Project Manager Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Project Manager
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in South Yorkshire is £470, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 32 34
Rank change year-on-year -17 +2 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 42 12 22
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 5.43% 3.61% 5.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.02% 4.17% 5.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 8 15
10th Percentile £404 £383 £340
25th Percentile £417 £431 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £538 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.56% +34.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £526 £580 £513
90th Percentile £569 - £560
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year +0.05% -1.48% -3.33%
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 - - £27.50

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 698 288 397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 86.75% 90.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 175 248
10th Percentile £315 £208 £350
25th Percentile £400 £369 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.76% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £538 £591 £620
90th Percentile £622 £675 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £484 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +2.87% -6.00% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 7
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.79 £16.01
25th Percentile £16.68 £14.35 £19.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -19.58% +18.42%
75th Percentile £22.33 £20.38 £27.50
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.05 £38.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £23.34 £21.31
% change year-on-year +17.82% +9.53% -0.30%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in South Yorkshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in South Yorkshire

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in South Yorkshire

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 Project Manager within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 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 -23 40 £469 -12.74% 15
Barnsley - 1 - -
Project Manager
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 South Yorkshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 16 (38.10%) Project Management
2 14 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 12 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 11 (26.19%) Agile
4 11 (26.19%) JIRA
4 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
5 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (19.05%) OpenShift
6 8 (19.05%) Time Management
7 7 (16.67%) Conflict Management
7 7 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (16.67%) Migration
7 7 (16.67%) PMI Certification
7 7 (16.67%) PMP
7 7 (16.67%) PRINCE2
7 7 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (14.29%) Change Management
8 6 (14.29%) DevOps
8 6 (14.29%) Risk Register
9 5 (11.90%) API Integration
9 5 (11.90%) Confluence
9 5 (11.90%) Middleware
9 5 (11.90%) Risk Management
10 4 (9.52%) Business Case
10 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making
10 4 (9.52%) Degree
10 4 (9.52%) Programme Delivery
10 4 (9.52%) Roadmaps
10 4 (9.52%) Runbook

Project Manager Skill Set
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 5 (11.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.05%) OpenShift
2 3 (7.14%) Azure
2 3 (7.14%) GCP
3 2 (4.76%) AWS
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Firewall
1 1 (2.38%) Network Security
1 1 (2.38%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) BigQuery
1 1 (2.38%) Looker
Development Applications
1 11 (26.19%) JIRA
General
1 22 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 21 (50.00%) Finance
3 9 (21.43%) Banking
4 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Legal
5 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.38%) Law
6 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (11.90%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.76%) IoT
4 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.76%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.38%) IVR
5 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (38.10%) Project Management
2 14 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 12 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 11 (26.19%) Agile
5 8 (19.05%) Time Management
6 7 (16.67%) Conflict Management
6 7 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (16.67%) Migration
6 7 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 7 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (14.29%) Change Management
7 6 (14.29%) DevOps
7 6 (14.29%) Risk Register
8 5 (11.90%) API Integration
8 5 (11.90%) Risk Management
9 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making
9 4 (9.52%) Programme Delivery
9 4 (9.52%) Runbook
9 4 (9.52%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 7 (16.67%) PMP
2 4 (9.52%) Degree
3 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) QA
2 2 (4.76%) GDPR
3 1 (2.38%) MiFID
3 1 (2.38%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Genesys
2 2 (4.76%) Google
2 2 (4.76%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.38%) JD Edwards
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle
3 1 (2.38%) SAP