IT Project Manager Contract Job Trends 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 19 September 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 98 99
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 +16
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 11 6 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.71% 0.40% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.44% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 16
10th Percentile £425 £333 £519
25th Percentile £506 £355 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £406 £550
Median % change year-on-year +32.31% -26.14% +15.79%
75th Percentile £573 £455 £625
90th Percentile £579 £474 £738
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +2.38%

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 1,442 1,351 2,000
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 89.89% 96.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 938 820 1,307
10th Percentile £220 £281 £250
25th Percentile £369 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £605
90th Percentile £625 £650 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 57 37
10th Percentile £17.27 £15.20 £12.17
25th Percentile £18.10 £18.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.14 £22.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £44.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies 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 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in Yorkshire

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies 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 19 September 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 +6 6 £563 - 3
South Yorkshire -12 4 £538 +59.26% 7
North Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
IT Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 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 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Agile
3 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
4 4 (36.36%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
4 4 (36.36%) Business Case
4 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
4 4 (36.36%) Degree
4 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
4 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (36.36%) Project Governance
4 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (27.27%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (27.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (27.27%) Project Management
5 3 (27.27%) Change Management
5 3 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
6 2 (18.18%) Smartsheet
6 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
6 2 (18.18%) ERP
6 2 (18.18%) Wrike
6 2 (18.18%) Banking
6 2 (18.18%) Asana
7 1 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (9.09%) Retail
7 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement

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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Asana
1 2 (18.18%) Smartsheet
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Banking
6 1 (9.09%) Billing
6 1 (9.09%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) Business Case
3 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
3 4 (36.36%) Project Governance
3 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
5 2 (18.18%) ERP
6 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
6 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
6 1 (9.09%) Process Management
6 1 (9.09%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) XenApp
1 1 (9.09%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Wrike
2 1 (9.09%) Citrix
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft