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 4 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 52 46
Rank change year-on-year +13 -6 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 10 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 2.81% 1.27% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 1.41% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 4
10th Percentile £362 £424 £426
25th Percentile £365 £441 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £470 £613
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% -23.27% +36.11%
75th Percentile £463 £535 £681
90th Percentile £495 £574 £693
South Yorkshire median daily rate £414 £470 £613
% change year-on-year -11.91% -23.27% +36.11%

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 336 355 417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 94.38% 90.33% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 203 275
10th Percentile £266 £376 £363
25th Percentile £385 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £588
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -17.45% +17.50%
75th Percentile £568 £588 £700
90th Percentile £650 £638 £744
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 3
10th Percentile £18.10 - £12.45
25th Percentile £18.20 £10.90 £14.63
Median hourly rate £18.69 £17.38 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.57% -15.24% +22.39%
75th Percentile £18.87 £22.44 £31.38
90th Percentile - £23.75 £36.55
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.69 £12.83 £10.63
% change year-on-year +45.67% +20.70% -37.67%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Sheffield over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Banking
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (30.00%) IT Project Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Data Modeller
2 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Software Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Solutions Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) EntireX
1 1 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Unix
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (30.00%) Project Governance
4 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (20.00%) Backlog Management
5 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (20.00%) Budgeting
5 2 (20.00%) Business Case
5 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
5 2 (20.00%) DevOps
5 2 (20.00%) Fintech
5 2 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (20.00%) SDLC
5 2 (20.00%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (10.00%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) XenApp
1 1 (10.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix
2 1 (10.00%) IBM
2 1 (10.00%) Software AG
2 1 (10.00%) Veeam
2 1 (10.00%) webMethods