Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Project Delivery
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 64 62
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 -15
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 85 28 39
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.30% 2.67% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.81% 2.89% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 16 22
10th Percentile £372 £365 £253
25th Percentile £414 £399 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £473
Median % change year-on-year - +5.82% -14.09%
75th Percentile £600 £547 £538
90th Percentile £623 £609 £595
England median daily rate £511 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.62% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £14.70 - -
25th Percentile £16.51 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £19.52 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.02% - -
75th Percentile £22.53 £28.75 -
90th Percentile £24.34 - -
England median hourly rate £37.00 £65.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -43.08% +91.18% -44.49%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

Project Delivery 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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,233 969 1,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.62% 92.46% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,419 597 859
10th Percentile £325 £263 £275
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -6.67%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £582
90th Percentile £675 £625 £650
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 37 66
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.39 £11.30
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.10 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £21.24 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% +57.33% +27.00%
75th Percentile £57.25 £22.14 £22.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £34.27 £53.75
England median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Yorkshire

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in Yorkshire

Project Delivery
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 Project Delivery within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 22 May 2026. 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 46 £561 +6.90% 23
South Yorkshire -36 28 £463 +11.71% 13
North Yorkshire -4 8 £350 -31.71% 1
East Yorkshire -10 1 £350 - 3
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.88%) Confluence
2 3 (3.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.18%) CICS
3 1 (1.18%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.12%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (8.24%) OpenShift
3 5 (5.88%) Azure
4 4 (4.71%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.53%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.35%) AWS
6 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.35%) SaaS
7 1 (1.18%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.18%) PaaS
7 1 (1.18%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.06%) DNS
2 3 (3.53%) DHCP
2 3 (3.53%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.35%) BIG-IP
3 2 (2.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (1.18%) DMZ
4 1 (1.18%) Network Security
4 1 (1.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.71%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.53%) Power BI
2 3 (3.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.18%) DB2
3 1 (1.18%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (1.18%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (8.24%) JIRA
General
1 43 (50.59%) Finance
2 38 (44.71%) Social Skills
3 10 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.59%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.24%) Banking
6 6 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (5.88%) Retail
8 4 (4.71%) Publishing
9 3 (3.53%) Legal
10 2 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.35%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.18%) Digital Health
11 1 (1.18%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 30 (35.29%) Project Manager
2 10 (11.76%) Analyst
3 8 (9.41%) SAP Manager
4 7 (8.24%) Business Analyst
4 7 (8.24%) SAP Project Manager
5 6 (7.06%) Lead
6 5 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
6 5 (5.88%) Senior
7 4 (4.71%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 3 (3.53%) Architect
8 3 (3.53%) Consultant
8 3 (3.53%) DBA
8 3 (3.53%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.53%) Programme Manager
8 3 (3.53%) Senior Manager
8 3 (3.53%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (3.53%) Service Manager
8 3 (3.53%) SQL DBA
8 3 (3.53%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.35%) JSON
2 1 (1.18%) Middleware
2 1 (1.18%) Play Framework
2 1 (1.18%) REST
2 1 (1.18%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.24%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.88%) SCADA
3 4 (4.71%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.53%) Clustering
4 3 (3.53%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.53%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.53%) Replication
5 2 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.35%) e-Learning
5 2 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.18%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.18%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.18%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.18%) NHS
6 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.53%) Windows
2 2 (2.35%) VMS
3 1 (1.18%) pSOS
3 1 (1.18%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (38.82%) Project Management
2 31 (36.47%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (21.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (20.00%) Agile
5 13 (15.29%) Risk Management
6 12 (14.12%) Budget Management
6 12 (14.12%) ERP
6 12 (14.12%) Migration
7 11 (12.94%) Programme Delivery
8 10 (11.76%) Business Case
8 10 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (10.59%) Change Management
9 9 (10.59%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (10.59%) Decision-Making
10 8 (9.41%) Workshop Facilitation
11 7 (8.24%) Business Analysis
11 7 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (8.24%) ITIL
11 7 (8.24%) PRINCE2
11 7 (8.24%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.71%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.53%) Python
2 3 (3.53%) SQL
3 2 (2.35%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.35%) VBA
4 1 (1.18%) COBOL
4 1 (1.18%) JCL
4 1 (1.18%) Scala
4 1 (1.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (16.47%) PMP
2 10 (11.76%) Degree
2 10 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 9 (10.59%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.88%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.35%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.18%) CCNA
6 1 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.94%) QA
2 7 (8.24%) PMO
3 2 (2.35%) SLA
4 1 (1.18%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.18%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.71%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.35%) Ansible
2 1 (1.18%) SCCM
2 1 (1.18%) Tivoli
2 1 (1.18%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 17 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.76%) SAP
3 5 (5.88%) VMware
4 4 (4.71%) F5
5 3 (3.53%) Infoblox
5 3 (3.53%) RedGate
5 3 (3.53%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.35%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.18%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.18%) Dell
7 1 (1.18%) Google
7 1 (1.18%) HP
7 1 (1.18%) IBM
7 1 (1.18%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.18%) TOWER Software
7 1 (1.18%) Workday
7 1 (1.18%) Zscaler