IT Project Manager Contracts in South Yorkshire

IT Project Manager
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in South Yorkshire is £448, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 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
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 57 46
Rank change year-on-year -5 -11 +15
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 5 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.92% 0.82% 1.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.94% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile - - £428
25th Percentile £365 £319 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £338 £550
Median % change year-on-year +32.59% -38.64% +16.53%
75th Percentile £538 £356 £575
90th Percentile £560 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £538 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +19.44% -18.18% +7.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 494 425 452
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 87.63% 96.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 266 312
10th Percentile £292 £250 £262
25th Percentile £384 £413 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £580 £663
90th Percentile £625 £624 £743
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 7
10th Percentile - £13.78 £11.77
25th Percentile £18.10 £16.98 £14.89
Median hourly rate £18.35 £21.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +10.53% +9.01%
75th Percentile £18.50 £21.75 £21.25
90th Percentile £18.51 £22.00 £22.60
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +10.70% - +6.95%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in South Yorkshire

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in South Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in South Yorkshire

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in South Yorkshire

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in South Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in South Yorkshire

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 21 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield -5 4 £370 +9.63% 4
Barnsley - 1 £550 - 2
IT Project Manager
Yorkshire

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 21 July 2025, IT 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 South Yorkshire region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
1 4 (80.00%) Project Governance
1 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (40.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Software Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 2 (40.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Resource Management
3 2 (40.00%) Kanban
3 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (40.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (40.00%) Backlog Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (40.00%) PMO
4 1 (20.00%) Accounts Payable
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
General
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (80.00%) Project Governance
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Backlog Management
3 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (40.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Kanban
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (40.00%) Resource Management
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Software Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) XenApp
1 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Veeam