Project Delivery Contracts in Sheffield

Project Delivery
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 51 51
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 -5
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 7 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 2.19% 1.06% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 1.14% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile - £483 £426
25th Percentile £365 £503 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £535 £613
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -12.65% +43.44%
75th Percentile £450 £568 £681
90th Percentile £465 £587 £693
South Yorkshire median daily rate £414 £470 £613
% change year-on-year -11.91% -23.27% +43.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Project Delivery 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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 305 351 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 95.61% 92.61% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 203 302
10th Percentile £232 £375 £364
25th Percentile £388 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £551
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.30% +10.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £675
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.05
25th Percentile £18.10 £11.33 £11.13
Median hourly rate £18.21 £22.00 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.25% +91.30% -28.13%
75th Percentile £18.41 £23.75 £25.88
90th Percentile £18.47 - £34.35
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £17.62 £10.63
% change year-on-year +3.35% +65.71% -36.54%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in Sheffield

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Sheffield.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in Sheffield

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Sheffield.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in Sheffield

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SSL
General
1 4 (57.14%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
1 2 (28.57%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Software Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) EntireX
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Backlog Management
3 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
3 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
3 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Kanban
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
3 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) ActionScript
1 1 (14.29%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) IBM
1 1 (14.29%) Software AG
1 1 (14.29%) Veeam
1 1 (14.29%) webMethods