3.13%) Legal
10 9 (2.56%) Marketing
11 8 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.27%) Local Government
11 8 (2.27%) Mandarin Language
12 7 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.42%) Automotive
13 5 (1.42%) Front Office
13 5 (1.42%) German Language
13 5 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.42%) Police
13 5 (1.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 120 (34.09%) Project Manager
2 37 (10.51%) Analyst
3 26 (7.39%) Lead
4 23 (6.53%) Senior
5 17 (4.83%) Business Analyst
6 15 (4.26%) IT Manager
6 15 (4.26%) Senior Manager
7 13 (3.69%) IT Project Manager
7 13 (3.69%) Programme Manager
7 13 (3.69%) Storage Manager
8 11 (3.13%) Developer
9 10 (2.84%) Architect
9 10 (2.84%) Capability Manager
9 10 (2.84%) Senior Project Manager
9 10 (2.84%) Technical Manager
10 9 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.27%) Infrastructure Manager
11 8 (2.27%) Portfolio Manager
12 7 (1.99%) Security Engineer
12 7 (1.99%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.55%) YAML
2 13 (3.69%) Elastic Stack
3 9 (2.56%) JSON
3 9 (2.56%) XML
4 4 (1.14%) .NET
5 3 (0.85%) React
6 2 (0.57%) Middleware
7 1 (0.28%) Java EE
7 1 (0.28%) OLE
7 1 (0.28%) RESTful
7 1 (0.28%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.28%) Spring
7 1 (0.28%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.83%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.84%) Algorithms
2 10 (2.84%) Life Science
3 9 (2.56%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 7 (1.99%) NHS
4 7 (1.99%) Public Cloud
5 6 (1.70%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.42%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.14%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.14%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.14%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.85%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.85%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.85%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.98%) Linux
2 11 (3.13%) zOS
3 7 (1.99%) Android
4 5 (1.42%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.85%) Windows
6 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (33.24%) Agile
2 113 (32.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 81 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (15.34%) Project Delivery
5 45 (12.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (11.08%) Waterfall
7 35 (9.94%) PRINCE2
8 27 (7.67%) Change Management
8 27 (7.67%) Decision-Making
9 26 (7.39%) Risk Management
10 25 (7.10%) DevOps
11 24 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
11 24 (6.82%) Project Planning
12 23 (6.53%) Scrum
13 20 (5.68%) Collaborative Working
14 19 (5.40%) ERP
15 18 (5.11%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
16 17 (4.83%) Analytics
16 17 (4.83%) Process Improvement
17 16 (4.55%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.68%) Python
2 16 (4.55%) SQL
3 15 (4.26%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.69%) Bash
5 10 (2.84%) JCL
6 7 (1.99%) C
6 7 (1.99%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.99%) REXX
7 6 (1.70%) Java
8 5 (1.42%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.14%) C++
10 3 (0.85%) ActionScript
10 3 (0.85%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.85%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.28%) C#
11 1 (0.28%) Swift
Qualifications
1 40 (11.36%) Degree
2 20 (5.68%) PMI Certification
3 19 (5.40%) PMP
4 12 (3.41%) Security Cleared
5 10 (2.84%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.85%) HNC
8 3 (0.85%) NVQ Level 4
9 2 (0.57%) APMG
9 2 (0.57%) CCNA
9 2 (0.57%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.57%) RIBA
10 1 (0.28%) CISSP
10 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.67%) QA
2 26 (7.39%) PMO
3 10 (2.84%) GDPR
4 6 (1.70%) GAMP
4 6 (1.70%) GxP
5 4 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.85%) IASME
6 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.57%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.57%) P3O
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.28%) GMP
8 1 (0.28%) GRC
8 1 (0.28%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.28%) NIST
8 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (3.69%) Docker
2 10 (2.84%) NFS
2 10 (2.84%) Time Sharing Option
3 8 (2.27%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.28%) ACF2
4 1 (0.28%) RACF
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 20 (5.68%) Ansible
2 15 (4.26%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 13 (3.69%) Grafana
3 13 (3.69%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.69%) Progress Chef
3 13 (3.69%) Prometheus
3 13 (3.69%) Puppet
3 13 (3.69%) Terraform
4 9 (2.56%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (2.56%) Kibana
4 9 (2.56%) logstash
5 4 (1.14%) Graylog
5 4 (1.14%) HP Fortify
5 4 (1.14%) Nessus
5 4 (1.14%) WebInspect
6 1 (0.28%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.28%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 41 (11.65%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.11%) SAP
3 15 (4.26%) IBM
4 13 (3.69%) Splunk
5 12 (3.41%) CA
6 10 (2.84%) Broadcom
6 10 (2.84%) Brocade
6 10 (2.84%) Dell
7 7 (1.99%) Avaloq
8 6 (1.70%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.14%) Cadence
9 4 (1.14%) Checkmarx
9 4 (1.14%) Google
9 4 (1.14%) Oracle
9 4 (1.14%) Veracode
10 3 (0.85%) Aareon
10 3 (0.85%) Adobe
10 3 (0.85%) Ariba
10 3 (0.85%) F5
10 3 (0.85%) Sage