Project Management Contracts in the East of England

Project Management
England > East of England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 14 14
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Management 199 180 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 10.26% 9.18% 9.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.22% 10.49% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 98 168
10th Percentile £260 £281 £300
25th Percentile £344 £386 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £495
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% +4.75% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £597 £558
90th Percentile £717 £725 £638
England median daily rate £525 £530 £513
% change year-on-year -0.94% +3.41% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 23 15
10th Percentile £31.13 £41.56 £16.50
25th Percentile - £49.00 £23.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +85.19% +3.05%
75th Percentile - £64.13 £34.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.95 £85.45
England median hourly rate £38.12 £48.75 £32.40
% change year-on-year -21.81% +50.46% +20.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East 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 East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,629 1,716 2,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.01% 87.55% 88.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 674 1,013 1,322
10th Percentile £201 £206 £195
25th Percentile £318 £344 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 618 321 378
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -3.13%
75th Percentile £62.50 £63.75 £41.88
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the East of England

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the East of England

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the East of England

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the East of England

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the East of England

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in the East 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Hertfordshire +13 121 £450 -18.18% 99
Cambridgeshire -10 29 £478 -11.07% 57
Bedfordshire +3 28 £538 +4.88% 14
Norfolk +7 10 £525 +128.26% 10
Essex -14 10 £563 +12.50% 53
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 9 (4.52%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.01%) Confluence
3 2 (1.01%) SAS
4 1 (0.50%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.50%) Appian
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (4.52%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.01%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.01%) Primavera
3 2 (1.01%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.52%) AWS
1 7 (3.52%) Azure
2 6 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.01%) GCP
4 2 (1.01%) OCI
4 2 (1.01%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.50%) Bloomreach
5 1 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.50%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.50%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.50%) Unqork
5 1 (0.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.52%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (3.02%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.01%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.01%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.50%) Metadata
2 1 (0.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (4.02%) JIRA
2 3 (1.51%) Git
2 3 (1.51%) Subversion
3 2 (1.01%) Rational DOORS
General
1 128 (64.32%) Social Skills
2 69 (34.67%) Finance
3 58 (29.15%) Influencing Skills
4 54 (27.14%) Organisational Skills
5 46 (23.12%) Manufacturing
6 43 (21.61%) Electronics
7 41 (20.60%) Aerospace
8 15 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (7.54%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.51%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.51%) Retail
10 4 (2.01%) Banking
10 4 (2.01%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.51%) Local Government
12 2 (1.01%) Aviation
12 2 (1.01%) French Language
12 2 (1.01%) Games
12 2 (1.01%) Marketing
12 2 (1.01%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (20.10%) Project Manager
2 36 (18.09%) Architect
3 35 (17.59%) Test Architect
4 13 (6.53%) Analyst
5 9 (4.52%) Lead
6 8 (4.02%) Administrator
6 8 (4.02%) Senior
6 8 (4.02%) Technical Manager
7 7 (3.52%) Consultant
8 6 (3.02%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.02%) Project Administrator
9 5 (2.51%) Change Manager
9 5 (2.51%) Delivery Manager
9 5 (2.51%) Engineering Manager
9 5 (2.51%) Technical Delivery Manager
10 4 (2.01%) Intranet Specialist
10 4 (2.01%) Senior Manager
10 4 (2.01%) Senior Project Manager
10 4 (2.01%) Technical Project Manager
11 3 (1.51%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.51%) JSON
1 3 (1.51%) YAML
2 2 (1.01%) Middleware
3 1 (0.50%) HTML
3 1 (0.50%) RESTful
3 1 (0.50%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.50%) SOAP
3 1 (0.50%) Web Services
3 1 (0.50%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 35 (17.59%) Analogue Electronics
2 12 (6.03%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.01%) Graphic Design
3 4 (2.01%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.51%) ASIC
4 3 (1.51%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.51%) FPGA
4 3 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (1.51%) NHS
4 3 (1.51%) Verilog
5 2 (1.01%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.01%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.01%) FMCG
5 2 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.50%) BYOD
6 1 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.50%) Digital TV
6 1 (0.50%) IVR
6 1 (0.50%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.01%) Linux
2 3 (1.51%) Unix
3 2 (1.01%) Windows
4 1 (0.50%) Android
4 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (30.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 49 (24.62%) Business Strategy
3 47 (23.62%) Business Development
4 35 (17.59%) Test Strategy
5 27 (13.57%) Change Management
6 22 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (10.55%) PRINCE2
8 19 (9.55%) Risk Management
9 18 (9.05%) Project Delivery
10 13 (6.53%) Agile
11 12 (6.03%) Migration
12 9 (4.52%) Analytics
12 9 (4.52%) Business Case
12 9 (4.52%) Validation
13 8 (4.02%) Project Planning
13 8 (4.02%) Service Design
14 7 (3.52%) ITIL
15 6 (3.02%) Configuration Management
15 6 (3.02%) Data Management
15 6 (3.02%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.01%) C
2 3 (1.51%) Assembly Language
2 3 (1.51%) Bash
2 3 (1.51%) C++
2 3 (1.51%) Python
2 3 (1.51%) Shell Script
2 3 (1.51%) SystemVerilog
2 3 (1.51%) Tcl
3 2 (1.01%) SQL
4 1 (0.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 42 (21.11%) Security Cleared
2 41 (20.60%) SC Cleared
3 19 (9.55%) Degree
4 3 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.51%) PMP
5 2 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.01%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.01%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.50%) CISSP
6 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.50%) PgMP
6 1 (0.50%) PhD
6 1 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.04%) PMO
2 4 (2.01%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.51%) QA
4 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.50%) GDPR
4 1 (0.50%) PMBOK
4 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (10.55%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.52%) SAP
3 5 (2.51%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.01%) Cadence
4 4 (2.01%) Google
5 3 (1.51%) Genesys
5 3 (1.51%) Synopsys
5 3 (1.51%) Xilinx
6 2 (1.01%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.01%) EMC
6 2 (1.01%) Optimizely
6 2 (1.01%) Oracle
7 1 (0.50%) Ariba
7 1 (0.50%) Avaya
7 1 (0.50%) IBM
7 1 (0.50%) IFS
7 1 (0.50%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.50%) Peregrine
7 1 (0.50%) Remedy
7 1 (0.50%) Siemens