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 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 86 93
Rank change year-on-year -28 +7 +12
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 11 11 13
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.61% 0.84% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.92% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 10
10th Percentile £416 £361 £300
25th Percentile £489 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -2.44% +10.81%
75th Percentile £582 £525 £569
90th Percentile £629 £593 £591
England median daily rate £538 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -2.27% +1.85% +2.86%

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 1,667 1,193 1,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 91.21% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 695 1,135
10th Percentile £222 £220 £250
25th Percentile £375 £375 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -3.81% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 50 28
10th Percentile £15.86 £15.22 £14.79
25th Percentile £19.85 £18.22 £18.18
Median hourly rate £25.58 £23.34 £21.66
Median % change year-on-year +9.58% +7.78% +4.21%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £24.51
90th Percentile - £48.75 £35.60
England median hourly rate £25.32 £39.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.08% -13.33% +38.46%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

IT Project Manager job vacancy trend 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 29 November 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 29 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
West Yorkshire -9 7 £530 +6.00% 3
South Yorkshire -38 4 £538 +59.26% 2
IT Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, IT 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 Yorkshire region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Agile
1 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (45.45%) PRINCE2
3 4 (36.36%) Degree
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (27.27%) Business Case
4 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) ERP
4 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Project Governance
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
5 2 (18.18%) Asana
5 2 (18.18%) Smartsheet
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Wrike
6 1 (9.09%) Accounts Payable
6 1 (9.09%) Budget Management
6 1 (9.09%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
6 1 (9.09%) Business Transformation
6 1 (9.09%) Change Management
6 1 (9.09%) Cisco
6 1 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
6 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (9.09%) CRM

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

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
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Billing
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile
1 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (45.45%) PRINCE2
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (27.27%) Business Case
4 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) ERP
4 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Project Governance
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (9.09%) Budget Management
6 1 (9.09%) Change Management
6 1 (9.09%) Customer Experience
6 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) MiFID
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Wrike
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) JD Edwards
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) SAP