IT Project Manager Contracts in Yorkshire

IT Project Manager
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in Yorkshire is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 94 91
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +21
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 12 12 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.91% 0.70% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.78% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 24
10th Percentile £365 £350 £440
25th Percentile £466 £370 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -18.18% +7.32%
75th Percentile £577 £475 £575
90th Percentile £600 £480 £704
England median daily rate £545 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +3.76% -1.87% +2.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,230 1,539 2,114
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 89.79% 96.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 782 970 1,415
10th Percentile £263 £263 £224
25th Percentile £380 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -6.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £618
90th Percentile £619 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 68 35
10th Percentile £16.35 £11.62 £12.46
25th Percentile £18.35 £12.53 £17.61
Median hourly rate £22.14 £17.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.51% -14.63% +10.81%
75th Percentile £23.86 £28.69 £27.88
90th Percentile £62.53 £53.75 £51.04
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -30.00% -8.57% +76.02%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings that featured IT Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in Yorkshire

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in Yorkshire

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in Yorkshire

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in Yorkshire

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
West Yorkshire +12 5 £568 - 8
South Yorkshire -6 5 £448 +32.59% 6
North Yorkshire - 2 £563 - 1
IT Project Manager
England

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, IT Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 8 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (58.33%) Agile
4 6 (50.00%) Project Governance
4 6 (50.00%) Project Delivery
5 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
5 5 (41.67%) Project Management
6 4 (33.33%) Banking
6 4 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (33.33%) Business Case
6 4 (33.33%) Budget Management
6 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
7 3 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (25.00%) Business Strategy
7 3 (25.00%) Retail
7 3 (25.00%) Degree
7 3 (25.00%) Change Management
7 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
7 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (16.67%) DevOps
8 2 (16.67%) Business Transformation
8 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
8 2 (16.67%) Kanban
8 2 (16.67%) Resource Management

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Asana
1 2 (16.67%) Smartsheet
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
General
1 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Retail
5 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
3 6 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 6 (50.00%) Project Governance
4 5 (41.67%) Project Management
5 4 (33.33%) Budget Management
5 4 (33.33%) Business Case
5 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 3 (25.00%) Business Strategy
6 3 (25.00%) Change Management
6 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
7 2 (16.67%) Project Planning
7 2 (16.67%) Quality Management
7 2 (16.67%) Resource Management
7 2 (16.67%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
1 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) XenApp
1 1 (8.33%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Wrike
2 1 (8.33%) Citrix
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Veeam