Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Barnsley

Project Manager
South Yorkshire > Barnsley

The median Project Manager daily rate in Barnsley is £460, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barnsley 20.83% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 22.73% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £416 - -
25th Percentile £433 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 - -
75th Percentile £518 - -
90th Percentile £552 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £465 £538 £488
% change year-on-year -13.49% +10.26% +8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Barnsley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barnsley. 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 Barnsley with a recognized job title 22 3 3
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 1
10th Percentile £281 £552 -
25th Percentile £300 £554 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £558 £375
Median % change year-on-year -33.81% +48.67% +1.35%
75th Percentile £405 £561 £388
90th Percentile £505 £564 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -9.52% -8.70% +15.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Barnsley

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Barnsley

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Barnsley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Barnsley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Barnsley

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Barnsley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Barnsley over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Barnsley

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Barnsley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Barnsley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Barnsley

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barnsley

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, 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 Barnsley region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (60.00%) Confluence
2 3 (60.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (60.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Resource Management
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (20.00%) Accounts Payable
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barnsley 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 (60.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (60.00%) MS Visio
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Resource Management
2 3 (60.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 3 (60.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (40.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Accounts Payable
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall