Project Planning Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Project Planning
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 63 79
Rank change year-on-year -13 +16 +29
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 5 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.55% 0.71% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.82% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £378 - -
25th Percentile £456 £613 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £625 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +38.89% +9.09%
75th Percentile £553 £638 £469
90th Percentile £581 - £473
Yorkshire median daily rate £563 £625 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +38.89% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

Project Planning 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 786 610 1,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 85.71% 86.65% 90.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 380 663
10th Percentile £290 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -2.38%
75th Percentile £575 £558 £600
90th Percentile £650 £681 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 13
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.27 £13.60
25th Percentile £14.63 £17.43 £16.92
Median hourly rate £21.30 £32.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.46% +71.05% -11.63%
75th Percentile £27.63 £40.81 £21.97
90th Percentile £81.25 £92.60 £29.42
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £21.31
% change year-on-year +11.78% +5.58% -0.30%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in West Yorkshire

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Project Planning
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 Planning within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Leeds -14 4 £525 -16.00% 2
Bradford - 1 £500 - 1
Project Planning
Yorkshire

Project Planning
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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Implementation Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Implementation Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Implementation Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Implementation Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Implementation Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) EDI
1 1 (20.00%) EDIFACT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Dependency Management
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Logistics
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (20.00%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CIMA
1 1 (20.00%) CISA
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle