Senior Project Manager Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Senior Project Manager
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in West Yorkshire is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 65 71
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 7 4 14
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.79% 0.52% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.55% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 12
10th Percentile £500 £553 £525
25th Percentile £518 £594 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £675 £580
Median % change year-on-year -9.63% +16.38% +5.45%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £638
90th Percentile £645 - £666
Yorkshire median daily rate £610 £613 £580
% change year-on-year -0.41% +5.60% +5.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 841 721 1,215
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 93.51% 96.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 439 788
10th Percentile £290 £288 £275
25th Percentile £400 £395 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £511
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.09% -1.68%
75th Percentile £575 £559 £600
90th Percentile £652 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +0.52% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 38 14
10th Percentile £20.63 £17.42 £15.80
25th Percentile £22.14 £19.50 £17.54
Median hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +30.91% -0.95%
75th Percentile £81.25 £42.25 £23.38
90th Percentile - £48.75 £29.09
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £21.50
% change year-on-year +4.01% +12.47% +10.00%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Senior Project Manager job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Senior Project Manager
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 Senior Project Manager within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Bradford - 4 £595 - 2
Leeds -14 3 £625 -7.41% 7
Senior Project Manager
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 13 November 2025, Senior 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Project Delivery
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Budget Management
3 3 (42.86%) PMP
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Business Case
4 2 (28.57%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Inventory Management
4 2 (28.57%) QA
4 2 (28.57%) SAP
4 2 (28.57%) SAP ERP
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
5 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
5 1 (14.29%) Change Management
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 1 (14.29%) Logistics
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) People Management
5 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Project Delivery
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Budget Management
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Business Case
4 2 (28.57%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Inventory Management
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
5 1 (14.29%) Change Management
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 1 (14.29%) Logistics
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) PMP
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft