PMP Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 44 51
Rank change year-on-year -40 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing PMP 8 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 1.04% 0.30% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.44% 1.23% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £404 - £440
25th Percentile £408 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £417 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.82%
75th Percentile £419 - £538
90th Percentile £444 - £560
Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £519
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.02% +1.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Yorkshire

PMP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 180 81 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 23.50% 24.18% 26.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 55 79
10th Percentile £345 £161 £375
25th Percentile £417 £220 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -18.26% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £594 £688
90th Percentile £703 £650 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £13.85 £13.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% -73.00% +463.70%
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £30.05
% change year-on-year -32.93% +24.79% +117.60%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

PMP job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing PMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing PMP

PMP
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 PMP within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 -40 8 £417 - 5
PMP
Yorkshire

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 3 (37.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) OpenShift
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (12.50%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Integration Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Integration Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Compliance Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Data Compliance Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Governance Manager
4 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
4 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Migration Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Migration Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Project Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
4 4 (50.00%) Migration
4 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (50.00%) Scrum
5 3 (37.50%) API Integration
5 3 (37.50%) Change Management
5 3 (37.50%) Containerisation
5 3 (37.50%) DevOps
5 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (37.50%) Risk Register
5 3 (37.50%) Validation
6 2 (25.00%) Data Management
7 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 1 (12.50%) CRM
7 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
7 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (12.50%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 5 (62.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) MiFID
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft