Project Manager Contracts in Sheffield

Project Manager
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Project Manager daily rate in Sheffield is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 47 25
Rank change year-on-year +14 -22 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 17 8 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 5.33% 2.11% 6.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.84% 2.35% 6.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 20
10th Percentile £376 £328 £363
25th Percentile £426 £398 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% +30.95%
75th Percentile £500 £531 -
90th Percentile - £556 £575
South Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £450 £550
% change year-on-year - -18.18% +22.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 291 340 445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 89.71% 98.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 210 311
10th Percentile £220 £360 £363
25th Percentile £381 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £481 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -12.50% +10.00%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £675
90th Percentile £641 £650 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £470 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -1.05% -13.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 5
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.10
25th Percentile £18.10 £11.33 £11.25
Median hourly rate £18.35 £22.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +24.15% +8.21%
75th Percentile £18.50 £23.75 £22.50
90th Percentile £18.51 - £33.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.35 £13.60 £17.72
% change year-on-year +34.99% -23.28% +0.45%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Sheffield

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Sheffield

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Sheffield over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Sheffield

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Sheffield

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Sheffield region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (52.94%) Project Management
1 9 (52.94%) Banking
2 8 (47.06%) Finance
3 7 (41.18%) Agile
4 5 (29.41%) Decision-Making
5 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
5 4 (23.53%) Product Ownership
5 4 (23.53%) Budget Management
5 4 (23.53%) Scrum
5 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
5 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
6 3 (17.65%) Project Governance
6 3 (17.65%) Business Transformation
6 3 (17.65%) Financial Analysis
6 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (17.65%) Change Management
6 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
6 3 (17.65%) Resource Allocation
7 2 (11.76%) Conflict Management
7 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (11.76%) PMO
7 2 (11.76%) vCenter Server
7 2 (11.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
7 2 (11.76%) Backlog Management
7 2 (11.76%) Budgeting
7 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
7 2 (11.76%) Citrix

Project Manager Skill Set
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 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
1 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Banking
2 8 (47.06%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Retail
4 2 (11.76%) Retail Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Product Ownership
2 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
3 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Project Management
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
3 5 (29.41%) Decision-Making
4 4 (23.53%) Budget Management
4 4 (23.53%) Scrum
4 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
5 3 (17.65%) Business Transformation
5 3 (17.65%) Change Management
5 3 (17.65%) Financial Analysis
5 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
5 3 (17.65%) Project Governance
5 3 (17.65%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (11.76%) Backlog Management
6 2 (11.76%) Budgeting
6 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
6 2 (11.76%) Conflict Management
6 2 (11.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Citrix
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
2 1 (5.88%) Veeam