Project Manager Contracts in the East Midlands

Project Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Project Manager daily rate in the East Midlands is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 24 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 -11 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 41 71 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.36% 7.00% 9.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.70% 7.37% 10.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 59 103
10th Percentile £258 £381 £351
25th Percentile £355 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £629 £575 £575
England median daily rate £525 £538 £515
% change year-on-year -2.33% +4.37% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £25.59 £18.24
25th Percentile - £26.66 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £28.83 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.63% +4.84% +7.46%
75th Percentile - £30.61 £28.75
90th Percentile - £31.44 -
England median hourly rate £35.96 £62.50 £48.27
% change year-on-year -42.46% +29.49% +65.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 719 963 1,321
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 94.97% 94.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 748 975
10th Percentile £166 £208 £180
25th Percentile £263 £330 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £513
90th Percentile £622 £700 £600
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 53 90
10th Percentile £11.82 £11.98 £9.74
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.65 £14.61
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.71 £19.46
Median % change year-on-year -15.48% +6.41% +32.36%
75th Percentile £26.15 £40.25 £29.22
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in the East Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in the East Midlands

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the East Midlands

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in the East Midlands

Project Manager
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 Manager within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 May 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 +3 20 £463 -7.50% 16
Nottinghamshire +15 6 £498 -0.50% 15
Leicestershire 0 6 £265 -39.77% 16
Derbyshire -1 4 £450 -5.26% 10
Lincolnshire +5 3 £500 +2.56% 7
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 East Midlands region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 15 (36.59%) Project Management
2 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
3 10 (24.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (21.95%) Agile
5 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (14.63%) Degree
6 6 (14.63%) Time Management
6 6 (14.63%) Azure
6 6 (14.63%) Finance
6 6 (14.63%) SAP
6 6 (14.63%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (12.20%) Budget Management
7 5 (12.20%) HNC
7 5 (12.20%) HND
7 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
7 5 (12.20%) ERP
7 5 (12.20%) Project Delivery
8 4 (9.76%) Conflict Management
8 4 (9.76%) Waterfall
8 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (7.32%) NHS
9 3 (7.32%) Risk Management
9 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
9 3 (7.32%) Business Case
9 3 (7.32%) Resource Allocation
9 3 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
10 2 (4.88%) Power BI
10 2 (4.88%) Critical Thinking
10 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills

Project Manager Skill Set
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 1 (2.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.44%) SAP EWM
1 1 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.44%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) AWS
2 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.44%) Intacct
3 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.88%) Power BI
2 1 (2.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.44%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Finance
3 3 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Banking
4 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.88%) Retail
5 1 (2.44%) Health Technology
5 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.32%) NHS
3 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.88%) Robotics
4 1 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Project Management
2 10 (24.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (21.95%) Agile
4 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.63%) Time Management
6 5 (12.20%) Budget Management
6 5 (12.20%) ERP
6 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
6 5 (12.20%) Project Delivery
7 4 (9.76%) Conflict Management
7 4 (9.76%) Waterfall
8 3 (7.32%) Business Case
8 3 (7.32%) Resource Allocation
8 3 (7.32%) Risk Management
9 2 (4.88%) Asset Management
9 2 (4.88%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (4.88%) Critical Thinking
9 2 (4.88%) Migration
9 2 (4.88%) Programme Management
9 2 (4.88%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) Java
1 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) HNC
2 5 (12.20%) HND
3 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.44%) PMO
2 1 (2.44%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) SAP
2 2 (4.88%) Sage
3 1 (2.44%) Adobe
3 1 (2.44%) CODA
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.44%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.44%) Oracle