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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 58 66
Rank change year-on-year -28 +8 -21
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 73 55 35
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.55% 3.61% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.05% 3.96% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 41 18
10th Percentile £400 £356 £364
25th Percentile £433 £388 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £463 £488
Median % change year-on-year +6.49% -5.13% -11.36%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £538
90th Percentile £620 £638 £653
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £50.88
25th Percentile £22.20 - £54.06
Median hourly rate £23.35 - £61.25
75th Percentile £25.32 - £66.56
90th Percentile £25.45 - £68.63
England median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £36.80
% change year-on-year -16.67% +63.04% -41.82%

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 2,391 1,389 1,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.66% 91.14% 83.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,448 883 778
10th Percentile £331 £263 £320
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £583
90th Percentile £669 £625 £663
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 59 51
10th Percentile £13.96 £15.00 £12.15
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.10 £12.55
Median hourly rate £22.80 £22.14 £13.87
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% +59.63% -30.65%
75th Percentile £28.00 £25.15 £23.50
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £38.75
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 27 August 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 27 August 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
South Yorkshire -21 33 £451 +11.36% 23
West Yorkshire -21 32 £538 -2.27% 76
North Yorkshire -6 7 £513 -8.89% 14
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 (10.96%) Confluence
2 6 (8.22%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.74%) CICS
4 1 (1.37%) IIS
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.11%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (2.74%) AutoCAD
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.74%) Navisworks
3 2 (2.74%) ProjectWise
3 2 (2.74%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Maximo
1 3 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.74%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (2.74%) NEC Housing
3 1 (1.37%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.37%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.70%) Azure
2 7 (9.59%) Power Platform
3 5 (6.85%) AWS
4 3 (4.11%) SaaS
5 2 (2.74%) GCP
5 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.37%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.37%) PaaS
6 1 (1.37%) Rubrik
6 1 (1.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.48%) DNS
2 3 (4.11%) DHCP
2 3 (4.11%) Firewall
2 3 (4.11%) VPN
3 2 (2.74%) Network Security
3 2 (2.74%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.74%) WAN
4 1 (1.37%) BIG-IP
4 1 (1.37%) DMZ
4 1 (1.37%) Internet
4 1 (1.37%) LAN
4 1 (1.37%) SAN
4 1 (1.37%) VLAN
4 1 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.59%) Power BI
2 3 (4.11%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.37%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.37%) Db2
3 1 (1.37%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (13.70%) JIRA
2 1 (1.37%) Hudson
General
1 39 (53.42%) Finance
2 30 (41.10%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.96%) Banking
4 8 (10.96%) Public Sector
5 7 (9.59%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (9.59%) Retail
6 5 (6.85%) Publishing
7 3 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.11%) Legal
7 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Automotive
9 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.37%) Local Government
9 1 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (26.03%) Project Manager
2 9 (12.33%) Analyst
2 9 (12.33%) Lead
3 5 (6.85%) IT Manager
4 4 (5.48%) Business Analyst
4 4 (5.48%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (5.48%) Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (5.48%) Portfolio Manager
4 4 (5.48%) Systems Manager
5 3 (4.11%) Architect
5 3 (4.11%) Implementation Manager
5 3 (4.11%) Programme Manager
5 3 (4.11%) SAP Manager
5 3 (4.11%) Senior
5 3 (4.11%) Senior Manager
5 3 (4.11%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (4.11%) Workstream Lead
6 2 (2.74%) Coordinator
6 2 (2.74%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (2.74%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (2.74%) SAPUI5
2 1 (1.37%) DAO
2 1 (1.37%) JSON
2 1 (1.37%) Middleware
2 1 (1.37%) Play Framework
2 1 (1.37%) RESTful
2 1 (1.37%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.37%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.44%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.59%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.11%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.74%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.37%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.37%) Life Science
5 1 (1.37%) NHS
5 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.48%) Windows
2 2 (2.74%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.10%) Project Management
1 30 (41.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (28.77%) Agile
3 15 (20.55%) Change Management
4 14 (19.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (17.81%) Migration
5 13 (17.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (16.44%) Risk Management
7 11 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (13.70%) Project Governance
9 9 (12.33%) Information Management
10 8 (10.96%) Decision-Making
10 8 (10.96%) Dependency Management
10 8 (10.96%) Portfolio Management
10 8 (10.96%) Process Improvement
10 8 (10.96%) Waterfall
11 7 (9.59%) Business Case
11 7 (9.59%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (9.59%) PRINCE2
12 6 (8.22%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.11%) VBA
2 2 (2.74%) ABAP
2 2 (2.74%) SQL
3 1 (1.37%) COBOL
3 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.37%) JCL
3 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.37%) Python
3 1 (1.37%) Scala
3 1 (1.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (13.70%) PMP
2 9 (12.33%) Degree
3 8 (10.96%) SC Cleared
3 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.11%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.37%) CCNA
5 1 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.59%) PMO
2 4 (5.48%) QA
3 2 (2.74%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.74%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.37%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.37%) GxP
4 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.37%) NIST
4 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.37%) ACF2
3 1 (1.37%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.37%) RACF
3 1 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.37%) Ansible
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.37%) OMEGAMON
1 1 (1.37%) SCCM
1 1 (1.37%) Tivoli
1 1 (1.37%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 13 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.96%) SAP
3 4 (5.48%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.74%) Atlassian
4 2 (2.74%) Autodesk
4 2 (2.74%) IBM
4 2 (2.74%) Infoblox
4 2 (2.74%) NEC
4 2 (2.74%) VMware
4 2 (2.74%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.37%) Dell
5 1 (1.37%) F5
5 1 (1.37%) HP
5 1 (1.37%) Planview
5 1 (1.37%) SYSPRO