Project Management Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Project Management
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 22 16
Rank change year-on-year -20 -6 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 35 54 103
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 4.13% 6.89% 7.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.75% 8.04% 8.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 27 79
10th Percentile £306 £358 £275
25th Percentile £463 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £584 £625 £563
90th Percentile £638 £695 £600
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £35.13 £30.00
25th Percentile - £40.94 £30.01
Median hourly rate - £51.25 £30.03
Median % change year-on-year - +70.69% -
75th Percentile - £60.94 £30.06
90th Percentile - £66.38 £30.07
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £51.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +70.83% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West 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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 737 672 1,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 86.91% 85.71% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 419 769
10th Percentile £290 £325 £317
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% +0.96%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 18 18
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.00 £12.82
25th Percentile - £19.19 £16.61
Median hourly rate £22.14 £27.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% +41.03% -7.14%
75th Percentile £66.88 £37.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £44.00 £30.02
Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.79 £18.64 £21.31
% change year-on-year +27.65% -12.55% +12.16%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in West Yorkshire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 27 October 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
Leeds -27 25 £525 +5.00% 36
Bradford +3 9 £573 +14.50% 15
Halifax - 1 £525 - 2
Project Management
Yorkshire

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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 2 (5.71%) Confluence
2 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.86%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Azure
2 5 (14.29%) AWS
3 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.86%) GCP
4 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) Firewall
2 1 (2.86%) Network Security
2 1 (2.86%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (2.86%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) GIS
2 1 (2.86%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.86%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (2.86%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.86%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
General
1 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Finance
3 5 (14.29%) Local Government
4 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.57%) Retail
5 2 (5.71%) Marketing
6 1 (2.86%) Banking
6 1 (2.86%) Billing
6 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Games
6 1 (2.86%) Legal
6 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (8.57%) Analyst
2 3 (8.57%) Business Analyst
2 3 (8.57%) Delivery Director
2 3 (8.57%) Implementation Manager
2 3 (8.57%) IT Director
2 3 (8.57%) IT Manager
2 3 (8.57%) IT Project Manager
2 3 (8.57%) Migration Manager
2 3 (8.57%) Migration Project Manager
2 3 (8.57%) Security Manager
2 3 (8.57%) Security Project Manager
2 3 (8.57%) Senior
2 3 (8.57%) Senior Manager
2 3 (8.57%) Senior Project Manager
2 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery Director
2 3 (8.57%) Services Director
3 2 (5.71%) Agile Delivery Manager
3 2 (5.71%) Lead
3 2 (5.71%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Middleware
1 1 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.86%) CCTV
3 1 (2.86%) CMDB
3 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.86%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Agile
1 16 (45.71%) Project Delivery
2 10 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (25.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (20.00%) ITIL
5 7 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 6 (17.14%) Budget Management
6 6 (17.14%) DevOps
6 6 (17.14%) Migration
6 6 (17.14%) Risk Management
7 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (14.29%) Project Planning
7 5 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 5 (14.29%) Supplier Management
8 4 (11.43%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (11.43%) Data Migration
8 4 (11.43%) ITSM
8 4 (11.43%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) Degree
1 3 (8.57%) PMP
2 2 (5.71%) CBAP
2 2 (5.71%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.86%) CIMA
3 1 (2.86%) CISA
3 1 (2.86%) CISM
3 1 (2.86%) CISSP
3 1 (2.86%) ISEB
3 1 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) QA
2 3 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.71%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.71%) Cisco
3 2 (5.71%) Google
3 2 (5.71%) SAP
4 1 (2.86%) BMC
4 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.86%) Citrix
4 1 (2.86%) McAfee
4 1 (2.86%) MuleSoft