Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Project Manager
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Project Manager daily rate in Sheffield is £469, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 29 36
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 40 11 19
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 5.59% 3.57% 4.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.20% 4.17% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 7 14
10th Percentile £404 £374 -
25th Percentile £417 £464 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £538 £463
Median % change year-on-year -12.74% +16.22% +2.78%
75th Percentile £511 £580 £534
90th Percentile £569 - £568
South Yorkshire median daily rate £470 £538 £425
% change year-on-year -12.56% +26.47% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.75
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £31.25
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £27.50

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 645 264 351
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 85.71% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 156 227
10th Percentile £316 £220 £375
25th Percentile £400 £414 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.88% -3.09% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £625
90th Percentile £611 £684 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £476 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -7.22% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.79 £15.39
25th Percentile £16.68 £14.35 £18.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -14.85% +11.84%
75th Percentile £22.33 £20.38 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.05 £27.50
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.76% -19.58% +18.42%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Sheffield over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Sheffield

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 16 (40.00%) Project Management
2 13 (32.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 12 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 11 (27.50%) JIRA
4 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
5 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (22.50%) Agile
7 8 (20.00%) OpenShift
7 8 (20.00%) Time Management
8 7 (17.50%) Conflict Management
8 7 (17.50%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (17.50%) Migration
8 7 (17.50%) PMI Certification
8 7 (17.50%) PMP
8 7 (17.50%) PRINCE2
8 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (15.00%) DevOps
9 6 (15.00%) Risk Register
10 5 (12.50%) API Integration
10 5 (12.50%) Change Management
10 5 (12.50%) Confluence
10 5 (12.50%) Middleware
10 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
11 4 (10.00%) Business Case
11 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
11 4 (10.00%) Degree
11 4 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
11 4 (10.00%) Roadmaps
11 4 (10.00%) Runbook

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.00%) OpenShift
2 3 (7.50%) Azure
2 3 (7.50%) GCP
3 2 (5.00%) AWS
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Firewall
1 1 (2.50%) Network Security
1 1 (2.50%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) BigQuery
1 1 (2.50%) Looker
Development Applications
1 11 (27.50%) JIRA
General
1 22 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (47.50%) Finance
3 9 (22.50%) Banking
4 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Legal
5 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.50%) Law
6 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.50%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.50%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.00%) IoT
4 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (5.00%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.50%) IVR
5 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Project Management
2 13 (32.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 12 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 9 (22.50%) Agile
5 8 (20.00%) Time Management
6 7 (17.50%) Conflict Management
6 7 (17.50%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (17.50%) Migration
6 7 (17.50%) PRINCE2
6 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (15.00%) DevOps
7 6 (15.00%) Risk Register
8 5 (12.50%) API Integration
8 5 (12.50%) Change Management
8 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
9 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
9 4 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
9 4 (10.00%) Runbook
9 4 (10.00%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) PMI Certification
1 7 (17.50%) PMP
2 4 (10.00%) Degree
3 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) QA
2 2 (5.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.50%) MiFID
3 1 (2.50%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.00%) Genesys
2 2 (5.00%) Google
2 2 (5.00%) MuleSoft