Project Management Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Project Management
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 29 11
Rank change year-on-year -25 -18 +20
Contract jobs citing Project Management 33 25 49
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 4.57% 5.61% 13.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.77% 6.25% 13.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 16 37
10th Percentile £277 £143 £400
25th Percentile £356 £450 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 £558 £550
Median % change year-on-year -24.54% +1.50% +15.79%
75th Percentile £498 £600 £600
90th Percentile £606 £630 £665
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
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 - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £51.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +70.83% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

Project Management 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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 692 400 352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 95.84% 89.69% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 204 225
10th Percentile £312 £220 £363
25th Percentile £400 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% -6.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £585 £650
90th Percentile £638 £652 £745
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -2.50% -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 5
10th Percentile £14.66 - £18.35
25th Percentile £15.00 £12.55 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £12.83 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.08% -37.41% +22.39%
75th Percentile £20.44 £16.68 £31.25
90th Percentile £25.15 £21.05 £42.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.58 £18.07 £21.31
% change year-on-year +24.95% -15.22% +12.16%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in South Yorkshire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Project Management

Project Management
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 Project Management within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 November 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 -17 30 £421 -27.37% 13
Barnsley - 3 £433 - 3
Project Management
Yorkshire

Project Management
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 11 (33.33%) Confluence
2 3 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) GCP
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) GitHub
2 1 (3.03%) OpenShift
2 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.03%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Network Security
1 1 (3.03%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) BigQuery
1 1 (3.03%) Looker
1 1 (3.03%) Power BI
1 1 (3.03%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (27.27%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (54.55%) Banking
1 18 (54.55%) Finance
2 15 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Investment Banking
4 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 8 (24.24%) Analyst
3 7 (21.21%) Business Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Support
5 3 (9.09%) Business Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Business Project Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Product Owner
5 3 (9.09%) Project Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Lead
6 2 (6.06%) Lead Business Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Lead Project Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Project Controller
6 2 (6.06%) Scrum Master
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Transformation Director
7 1 (3.03%) Senior
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Transformation Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Onboarding
2 4 (12.12%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (6.06%) IVR
4 2 (6.06%) Virtual Team
5 1 (3.03%) Equities
5 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Agile
2 11 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (27.27%) Decision-Making
5 7 (21.21%) Business Analysis
5 7 (21.21%) KYC
5 7 (21.21%) Project Delivery
6 6 (18.18%) DevOps
6 6 (18.18%) Scrum
6 6 (18.18%) SDLC
7 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (15.15%) Resource Management
7 5 (15.15%) Waterfall
7 5 (15.15%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (12.12%) Data Protection
8 4 (12.12%) ITIL
8 4 (12.12%) Release Management
8 4 (12.12%) Requirements Gathering
9 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
9 3 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) PMI Certification
1 2 (6.06%) PMP
2 1 (3.03%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
1 2 (6.06%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Ansible
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.03%) SCOM
1 1 (3.03%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Genesys
3 1 (3.03%) AppDynamics
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco
3 1 (3.03%) Citrix
3 1 (3.03%) Dell
3 1 (3.03%) HP
3 1 (3.03%) IBM