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 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 57 53
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 -12
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 71 28 54
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.67% 2.73% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 3.15% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 13 29
10th Percentile £325 £421 £283
25th Percentile £405 £567 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £573 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.74% +14.60% -
75th Percentile £614 £638 £593
90th Percentile £645 - £634
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -

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 1,726 889 1,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.20% 86.65% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 531 984
10th Percentile £278 £238 £280
25th Percentile £388 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 23 38
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.74 £10.97
25th Percentile £17.48 £16.00 £12.82
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.00 £17.57
Median % change year-on-year +25.75% +13.83% +25.50%
75th Percentile £52.50 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £57.40 £85.61 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -17.65% +21.43%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 +12 43 £561 -2.05% 30
South Yorkshire -43 17 £423 -16.29% 8
North Yorkshire +6 8 £488 -22.00% 8
East Yorkshire -12 1 £350 - 5
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 10 (14.08%) Confluence
2 5 (7.04%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.82%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.82%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.31%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (14.08%) Azure
3 7 (9.86%) AWS
3 7 (9.86%) OpenShift
4 5 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (5.63%) GCP
5 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (5.63%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.82%) SaaS
7 1 (1.41%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.41%) PaaS
7 1 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) Power BI
2 3 (4.23%) GIS
3 2 (2.82%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.82%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (16.90%) JIRA
General
1 37 (52.11%) Finance
2 32 (45.07%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.68%) Banking
4 6 (8.45%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Health Technology
7 2 (2.82%) Retail
8 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.41%) Legal
8 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (47.89%) Project Manager
2 8 (11.27%) Analyst
2 8 (11.27%) Business Analyst
2 8 (11.27%) Senior
3 7 (9.86%) SAP Manager
4 6 (8.45%) SAP Project Manager
4 6 (8.45%) Senior Manager
5 5 (7.04%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (5.63%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 4 (5.63%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.63%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 3 (4.23%) Delivery Director
7 3 (4.23%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (4.23%) Migration Manager
7 3 (4.23%) SCADA Consultant
7 3 (4.23%) SCADA Project Manager
7 3 (4.23%) Technical Business Analyst
7 3 (4.23%) Telemetry Manager
7 3 (4.23%) Telemetry Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) FHIR
1 2 (2.82%) REST
1 2 (2.82%) SOAP
2 1 (1.41%) Middleware
2 1 (1.41%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.45%) SCADA
2 4 (5.63%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.63%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.82%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.82%) NHS
4 1 (1.41%) CCTV
4 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) VMS
2 1 (1.41%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (49.30%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (46.48%) Project Management
3 26 (36.62%) Agile
4 19 (26.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (21.13%) Budget Management
6 14 (19.72%) ERP
7 13 (18.31%) Migration
8 12 (16.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (15.49%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (14.08%) Business Case
10 10 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (14.08%) ITIL
10 10 (14.08%) Waterfall
11 9 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (12.68%) Roadmaps
11 9 (12.68%) SDLC
12 8 (11.27%) DevOps
13 7 (9.86%) Data Governance
13 7 (9.86%) Programme Delivery
13 7 (9.86%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.82%) Python
1 2 (2.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (14.08%) PMP
2 5 (7.04%) Degree
3 4 (5.63%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.41%) ISEB
4 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.68%) QA
2 3 (4.23%) PMO
3 2 (2.82%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.82%) GDPR
4 1 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (7.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.63%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.27%) SAP
3 5 (7.04%) VMware
4 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.82%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.82%) Brio
5 2 (2.82%) Databricks
5 2 (2.82%) Planview
6 1 (1.41%) Ariba
6 1 (1.41%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.41%) Cisco
6 1 (1.41%) Concur
6 1 (1.41%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.41%) Salesforce