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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 48 59
Rank change year-on-year -13 +11 -19
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 82 28 45
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.86% 3.12% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.32% 3.48% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 13 22
10th Percentile £344 £508 £282
25th Percentile £407 £567 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £573 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +20.63% -6.86%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £550
90th Percentile £638 - £623
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £13.50 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.91% - -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £38.34 £34.33
% change year-on-year +18.57% +11.70% -42.79%

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 1,899 805 1,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.36% 89.74% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,249 492 946
10th Percentile £304 £231 £259
25th Percentile £403 £358 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £567 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £654
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 23 47
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.43 £11.07
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.66 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.54 £22.14 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% +47.60% +41.11%
75th Percentile £53.69 £36.45 £23.75
90th Percentile £65.53 £85.61 £53.75
England median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year -20.00% +2.31% -2.26%

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 26 February 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
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 26 February 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 +11 52 £550 -4.01% 14
South Yorkshire -47 19 £465 -7.92% 4
North Yorkshire +3 9 £488 -13.33% 5
East Yorkshire -16 1 £350 - 2
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 8 (9.76%) Confluence
2 3 (3.66%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.44%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (6.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.44%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.85%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (13.41%) Azure
3 8 (9.76%) OpenShift
4 7 (8.54%) AWS
5 6 (7.32%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (4.88%) GCP
6 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (4.88%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.44%) SaaS
8 1 (1.22%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.22%) PaaS
8 1 (1.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.66%) DNS
2 2 (2.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (1.22%) BIG-IP
3 1 (1.22%) DHCP
3 1 (1.22%) Firewall
3 1 (1.22%) Network Security
3 1 (1.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.88%) Power BI
1 4 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.66%) GIS
2 3 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.44%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.44%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.22%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.22%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 10 (12.20%) JIRA
General
1 40 (48.78%) Finance
2 32 (39.02%) Social Skills
3 11 (13.41%) Banking
4 9 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.98%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Health Technology
6 2 (2.44%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.22%) Digital Health
7 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.22%) Legal
7 1 (1.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (41.46%) Project Manager
2 9 (10.98%) Analyst
3 8 (9.76%) Business Analyst
3 8 (9.76%) SAP Manager
4 7 (8.54%) SAP Project Manager
4 7 (8.54%) Senior
5 5 (6.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (6.10%) Senior Manager
6 4 (4.88%) Architect
6 4 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 4 (4.88%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (4.88%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (4.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 4 (4.88%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
6 4 (4.88%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (3.66%) Delivery Director
7 3 (3.66%) SCADA Consultant
7 3 (3.66%) SCADA Project Manager
7 3 (3.66%) Support Officer
7 3 (3.66%) Telemetry Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.66%) REST
2 2 (2.44%) FHIR
2 2 (2.44%) SOAP
3 1 (1.22%) JSON
3 1 (1.22%) Middleware
3 1 (1.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.32%) SCADA
2 4 (4.88%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.66%) Clustering
3 3 (3.66%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.66%) NHS
3 3 (3.66%) Replication
4 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.44%) e-Learning
4 2 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.44%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.22%) CCTV
5 1 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.44%) pSOS
1 2 (2.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (42.68%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (39.02%) Project Management
3 26 (31.71%) Agile
4 19 (23.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (18.29%) ERP
6 14 (17.07%) Budget Management
7 13 (15.85%) Migration
7 13 (15.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (14.63%) Business Case
9 11 (13.41%) ITIL
10 10 (12.20%) Roadmaps
11 9 (10.98%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (10.98%) Programme Delivery
11 9 (10.98%) Waterfall
12 8 (9.76%) Business Analysis
12 8 (9.76%) Data Modelling
12 8 (9.76%) PRINCE2
12 8 (9.76%) Risk Register
13 7 (8.54%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.10%) SQL
2 4 (4.88%) Python
3 3 (3.66%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.22%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (14.63%) PMP
2 6 (7.32%) Degree
3 5 (6.10%) PMI Certification
4 4 (4.88%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.66%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.22%) ISEB
6 1 (1.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.41%) QA
2 5 (6.10%) PMO
3 2 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.44%) GDPR
4 1 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.88%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.44%) Terraform
2 1 (1.22%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.98%) SAP
3 5 (6.10%) VMware
4 3 (3.66%) F5
4 3 (3.66%) RedGate
4 3 (3.66%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.66%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.44%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.44%) Brio
5 2 (2.44%) CheckPoint
5 2 (2.44%) Databricks
5 2 (2.44%) Planview
6 1 (1.22%) Ariba
6 1 (1.22%) Cisco
6 1 (1.22%) Concur
6 1 (1.22%) Infoblox
6 1 (1.22%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.22%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.22%) TOWER Software
6 1 (1.22%) Workday